Background and Composition
Contrary to the style of many of their recordings, the song is a ballad. It also utilizes a string section, with an arrangement by composer Deborah Lurie. During a July 2006 airing of the PBS series Soundstage, the group revealed that the song was not written about a girl, but rather a "dude".
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