| 1 | Casimir Pulaski Day | dates |
| 2 | Chicago | faith |
| 3 | Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Ohio | opening album tracks |
| 4 | Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) | unemployment |
| 5 | Fourth of July | remembrance songs |
| 6 | Genuflecting Ghost | physical gestures |
| 7 | Futile Devices | futility |
| 8 | John Wayne Gacy Jr. | famous people |
| 9 | The Lord God Bird | birds |
| 10 | Romulus | gripping or intriguing narrative |
| 11 | Should Have Known Better | biography & autobiography |
| 12 | The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders | unusual time signatures |
| 13 | They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! | night & darkness |
| 14 | Tonya Harding | winter sports |
| 15 | The Transfiguration | miracles |
| 16 | You Are the Blood | blood |