The album predominantly features material recorded prior to Constant Hitmaker, with Vile noting, "I put on really early songs, like from my first CD-R.

"[2] Recorded between 2003 and 2008, God Is Saying This to You... is composed primarily of tracks previously self-released by Vile on CD-R.

"[3] Lyrics from the song "Red Apples" subsequently appear on the track "Runners-Up" from Vile's 2011 album Smoke Ring for My Halo.

Vile noted that the original track "was written when I only had a couple of lines I thought were good – my brother and I kind of jammed that song out together, to be honest.

I loved that stuff in The Fall; Mark E. Smith had all these recurring characters, like the Hip Priest, in his lyrics.