Having enjoyed the fruits of Wolf Parade's latest album, it's time to revisit a track from their previous album - "You Are a Runner and I am My Father's son." Easily one of Wolf Parade's most haunting and ominous tunes (the download is available below), the track is a meditation on free will, how outside forces (such as one's parents) influence the outcome of our fate. In the first verse, Krug sings, "I got a number on me/I got a number/Won’t make it through the high noon sun/Well I am my Father’s Son/I am my Father’s Son/His bed is made." The lines depict Spencer beginning a race ("I got a number on me"), yet he comes to the conclusion that the race is one he will never finish, attributing this to the fact that he is his "father's son." The flaws of his father's character have unwittingly been inherited by Krug, predetermining his life's race. Later Krug sings, "I was a hero/Early in the morning/I ain't no hero/In the night." These lines present the idea that, while there was hope during  Krug's youth ("the morning") that he would he surpass his father, Krug's adulthood ("the night") confirms the sad truth that the apple doesn't fall from the tree. Krug ain't no hero.