The track begins by establishing its riff logic before the voice arrives: a fast instrumental opening, a riff variation around 0:28, and a heavier medium-tempo groove settling near 0:56. The opening does not function as a preface so much as a contract: repetition, command, and tight rhythmic return are already in place before the lyric enters.

The first verse begins at 1:01 with End of passion play, then tightens through the shorter Taste me, you will see lines at 1:18. The chant-like command section arrives at 1:30 — Come crawling faster, Obey your master — and the title refrain lands at 1:48. This first cycle establishes the song’s main alternation: narrative accusation, command refrain, title hook.

After Master, master at 2:02, the vocal drops away and the riff passage reloads the form rather than escaping it. The second verse enters at 2:21 with Needlework the way, repeats the same functional path through the Taste me lines, then returns to the command and title material from 2:50 onward. The added refrain extension at 3:25 keeps the hook active a little longer before the center opens.

At 3:34 the song leaves the verse–chorus circuit for a long instrumental middle. Its job is expansion: the vocal command structure is suspended while the recording works through an extended central passage, including lead-guitar foregrounding and a broader instrumental stretch. The pulse remains held, but the form has moved out of lyric repetition into a middle span.

The voice returns at 5:21 with Master, master, but not as another normal verse. The lyric perspective shifts into complaint and exposure — Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after? — before the isolated Fix me at 5:43. After that, the music reloads instrumentally, carrying the track back toward the earlier vocal machine.

The final verse starts at 6:48 with Hell is worth all that, then compresses into the ruling statements at 7:05. The command section returns at 7:18 and the title refrain at 7:35, now as a restored final pass through the song’s main contract. The refrain extends again through Master, master at 7:49 and 7:56, then the ending loosens around 8:17, lets in the final laughter near 8:19, and decays into silence by about 8:29.