Jack White wrote this on marimba. The concept of inserting random bits of noise actually started as an editing mishap - Jack insists on using the most primitive equipment and editing techniques. While cutting the eight-track tape, Jack accidentally sliced the tape prematurely, and the rest, as they say, is history.
About the album title: it comes from the biblical book of Matthew, verse 16:23, which states, "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.'"
In 2007, Jack White told Mojo magazine that this song "is about somebody I was in love with, had been in love with for over a decade, but the way you explore all these characters compels you to know yourself better."
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