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Genius Annotation

This song is mainly about Win Butler’s old friend, and this song is the main theme of their short film, Scenes From The Suburbs.

In this film, the main character’s best friend, Winter, becomes strangely distant from the rest of the group, and is believed to be the person talked about in this song.

So in short, this song is probably about and old friend of Win (or somebody else in Arcade Fire), how their friendship has changed, and how things such as different preferences in music can change lives. The power of music.

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