The band was also attracted to using the ocean and television as central images for the album, with Win Butler saying the ocean imagery symbolizes a lack of control; of television, Butler stated that: People don't necessarily know that they're taking on a worldview, or absorbing ideas .
Sastav je kao središnje motive albuma odlučio koristiti ocean i televiziju, a Butler je rekao kako slike oceana simboliziraju nedostatak kontrole; Butler je za televiziju rekao: „Ljudi ne znaju nužno da preuzimaju svjetski pogled, ili apsorbiraju ideje .