Discover the story of the song > Challengers – The New Pornographers

The protagonist was spending time with their romantic partner greeting the sunrise, even though they both lived with other people. They wandered around a neighborhood called West Village as the sun rose. Later, they wrote down a vision of themselves being "challengers of the unknown". Even though their partner told them to be safe, they claimed each other as theirs. They ended the song saying they will meet again in the future.