But it was quite loose, we thought about it as the concept of a song and all these things that you want to do– brick by brick– and we just made a list of them that was probably three times as long as what it ended up over that night and the next few weeks.
"Even though it is dumbed down, we know it, and it's got a sense of humor … (t)here have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult."
[8] The song's vocals were compared to the work of Nick Cave in bands like Bad Seeds and Grinderman.
About halfway through the song, the scene switches to a car driving through California at sunset and footage of the band on a beach.
As the song reaches its close, the video cuts back to the girl listening to the record and fades to black as she walks away.