The song was released as Auf der Maur's fourth single, and first from her second studio album of the same name, on November 9, 2009 as a free digital download.
The song's chorus features a different guitar structure to the verse but the bass line (D#-C--F-G) uses a soft-loud dynamic that is reminiscent of 1990s alternative rock compositions.
The line "travel out of our minds / and into our hearts / standing by" is used a number of times throughout and Auf der Maur refers to this as "very apropos of the 21st century.
Auf der Maur stated in an interview with ARTISTdirect in May 2010 that the lyrics were written from a purely modern perspective, despite the medieval basis of the OOOM project, and it was difficult to "find our honest, emotional truth and the feminine balance to the wars going on and the destruction to mother nature."
However, it did not receive as much airplay as the single's predecessors; "Followed the Waves", "Real a Lie" and "Taste You"; due to lack of commercial promotion as Auf der Maur was not signed to a major label.
[10] In efforts to promote the domestic release of the single, Auf der Maur performed a five-date Canadian tour lasting from November 18 to 24, 2009 being supported by Stone Temple Pilots.
Tom Edwards of the NME described it as "the kind of overblown rock posturing left untapped since the early '90s" but also as a "guilty pleasure",[12] giving it a 5/10 rating.
Music Feeds Australia stated that it was an "interesting track, with industrial-lite riffs with Billy Corgan influenced lyrics" and although it was "darker in texture then the bands she has played in, the bleak sound lends itself as a soundtrack you'd expect to hear on a Marvel comic based movie.
"[13] A promotional music video for the song, based on the concept movie of the same name and directed by Tony Stone, was premiered on Auf der Maur's official site on January 12, 2010.
Speaking of the music video, Auf der Maur said:"Essentially, it's an eternal female character on the hunt for the heart, looking for the center.