You might just be able to spot the similarity in the unusual rhythm of the chorus, but otherwise the howling guitar and hooting vocals blow that comparison out of the water. He’s also called it “a rip-off of ‘A Thousand Miles’ by Vanessa Carlton”, which is a shock. There’s a healthy thrum to ‘Rango’, a track about Van’s first girlfriend, which he’s described as “an attempt to win her back”. So be whoever you want to be and let your mates be whoever they want to be, and don’t worry about it.” Life is whatever you want, there is no right or wrong way of doing it. Speaking to NME, Van said “It was just this kind of tune about like: fuck what anybody else wants for you or thinks you should do. Van wrote this euphoric track about resilience when he was staying in New York City. But no longer: the final version, about having your heart utterly shattered, sounds epic.
“A proper daft thing to write a song about,” he recalled later.
That’s been a hallmark since the band started – Van wrote an early version of it when he was 14 – but he had to change the lyrics, which were originally about going to his first house party. The final track of ‘The Balcony’ turns into a lengthy jam when played live.
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