My Girls

On this song, vocalist Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, sings about how he eschews material things and just wants four walls to keep his wife (fashion designer Fernanda Pereira) and daughter (Nadja) safe. He explained to The Sun January 9, 2009: "I'm not big on possessions but, for some reason, being the owner of a space, a safe house for my wife and my daughter, has become the most important thing for me, for better or worse."

Lennox multitracked his voice into a call and response choir for this number.

The Merriweather Post Pavilion album shares its name with a vast outside arena in Columbia, Maryland. Guitarist and vocalist David Portner, aka Avey Tare, explained to Billboard magazine: "I had seen the most concerts there, growing up. But we didn't really name it after the venue. We really liked the way it sounds and that it has the word 'weather' in it. We cast a lot of the songs to different weather patterns."