Then-new singer Chuck Mosley had an equal role in writing the songs with the other members. In a 2016 interview, he described the writing process as being a "lot of collaboration". One of Mosley's favorite songs from the album to both sing and listen to was "Why Do You Bother", a song he didn't write any music or lyrics for. Mosley mentioned "Mark Bowen" as being another of his favorites from the record, along with "Why Do You Bother", but noted that it was difficult for him to sing live. "Jim" is a short acoustic interlude that begins with a conversation Jim Martin is having with Mike Bordin. Bordin says to Martin "don't play it", with Martin saying "I'll play it all fucking night". Some believed the words at the beginning have Bordin saying "don't blow it", and Martin responding with "I'll blow it all fucking night". "Arabian Disco" has been included on the compilations
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More,
Epic and Other Hits (2005) and
Midlife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No More (2010), despite never having been released as a single. It and "As the Worm Turns" are Faith No More's only recordings from
We Care a Lot to have ever been included on any of Warner's compilations for the band, with "As the Worm Turns" being included on
Midlife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No More. The band's other compilations
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits,
The Platinum Collection (2006),
The Works (2008) and
The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection (2009) all featured no recordings from
We Care a Lot, despite a few of these compilations having many deep cuts from the band's catalog along with the hit singles. The fact that only "Arabian Disco" and "As the Worm Turns" have ever been included on any of the compilations could possibly be as the result of a deal between the band and Warner. "As the Worm Turns" opens with a piano solo from Bottum. It is one of the songs on
We Care a Lot to have a more straightforward lyrical meaning, with the lyrics revolving around a depressed, unemployed person. The title is a reference to the soap opera show
As the World Turns and the phrase "the worm turns", which is used to talk about how a situation can suddenly change so that a person who has been weak, unlucky and unsuccessful can become strong, lucky and successful. In a 2016, Mosley said "As the Worm Turns" was "just social commentary on being responsible for your own situation". Along with the title track, it was one of only two songs from the album that were still being regularly performed with Patton when Faith No More broke up in 1998, and was the last song played at Faith No More's original final show in Portugal during April 1998. The band recorded a studio version with Patton during the sessions for 1992's
Angel Dust. This version has a shorter piano solo at the beginning, and also incorporates DJ scratches. Originally, it had only ever been available on a Japanese edition of
Angel Dust, and as a B-side for the "
Midlife Crisis" single. In a 1992 interview, Gould said they weren't doing much with the re-recorded version out of spite, since they didn't want Mosley to earn any further royalties from the song. In this interview, Gould was referring to how Mosley had tried to sue the band shortly after he left and they experienced success with 1989's
The Real Thing, claiming a partnership interest in Faith No More's financial assets. The re-recorded "As the Worm Turns" was eventually included on a 2015 deluxe edition for
Angel Dust, which was done by Warner without the band's input, unlike with the 2016 deluxe edition of
We Care Lot. The track "Greed" lyrically revolves around Chuck Mosley's perceived lack of talent as a singer. It includes the lines "over the hills they came from the valley making innuendos about my lack of talent" and "they say that when I'm supposed to be singing, all I'm really doing is yelling". Ironically, the band's next singer Mike Patton would go on to be listed as having the highest octave range in all of popular music. During Faith No More's original run, Patton only sang "Greed" live once, at an August 1990 show in
Kaiserslautern, Germany. This show also included several other Mosley era songs that were almost never played with Patton, including "The Jungle" (which is only known to have been played a single other time with Patton in 1989) and "Faster Disco" (which has never been played with Patton at any other shows). After Faith No More's reunion in 2009, "Greed" was played with Patton during a July 2012 show at the
Hammersmith Apollo in London. ==Critical reception==