in the end, 40 songs were amassed for the new record, but only ten were used. according to schwab, the album's title was chosen to represent "the tension that exists in everybody [...] the flesh and the spirit." it was also representative of their new musical direction, an attempt to polarize themselves from other heavy rock acts. similarly to their last record, a documentary was filmed that detailed the recording process, entitled "i want something you have: rival factions the dvd".