A little more approachable than the dreampop sophistication of the band's immediately previous singles, Dirt still appears elegant enough, and a little world-weary, while it carries comfortably its polished production, and an overall familiar sound which turns to good account its refined influences.
"'Dirt' is there, everywhere," a statement from the band proclaims. "You walk on it, you get it in your shoes, hands when you fall down, and it gives life to plants and vegetation. When we die, our body returns to the Dirt. Thus, it is part of our very precarious cycle of life, and we are part of it. The song studies a relationship in which a once heated affair now goes cold, and the protagonist finds himself grasping at straws, a feeling that all of us can identify with. But in the end, can the lover who has moved on, take the protagonist just a little bit as her 'Dirt' and keep him as part of her organic self? Would this be enough to ease the pain...."
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