Okereke 's lyrics attempt to juxtapose the monotonous events — nights out on club dancefloors and waiting for a train — with the seemingly epic experiences — terrorist attacks and racial angst — witnessed in a city environment . The direct narrative approach divided reviewers . BBC 's Tom Young concluded , " Some will appreciate Kele 's openness and revel in his philosophical focus on modern lives ... others will be too distracted by questionable content such as ... lines about sudoku to take Okereke 's grumbles into consideration . " Okereke has conceded that he was disappointed with the abstraction in '' Silent Alarm '' ; he used The Smiths as inspiration to try to make a personal album with " a real centre " . The lyricist has noted , " I wanted it to be a snapshot , a frozen moment in time . Like in a city , with thousands of stories going on at once , layered on top of each other ... Although I might be speaking through the voice of a character , I 'm still expressing , perhaps , my sentiments . " The words to " Where Is Home ? " begin at the funeral of Christopher Alaneme , a black teenager stabbed to death in Kent in April 2006 in a racially motivated attack . Okereke has described him as a " cousin " due to their Nigerian mothers ' close friendship . The track castigates right-wing newspapers for perpetuating a hysterical fear of black youths in hoodies , an action which often leads to opportunities being denied to the Black British community at large . Populist media is also the target of " Hunting for Witches " ( with the right-wing tabloid '' Daily Mail '' being singled out for criticism ) , whose subject matter is terrorism , namely the 7 July 2005 London bombings . Okereke has stated , " I guess the point about the song for me is post-September 11th , the media has really traded on fear and the use of fear in controlling people . " Two songs , " Kreuzberg " and " I Still Remember " , explore sexuality and homosexuality ; the former is an account of promiscuity in the Berlin area of the same name , while the latter details an unrequited crush of a boy for his schoolmate
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
A Weekend in the City