The Misfits song "Dust to Dust" is a track that primarily saw an official release during the Michale Graves era of the band, specifically on the 1999 album Famous Monsters, though it is a song with a longer history and different potential versions, which is common in the Misfits' catalog. For the version most widely known and commercially available on Famous Monsters, the music represents the band's late 90s style of horror punk. It is powerful and highly produced, incorporating elements of heavy metal into the punk framework. The track features a driving, mid-tempo groove, thick guitar work from Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, and strong, clear vocals from Michale Graves, who often brought a more gothic and melodic sensibility to the songs than Glenn Danzig's earlier raw sound. It maintains the essential Misfits signature with its catchy, sing-along chorus and classic horror-themed instrumentation. Lyrically, the song leans into the core horror-punk theme of the monstrous self and dark creation. It uses the familiar phrase "ashes to ashes, dust to dust," which is a reference to the Christian burial committal, and warps it to fit a horror narrative. The lyrics are focused on a creature or a forgotten child who feels abandoned by its creators, with lines like "I'm not your savior, I'm not your son" and "Your soul-less son, your thing that should not be." The track directly references the classic horror film The Bride of Frankenstein in its themes of an abandoned, reanimated creation seeking revenge or acknowledgement from its creator, which solidifies its place within the Misfits' deep-seated obsession with monster movies.