"The overall feeling of the record is home though - there are stories about my childhood (The Garden Rules) and Garret’s kids (Life-ning). Home is the overall theme.” -Gary Lightbody "That song is really about the line, 'to be a father like my dad'," he says. "That's probably the most personal thing I've ever written. I want kids for sure. I wasn't sure men had biological clocks, but I can hear mine so fucking loudly, it's right behind my eyes.

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