Songfacts®:

• Frontman Gary Lightbody told the Irish public broadcaster RTE: "This is a love record rather than a break up record, but wonderful as that may be, it's set in the context of a world that's as terrifying as it is beautiful. Which is why a lot of the imagery refers to space. As in 'get us out of here'. I don't think we're doomed, but there's darkness here, looming over me rather than in me."
• A Hundred Million Suns title and lyrics were informed by Lightbody's newly discovered love of science. He explained to The Sunday Times October 5, 2008: "I didn't have any aptitude for it at school, but I've become very interested in science over the past couple of years." Lightbody added: "In the past, my lyrics have sometimes been bogged down by my own self-flagellation - can't see past my fingertips. This time, the opposite has happened. It's about realizing that we're just dots."