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On a track called 'New York' there was a line, 'Your face has never left me.' He said, 'That sounds like you've got a girl's head in your bag.' So we changed that."
Lightbody explained the story behind this piano ballad: "I always try to write about personal experiences - 'New York' is about a girl I was seeing over there. We both had strong feelings for one another, but we were never in the same place at the same time. It's about missed opportunities."
Lightbody penned this song with Snow Patrol pianist Johnny McDaid in his London studio.
Canadian musician Owen Pallett, who has also worked with Arcade Fire and Duran Duran did the song's orchestral arrangement. Lightbody told Billboard magazine: "We were having so much trouble with it trying to get the arrangement but he came in and saved our asses."
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