Arcade Fire Lyrics

Baby Mine lyrics - Arcade Fire

(from "Dumbo" soundtrack)

[Régine Chassagne:]

Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part, baby of mine

[Win Butler:]

Little one when you play

Don't you mind what they say

Let your eyes sparkle and shine

Never a tear, baby of mine

If they knew all about you

They'd end up loving you, too

All those same people who scold you

What they'd give just for the right to hold you

From your head to your toes

You're not much, heaven knows

But you are so precious to me

Sweet as can be, baby of mine

Oh, baby of mine

Cold Wind lyrics - Arcade Fire

In the middle of the summer

I'm not sleeping cold wind blowing

In the middle of the night

They try to find me but I'm still driving

If you're going to San Francisco

Lay some flowers on the grave stone

There's music on the station

And I'm just listening to cold wind whistling

And if they ever find me

Tell the papers cold wind, cold wind

Cold, cold wind blowing

Cold wind blowing

Hey hey hey

Something ain't right

And if they ever find me

Tell the papers cold wind, cold wind

Cold, cold wind blowing

Cold wind blowing

Generation A lyrics - Arcade Fire

This is Generation A and we're not gonna wait!

They say wait a little longer

And the times are gonna change

They say wait until tomorrow

Yesterday is always strange

They say wait until you're older

And you will understand

They say the generation's coming

But I don't think they understand

That I am not a patient man

I can't wait

Too little, too late

(Wait)

They say wait until you're ready (Wait)

Wait until your number's called (Wait)

They say "Wait, all we need is love"

But darling, California's burning

New Orleans is waiting for the flood

I can't wait

Too little, too late

(They think they can take us)

Too little, too late

I can't wait

Too little, too late

It's too little, too late

This ain't the summer of love

This is the summer of rock

Racist running, cities burning

Children show you what they're learning

Whole world finally fade away

Walk like generation A

I can't wait

Too little, too late

They think they can take us

I can't wait

Too little, too late

It's too little, too late

I Give You Power lyrics - Arcade Fire (feat. Mavis Staples)

I give you power, over me

I give you power, but now I gotta be free

I give you power, but now I say

I give you power, I can take it away

I can take it away

Woo!

I give you power

Over me

I give you power

But now I gotta be free

But I gotta be free

I give you power

But now I say

I give you power

I can take it away

Watch me

Take it away

Watch me

I can take it away

Watch me

Take it away

Watch the night

I give you power

Over me

I give you power

But now I gotta be free

But I gotta be free

I give you power

But now I say

I give you power

I can take it away

I give you power, over me

I give you power, but I gotta be free (gotta be free)

I give you power, now I say

I can't watch you take it away

Woo!

I give you power

Over me

I give you power

But now I gotta be free

I gotta be free

I give you power

But now I say

I give you power

I can take it away

Well, oooooh, oooh

Oooooh, oooh

I give you power (power)

Where do you think it all comes from? Huh?

Who gives you power? (Power)

Where do you think it all comes from?

I give you power

I can take it all away

I can take it away

Watch me

Take it away

Watch me

Take it away

Watch me now

Take it away

Watch me

Surf City Eastern Bloc lyrics - Arcade Fire

It's a shame about the roadblock

We're afraid that we'll get caught or stopped

Let's go right now, surf city eastern block

I'm in the trunk, my surfboard on top

The eighties ain't been kind to anyone

I just want to find myself some sun

It's 1984, I'm on the run

Goodbye Berlin, hello Autobahn

It's a shame about the roadblock

If they catch us we won't ever talk

Let's go right now, surf city eastern block

I'm in the trunk when the inspector knocks

Reflektor (2013)

Reflektor
We Exist
Flashbulb Eyes
Here Comes The Night Time
Normal Person
You Already Know
Joan Of Arc
Here Comes The Night Time II
Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)
It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)
Porno
Afterlife
Supersymmetry
Apocrypha (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Women Of A Certain Age (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Soft Power (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Get Right (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Crucified Again (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Reflektor lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Trapped in a prison,

in a prism of light.

Alone in the darkness,

a darkness of white.

We fell in love,

alone on a stage,

in the reflective age.

Entre la nuit, la nuit et l'aurore.

Entre le royaume des vivants et des morts.

[Translation: "Between the night, the night and the dawn. Between the realm of the living and the dead."]

If this is heaven,

I don't know what it's for.

If I can't find you there,

I don't care.

I thought I found a way to enter;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

I thought I found the connector;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

Now the signals we send

are deflected again.

We're so connected,

but are we even friends?

We fell in love when I was 19,

and now we're staring at a screen.

Entre la nuit, la nuit et l'aurore.

Entre le royaume des vivants et des morts.

If this is heaven,

I need something more.

Just a place to be alone,

cause you're my home.

I thought I found a way to enter;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

I thought I found the connector;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

Just a reflector.

It's just a reflector, just a reflector.

Just a reflector, reflector.

Just a reflector. [repeat x 7]

Just a reflection of a reflection

of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection (ah!),

but I see you on the other side.

We all got things to hide.

Just a reflection of a reflection

of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection (ah!),

but I see you on the other side.

We all got things to hide.

(Alright let's go back.)

Our song it skips

on little silver disks.

Our love is plastic,

and they break it to bits.

I want to break free,

but will they break me

down, down down,

don't mess around.

I thought I found a way to enter;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

I thought I found the connector;

it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

It's just a reflector. [repeat]

Thought you were praying to the resurrector;

turns out it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

Thought you were praying to the resurrector;

turns out it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

Thought you were praying to the resurrector;

turns out it was just a reflector. (Just a reflector)

Just a reflector.

But I see you on the other side.

Just a reflector.

(Ah!)

But I see you on the other side. (Reflector)

We all got things to hide. (Reflector)

Just a reflector.

But I see you on the other side.

We Exist lyrics - The Arcade Fire

They're walking around

Head full of sound

Acting like

We don't exist

They walk in the room

And stare right through you

Talking like

We don't exist

But we exist

Daddy it's true

I'm different from you

But tell me why they treat me like this?

If you turned away

What would I say?

Not the first betrayed by a kiss

Maybe it's true

They're staring at you

When you walk in the room

Tell 'em it's fine

Stare if you like

Just let us through

Na na na na na na na

They're down on their knees

Begging us please

Praying that we don't exist

Daddy it's fine

I'm used to 'em now

But tell me why they treat me like this?

It's cause we do it like this

Maybe it's true

They're staring at you

When you walk in the room

Tell 'em it's fine

Stare if you like

Just let us through

Na na na na na na na

Let 'em stare, let 'em stare!

If that's all they can do!

But I'd lose my heart

If I turn away from you

Oh Daddy don't turn away

You know that I'm so scared

But will you watch me drown?

You know we're going nowhere

We know that we're young

And no shit we're confused

But will you watch us drown?

What are you so afraid to lose?

Down on my knees

Begging us please

Praying that we don't exist

You're down on your knees

Begging us please

Praying that we don't exist

But we exist

We exist

Maybe if you hang together

You can make the changes in our hearts

And if you hang together, you can change us

Just where should you start?

Flashbulb Eyes lyrics - The Arcade Fire

[Verse]

What if the camera

Really do

Take your soul

Oh no

What if the camera

Really do

Take your soul

Oh no

[Chorus]

Hit me with your flashbulb eyes!

You know I've got nothing to hide

You know I got nothing

No I got... nothing

[Verse]

[Chorus x2]

Here Comes The Night Time lyrics - The Arcade Fire

When the sun goes down

When the sun goes down you head inside

'Cause the lights don't work

Yeah nothing works they say you don't mind

Here comes the night time

And the missionaries

They tell us we will be left behind

Been left behind

A thousand times, a thousand times

If you want to be righteous

If you want to be righteous, get in line

'Cause here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night

Here comes the night time

Look out, here comes the night time!

They say, heaven's a place

Yeah, heaven's a place and they know where it is

But you know where it is?

It's behind the gate, they won't let you in

And when they hear the beat, coming from the street, they lock the door

But if there's no music up in heaven, then what's it for?

When I hear the beat, my spirit's on me like a live-wire

A thousand horses running wild in a city on fire

But it starts in your feet, then it goes to your head

If you can't feel it, then the roots are dead

And if you're the judge, then what is our crime?

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night!

Look out, here comes the night!

Here comes the night!

Here comes the night, the night, the night, the night time!

Now the preachers they talk

Up on the satellite

If you're looking for Hell, just try looking inside

Here comes the night time, the night time

When you look in the sky, just try looking inside

God knows what you might find

When you look in the sky, just try looking inside

God knows what you might find

Here comes the night time

Normal Person lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Oh man

Do you like Rock and Roll music?

‘Cause I don’t know if I do

Is anything as strange as a normal person?

Is anyone as cruel as a normal person?

Waiting after school for you

They want to know if you

If you're normal too

Well, are you?

Are you?

I'm so confused. Am I a normal person?

You know, I can't tell if I'm a normal person

It's true, I think I'm cool enough, but am I cruel enough?

Am I cruel enough for you?

And they will break you down

Till everything is normal now

I know

And they will break you down

Till everything is normal now

I know

They take their tea at two

All the normal people, they do

They burn the jungle down

While they were sleeping, it grew

You dream in English now

In proper English, look how

You're just the same as me

It's through

And they will break you down

Till everything is normal now

I know

And they will break you down

Till everyone is normal now

I know

If that's what's normal now

I don't want to know

If that's what's normal now

Mama don't make me go

When they get excited, they try to hide it

Look at those normals go

When they get excited, they try to hide it

Look at those normals go

When they get excited, they try to hide it

Look at those normals go

When they get excited, they try to hide it... No!

And they will break you down

Till everything is normal now

I know

And they will break you down

Till everyone is normal now

I know

If that's what's normal now

I don't want to know

If that's what's normal now

Maybe if you hang together

You can make the changes in our hearts

And if you hang together

You can change us, just where should you start?

I've never really ever met a normal person

I've never really ever met a normal person... like you!

How do you do?

You Already Know lyrics - The Arcade Fire

[Intro sample]

Arcade Fire!

[Verse 1]

Sometimes it moves so fast

If you stop to ask

It's already passed

So how can you move so slow?

How can you move so slow?

You miss it if you don't

You miss it if you

[Chorus]

Don't already know

Already know

[Verse 2]

When your love is right

You can't sleep at night

You've been sleeping just fine

But when your love is bad

When your love is bad

I don't know why you're so sad

But it's time to go

[Chorus]

You already know

Already know

You already know

Already know

[Verse 3]

Sometimes it moves so fast

If you stop to ask

It's already passed

So how can you move so slow?

How can you move so slow?

You missed it, you know

You missed it

[Chorus]

You already know

Already know

You already know

[Bridge]

Please stop wondering why you feel so bad

When you already know

(Already know)

Please stop wondering why you feel so sad

When you already know

(Already know)

Please stop wondering why you feel so bad

When you already know

(Already know)

Please stop wondering why you feel so sad

When you already know

(Already know)

[Outro]

You already know

Oh, it's time to go

She said

"Well how do I know

When I know

When I know?"

(You already know)

Well then he said

"Well how do I know

When I know

When I know?"

(You already know)

She said

"Well how do I know

When I know

When I know?"...

[Outro sample]

Haha, haha

Arcade Fire, ladies and gentlemen!

Joan Of Arc lyrics - The Arcade Fire

You're the one that they used to hate

But they like you now

And everything that goes away

Will be returned somehow

They're the ones that spit on you

Cause they got no heart

I'm the one that will follow you

You're my Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

You had a vision they couldn't see so

They put you down

But everything that you said would happen

It came around

And they're the ones that put you down

Cause they got no heart

But I'm the one that will follow you

You're my Joan of Arc

[Chorus 1]

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc)

Tell the boys their time is through

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, ah ooh)

Tell the boys I'll follow you

I'll follow you

Now they tell you that you're their muse

Yeah, they're so inspired

But where were they when they called your name

And they lit the fire?

When the voices came, you cut your hair

But you're still confused

But I'm the one with a heavy heart

Cause I'll follow you

[Chorus 2]

My Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, ah ooh)

Tell the boys their time is through

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, ah ooh)

Tell the boys I'll follow you

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, ah ooh)

When the boys are over you

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, ah ooh)

Tell the boys I'll follow you

I'll follow you

I really wanna know you

[Regine Chassagne]

Tu dis que tu es mon juge

Mais je ne te crois pas

Alors tu dis que je suis une sainte

Mais ce n'est pas moi

J'entends des voix

Mais ce n'est pas moi

Je ne suis pas Jeanne d'Arc

And if you shoot you better hit your mark

[Chorus 2]

Joan, it's true

I only wanna know you

Joan, it's true, it's true

I only wanna know you

But Joan

I only wanna know you

First they love you

Then they kill you

Then they love you again

And then they love you

Then they kill you

Then they love you again

Love love love you

Kill kill kill you

And then they love you again

They love love love you

Kill kill kill you

And then they love you again

Here Comes The Night Time II lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Here comes the night time

I hurt myself again

Along with all my friends

Feels like it never ends

Here comes the night again

Here comes the night time

You hurt yourself again

Along with all your friends

Feels like it never ends

Here comes the night again

Here comes the night time

Coming on slow

Here comes the night time

I know that you know

Here comes the night time

I hurt myself again

Along with all my friends

Feels like it never ends

Here comes the night again

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night

Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) lyrics - The Arcade Fire

You and I were born in a little town

Before the awful sound started coming down

Oh no, oh

You came home from school and knew you had to run

Please stop running now, just let me be the one for you

I know you can see things that we can't see

But when I say I love you, your silence covers me

Oh, Eurydice, it's an awful sound

I was so disappointed you didn't want me

Oh, how could it be, Eurydice?

I was standing beside you by a frozen sea

Will you ever get free?

Just take all your pain, just put it on me

So that you can breathe

When you fly away will you hit the ground?

It's an awful sound

I know there's a way, we can make them pay

Think it over and say, "I'm never going back again"

I know there's a way, we can leave today

Think it over and say, "I'm never going back again"

You were born in the little town

Before the awful sound started coming down

There's so much inside you that you won't let me see

You fly away from me, but it's an awful sound when you hit the ground

It's an awful sound when you hit the ground

I know there's a way, we can make them pay

Think it over and say, "I'm never going back again"

I know there's a way, we can leave today

Think it over

We know there's a price to pay for love in a reflective age

I met you up upon a stage, our love in a reflective age

Oh no, now you're gone

It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus) lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Hey, Orpheus!

I'm behind you

Don't turn around

I can find you

Just wait until it's over

Wait until it's through

And if I call for you

Oh, Orpheus!

Just sing for me all night

We'll wait until it's over

Wait until it's through

You say it's not me, it's you

Hey, Orpheus!

De l'autre côté de l'eau

Comme un écho

Just wait until it's over

Wait until it's through

And if I shout for you

Never doubt

Don't turn around too soon

Just wait until it's over

Wait until it's through

It seems so important now

But you will get over

It seems so important now

But you will get over

And when you get over

When you get older

Then you will remember

Why it was so important then

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

When you get over

And when you get older

Then you will discover

That it's never over

Hey, Eurydice!

Can you see me?

I will sing your name

Till you're sick of me

Just wait until it's over

Just wait until it's through

But if you call for me

This frozen sea

It melts beneath me

Just wait until it's over

Wait until it's through

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

Seems like a big deal now

But you will get over

And when you get over

And when you get older

Then you will remember

He told you he'd wake you up

When it was over

He told you he'd wake you up

When it was over

Now that it's over

Now that you're older

Then you will discover

That it's never over

It's never over (it's never over) [8x]

Sometime (Sometime)

Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)

But it's never gonna happen now

We'll figure it out somehow

Sometime (Sometime)

Boy, they're gonna eat you alive (eat you alive)

But it's never gonna happen now

We'll figure it out somehow

Cause it's never over

It's never over (it's never over) [6x]

We stood beside

A frozen sea

I saw you out

In front of me

Reflected light

A hollow moon

Oh Orpheus, Eurydice

It's over too soon

Porno lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Take the makeup off your eyes

I've got to see you, hear your sacred sighs

Before the break up, comes the silence

I'm talking to you. You say you're over it,

But I know

I thought I knew you. You thought you knew me

But now that you do, it's not so easy now

That I know

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go

Every man that you know would have run at the word go

Little boys with their porno, oh, I know they hurt you so

They don't know what we know. Never know what we know

And all your makeup, just take it all off

I've got to find you before the line is lost

I know I hurt you, I won't deny it

When I reach for you, you say, "I'm over it."

But I know

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go

Every man that you know would have run at the word go

Little boys with their porno, oh, I know they hurt you so

They don't know what I know. It's so little that we know

But the cup it overflows. Little boys with their porno

This is their world, where can we go?

Makes me feel like something's wrong with me

Can you see me?

You can cry; I won't go. You can scream; I won't go

Little boys with their porno. Little boys with their porno

Makes me feel like something's wrong. It's the only world we know

Yeah, something's wrong. Little boys with their porno

And boys they learn some selfish shit until the girl won't put up with it

On and on and on we go. I just have to know. I'm not over it

I'm not over it

So love is real like a disease.

Come on tell me please,

I'm not over it

Afterlife lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Afterlife

Oh my God, what an awful word

After all the breath and the dirt and the fires are burnt

And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go

And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on in the dead lights

Of the afterglow

I've gotta know...

Can we work it out?

If we scream and shout, 'till we work it out

Can we just work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out

Till we work it out, till we work it out

Afterlife

I think I saw what happens next

Oh, it was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window

Or a shallow sea

Could you see me?

And after all this time

It's like nothing else we used to know

And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on in the dead lights

Of the afterglow

I've gotta know...

Can we work it out?

If we scream and shout, till we work it out

Can we just work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

But you say, "Oh, when love is gone

Where does it go?"

And you say,

"Oh, when love is gone

Where does it go?"

And where do we go?

Where do we go?

And after this

Can it last another night?

After all the bad advice

That had nothing at all to do with life

I've gotta know...

Can we work it out?

If we scream and shout, till we work it out

Can we just work it out?

Scream and shout till we work it out?

But you say,

"Oh, when love is gone

Where does it go?"

And you say,

"Oh, when love is gone

Where does it go?"

We know it's gone

But where did it go?

And where do we go?

Is this the afterlife?

It's just an afterlife with you.

It's just an afterlife.

It's just an afterlife with you.

It's just an afterlife.

Supersymmetry lyrics - The Arcade Fire

I know you're living in my mind

It's not the same as being alive

I know you're living in my mind

It's not the same as being alive

Supersymmetry

If telling the truth is not polite

Then I guess you'll have to fight

If telling the truth is not polite

Then I guess we'll have to fight

Supersymmetry

I lived for a year, in the bed by the window

Reading books, better than memories

Wanna feel the seasons passing

Wanna feel the spring

Of supersymmetry

Supersymmetry

It's been a while since I've been to see you

I don't know where, but you're not with me

Heard a voice, like an echo

But it came from me

Supersymmetry

Supersymmetry (supersymmetry)

Ah, lalala lala

Supersymmetry

Apocrypha lyrics - The Arcade Fire

I said I wanna be born

Born again

But not right now

Please don't take me there

But God said,

Son, it's time to go

But when you'll return

I don't know just yet

But even stars they die when they get old

The precious ones that we used to hold

So if you gonna shoot you better hit your mark

Send that arrow,

Sent it through my heart

My heart

You said,

This time, I won't get turned away

You said

Well, Joan of Arc

I walk in the dark

She said,

I've seen how the world ends

First they love you

Then they kill you

Then they'll love you again, and again

Again

She said,

This time, I won't get turned away

[Repeat]

But Jesus Christ

What did you do

To deserve what they done to you?

[Repeat]

We're coming downtown

See what we got

We got the right

[Repeat]

We know something ain't right

I said

Going downtown

See what we got

We got the right

Women Of A Certain Age lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Women of a certain age

Made to feel they gotta change

Some of them change their faces

But they don't smile the same

Some of them take night courses

Some of them get divorces

As the world gets strange

It's time for a change

Go and let your men get strange markings

Go and let the world get strange

Never change

Women own the world tonight

'Cause all the boys, they just wanna fight

And women of the world are born

To all the boys little wars

Mother, sister, daughter

The boys, they just can't father

It's time to take the ranks

When it's away from the strange

Go and let your men get strange markings

Go and let the world get strange

But never change

Never change

Soft Power lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Soft power got them so upset.

They think it's over.

But it's not done yet.

Soft power in the underground

Gonna let the wind

Blow the shit all around.

Well,

Soft power gets into our brains

Soft power now it's never going to be the same

All your voices in the streets tonight

Soft power

It's alright

All your power makes the world go round

You can cut the speakers

You can cut all the sounds.

But can you hear us

Singing our song?

Soft power

Now it's coming on strong

Soft power gets into our brains

Soft power now it's never going to be the same

All your voices in the streets tonight

Soft power

It's alright

Soft power

Look at them go

Soft power

They're about to explode

Soft power

In the Underworld

Soft power

Every boy and girl

We were born

So it's our right

You can cut all the power

You can cut all the lights

But we can see you even in the dark

Your words are fire

And we are the spark

Well

Soft power gets into our brains

Soft power now it's never, ever going to be the same

All your voices in the streets tonight

Soft power

It's not alright

Soft power

Look at them go

Soft power

They're about to explode

Soft power

In the Underworld

Soft power

Every boy and girl

Call a doctor

when it's not alright

Call a doctor

Cause it's not alright

Call a doctor

It's not alright

Call a doctor

Cause it's not alright

Well.

We'd love to help you

But we're not home.

Leave a message:

It's impossible now.

We'd love to help you

But we're not home.

Leave a message:

It's impossible now.

We'd love to help you

But we're not home.

Leave a message:

It's impossible now.

(Here we go...)

Get Right lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Better get right

Before you die

Better get right

[3x]

'Cause you can't take it down with you

Where you're going to

No, you can't take it down with you

Where you're going to

And forever (ever) is longer than you could ever

Yeah, forever (ever) is longer than you could ever

Imagine

Better get right (right)

Crucified Again lyrics - The Arcade Fire

On the twelfth of January

You don't need what you can't carry

The blood will flow into the ocean

The voices breaking with the motion

Crucified

Then crucified again

Crucified

Then crucified again

In the night, they started singin'

They had no right to keep believin'

But down bellow, there's someone screamin'

A broken church, no bells a-ringin'

They crucified

Then crucified again

They crucified

Then crucified again

Crucified again

The preachers talk on television

Hand out the judgments of their religion

But when I heard those women singin'

They made a sound I couldn't believe in

Crucified

Then crucified again

He who strikes the blow forgets it

But he who bears the scar remembers

The fire is burnin' down to embers

The fire is burnin', but I can't remember

Crucified

Then crucified again

Crucified

Then crucified again

Crucified again

Crucified again, and again, and again

All you great and mighty nations

Who think you've payed for your high stations

The cities may be built in the sand

But ours were built by their fathers' hands

They crucified

Then crucified again

They crucified

Then crucified again

Crucified again

Crucified again, and again, and again

Till the crowd cries

Do it again

[Repeat]

Crucified again

Culture War lyrics - Arcade Fire

Now the future's staring at me
like a vision from the past,
and I know these crumbs they sold me,
they're never gonna last.
Though we know the culture war,
we don't know what it's for but
we've lived the southern strategy.
You know it's never gonna last,
so keep it in the past.

These are different times that we're living in.
These are different times.
Now the kids are growing up so fast.
Paying for our crimes.

You left while I was sleepin'.
You said, "It's down to me".
Oh I've read a little Bible.
You see what you want to see.
Oh, we know the culture war,
we don't know what it's for but
we've lived your southern strategy.
You know it's never gonna last
so keep that shit in the past.

These are different times that we're living in.
'Cause these are different times.
Now the kids are growing up so fast.
They're paying for our crimes.

The dominos they never fell
but bodies they still burn.
Throw my hand into the fire
but still I never learn,
will I ever learn?

That these are different times.
Now the kids are growing up so fast
and paying for our crimes.
We'll be soldiers for you, mommy and daddy,
in your culture war.
We'll be soldiers for you, mommy and daddy,
but we don't know what it's for.

We're soldiers now in the culture war.
We're soldiers now, but we don't know what it's for.
We're soldiers now in the culture war.
We're soldiers now, but we don't know what it's for.
So tell me what's it for.

You want it? You got it, here's your culture war.
You want it? Now you've got it, so tell me what's it for.

Speaking In Tongues lyrics - Arcade Fire

Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother

Your daddy really took it out of you

But did he speak it in tongues?
But did he speak it in tongues?

Sneaking out the windows now

You've got the spirit now

Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother

Where did we lose our way?

It's like we're speaking in tongues
It's like we're speaking in tongues

Sneaking out the windows now

You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now

Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother

Now I can't understand a word

Now you're speaking in tongues
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues
(Speaking in tongues)

Come out of your head
And into my world now

Come out of your head
And into my world, my world, my world now

(Speaking in tongues)
(To end)

My Buddy lyrics - Arcade Fire

The night is long since you went away
I dream about you all through the day
My buddy, my buddy, no buddy quite so true.
(Hey that's a wrong note,
And that's a wrong note,
And tune up that G string,
And that's better, that's better, that's better)
Miss your voice, the touch of your hand
I long to know that you understand
My buddy, my buddy, your buddy misses you

Brazil lyrics - Arcade Fire

Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly whispered, "Someday soon"
We kissed and clung together

Then - tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say
And now, the twilight moves the skies above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of
Return, I will, to old Brazil

Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly whispered, "Someday soon"
We kissed and clung together

Then - tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say
And now when twilight moves the skies above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of
Return, I will, to old Brazil

The arcade fire other songs:

Abraham's Daughter lyrics - The Arcade Fire

[from "The Hunger Games" soundtrack]

Abraham took Isaac's hand and led him to the lonesome hill.
While his daughter hid and watched,
She dare not breathe, she was so still.
Just as an angel cried for the slaughter,
Abraham's daughter raised her voice.

Then the angel asked her what her name was,
She said, "I have none."
Then he asked, "How can this be?"
"My father never gave me one."

And with his sword up, raised for the slaughter,
Abraham's daughter raised her bow.
"How darest you, child, defy your father?"
"You better let young Isaac go."

Alligator Mine lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Run run run run run run run away
Run run run run run run run away from me from me

You breath like airs a tourist in your heart babe
When colder weather comes you'll just suffocate

You kiss like love's a tourist in your heart babe
When colder weather comes you just disappear from me
But I cant wait to have your sweet love again before you

Run run run run run run run away
Run run run run run run run away from me from me

You breath like airs a tourist in your heart babe
When colder weather comes you'll just suffocate

You kiss like love's a tourist in your heart babe
When colder weather comes you just disappear from me
But I cant wait to have your sweet love again

You're cold blooded, stealin' my sunlight
You're cold blooded alligator mine

You're cold blooded, stealin' my sunlight
You're cold blooded alligator mine

You run away again my
I wont stay alligator mine

Burning Bridges, Breaking Hearts lyrics - The arcade fire

Burning bridges, breaking hearts
Everything you taught us to do
We're burning bridges, and breaking hearts
No home to come home to
We're burning bridges, and breaking hearts
I won't look you in the eye
And burning bridges, breaking hearts
Caught you in a friendship lie

Took a visit, to your old house
The windows were all boarded up
Try to hold these, memories
The ocean in a paper cup
There's no future in this town
They barricade the buildings there
To the lion, you've been cast
Only bones are gonna last

There's a city, underground
There's a city made of glass
There's a city, underground
Hurry cause it's breaking fast

There's no future in this town
They barricade the buildings there
We're burning bridges and breaking hearts
No home to come home to

We're burning bridges
(and breaking hearts)
We're burning bridges
(and breaking hearts)
Burning bridges, breaking hearts
(breaking hearts)

Burning bridges, breaking hearts
Everything you taught us to do
We're burning bridges and breaking hearts
No home to come home to

We're burning bridges and breaking hearts
Everything you taught us to do
We're burning bridges and breaking hearts
No home to come home to

Can't Let Go Of You lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Where we gonna go
I'm gassed up, I'm ready to go
Grab your jacket, Let's hit the road
We can't wait any longer, Let's go

She's looking out the window
And her baby starting to show
From five months ago
So keep driving, keep driving through the snow

I passed by my folks on side of the road, but I'm through it everyone
We can't let go, You can't let go of the wheel
And I pass by my friends on either end, But I'm through it all of them
I can't let go, We can't let go of the wheel

Hoping land for miles is Nebraska in my eye
And we still crystallize
Any longer any longer

Trees and power lines are all dressed in the ice
And we still crystallize
Keep moving keep moving through the eye

See the road swallow us whole, and we're still alive...
But I cant let go, I cant let go of the wheel
And water break on a burning wick and douse the flame kill her quiver
We cant let go, We cant let go of eachother
Shes crying saying it's nobody's fault, shes already a pillar of salt
We're too dissolved, we're too dissolved into the road

Cars And Telephones lyrics - The arcade fire

I read the pages about me
In her autobiography
They were brief and to the point

Our flesh, while you are getting dressed
A memory that needs to be repressed
I'll just wait until it's over

Since you've gone away I never know just what to say
Since you've gone away I never know just what to say

Cause I like cars more than telephones
Your voice in my ear makes me feel so alone
Tonight I'm gonna drive, the silver moon is shining bright
Over the interstate, God saying hurry don't be late
Soon the sun will rise, that's when the romance dies
And I'm just tired of running around

I walked to get the mail today
I guess your letter never came
I'll just check again tomorrow

A flash while you are getting dressed
A memory that needs to be repressed
I'll just wait without saying a word

Since you've gone away I never know just what to say
Since you've gone away I never know just what to say

Cause I like cars more than telephones
Your voice in my ear makes me feel so alone
Tonight I'm gonna drive, the silver moon is shining bright
Over the interstate, God saying hurry don't be late
Soon the sun will rise, that's when the romance dies
And I'm just tired of running around

But fuck it, I love you even if, I'm gonna feel like shit
By the time I get to you, now the sky is turning blue

The stars they disappear one by one as the daylight nears
And yes you're in my head, but that doesn't make you here

And I've lost all my friends, but you're the one I miss the most
And now I'm almost there, yeah, I'm almost to the coast

And if I had any notion of how I'm gonna drive my car across
The Atlantic Ocean I'd be fucking set

Lenin lyrics - The Arcade Fire

When Lenin was little
All the birds in the boat were singing, "Man this is it"
Now that he's older
All the sailors in heaven are singing up and shit

I know it can't be right
I know it can't be right
But I just smile instead
Of repeating what I say in my head

When Lenin was little
He stung like a vampire on all hollows eve
All the saints of heaven
Looking down at the leaves falling off the tree

I know it can't be right
I know it can't be right
But I just smile instead
Of repeating what I say

Daddy, daddy, please spare the world
From the government
Daddy, daddy, please spare my soul
From my judgment

Daddy, daddy, please send me a heart
That is made of cement
'Cause the money's all been spent

Daddy, daddy, please spare the world
From the government
Daddy, daddy, please spare my soul
From my judgment

Daddy, daddy, please send me a heart
That is made of cement
'Cause the money's all been spent
The money's all been spent
The money's all been spent
The money's all been spent

Milk And Honey lyrics - The Arcade Fire

Sunlight loves me, feeds me milk and honey
Daytime misses me, feeds me milk and honey
Can't stop thinkin, bout my own breathin
Everytime I wake up I feel

Home sick, sea sick, love sick, car sick
Come home, come home quick
Jack jump over the candle stick

Sunlight loves me, feeds me milk and honey
Daytime misses me, feeds me milk and honey
Can't stop thinkin, bout my own breathin
Everytime I wake up I feel

The Year Is lyrics - The arcade fire

I see the lightning almost every day
I've stopped pretending its a bird of prey

My little brother's got a strange disease
he gives a name to everything he sees

ABC, DO RE MI, KKK, NAACP
USA, DOA, NYC, RIP

We heard the thunder on your daddy's farm
your momma said it was a fire alarm
the neighbors heard it and they started to run
we were deciding what to name our son

Let's call that son of a bitch

ABC, DO RE MI, KKK, NAACP
USA, DOA, NYC, RIP

The years is...
(shout out any year that comes into your head, its all the dark)

Virgin Mary Highway lyrics - The arcade fire

I lay on my back in the lake at night in the summer time trying to remember
Every last second, every last breath that I spent with you
The yellow dotted line, reflected in your eyes
You scream as the crickets fly in the open window
Please don't cry love

Come on babe, we both know that I'll stay
The Virgin Mary lives beside the highway
Let's go and see her
Let's ask her blessings today

We've both felt love before even if we deny it
That familiar feeling of believing that we'll die without it
But we never do, well not completely

Come on babe, we both know that I'll stay
The Virgin Mary lives beside the highway
Let's go and see her lets ask her blessings today

You know I'm adrift without you
Come on home, you know I still feel it
Yeah

You know I'm adrift without you
Come on home, you know I still feel it
Yeah

William Pierce lyrics - The arcade fire

William Pierce Butler, my little brother
I know I treat you bad, I know I'm like our dad
When I get scared it's in the air

William Pierce come here, I know I'm insincere
When I am with my friends, love breaks it never ends
I'll love you when you're trapped in sin and doubt
Lets get out! lets get out!

William Pierce we're old, living far from home
Don't lose your light in a crowd, shining without a doubt
For all the world, for all the world and me to see
Don't follow me
Not me
Not me
Not me

"The Suburbs" (2010)

The Suburbs lyrics - the arcade fire
Ready To Start lyrics - the arcade fire
Modern Man lyrics - the arcade fire
Rococo lyrics - the arcade fire
Empty Room lyrics - the arcade fire
City With No Children lyrics - the arcade fire
Half Light I lyrics - the arcade fire
Half Light II (No Celebration) lyrics - the arcade fire
Suburban War lyrics - the arcade fire
Month Of May lyrics - the arcade fire
Wasted Hours lyrics - the arcade fire
Deep Blue lyrics - the arcade fire
We Used To Wait lyrics - the arcade fire
Sprawl I (Flatland) lyrics - the arcade fire
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) lyrics - the arcade fire
The Suburbs (Continued) lyrics - the arcade fire
Culture War lyrics - Arcade Fire
Speaking In Tongues lyrics - Arcade Fire

The Suburbs lyrics - the arcade fire

In the suburbs I
I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leavin'

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd fight in
In a suburban world
your part of town gets minor
So you're standin' on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling again

Kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screamin' and runnin' through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall
And all of the houses they build in the seventies finally fall
Meant nothin' at all
Meant nothin' at all
It meant nothin

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand?
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
I wanna hold her hand
And show her some beauty
Before this damage is done

But if it's too much to ask, it's too much to ask
Then send me a son

Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting
It's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass
Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed!

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling again

I'm movin' past the feeling
I'm movin' past the feeling

In my dreams we're still screamin'
We're still screamin'
We're still screamin'

Ready To Start lyrics - the arcade fire

If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say, "can we still be friends?"

If I was scared... I would
And if I was bored... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears no clothes
But they bow to down to him anyway
It's better than being alone

If I was scared... I would
And if I was bored... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now you're knocking at my door
Saying please come out with us tonight
But I would rather be alone
Than pretend I feel alright

If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say, "can we still be friends?"

If I was scared... I would
And if I was pure... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

If I was scared... I would
And if I was pure... you know I would
And if I was yours... but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

Now I'm ready to start
I would rather be wrong
Than live in the shadows of your song
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start

Now I'm ready to start
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start
And I'm sure you opened the door
To step out into the dark

Now I'm ready

Modern Man lyrics - the arcade fire

So I wait my turn, I'm a modern man
And the people behind me, they can't understand
Makes me feel like
Makes me feel like

So I wait in line, I'm a modern man
And the people behind me, they can't understand
Makes me feel like
Something don't feel right

Like a record that's skipping
I'm a modern man
And the clock keeps ticking
I'm a modern man
Makes me feel like
Makes me feel like

In my dream I was almost there
Then you pulled me aside and said you're going nowhere
They say we are the chosen few
But we're wasted
And that's why we're still waiting
On a number from the modern man
Maybe when you're older you will understand
Why you don't feel right
Why you can't sleep at night now

In line for a number but you don't understand
Like a modern man
In line for a number but you don't understand
Like a modern man

Oh I had a dream I was dreaming
And I feel I'm losing the feeling
Makes me feel like
Like something don't feel right
I erase the number of the modern man
Want to break the mirror of the modern man
Makes me feel like
Makes me feel like

In my dream I was almost there
Then you pulled me aside and said you're going nowhere
I know we are the chosen few
But we're wasted
And that's why we're still waiting
In line for a number but you don't understand
Like a modern man
In like for a number but you don't understand
Like a modern man

And you feel so right
But how come you can't sleep at night?
In line for a number but you don't understand
Like a modern man

I'm a modern man
I'm a modern man
I'm a modern man
I'm a modern man

Rococo lyrics - the arcade fire

Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids
Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids
They will eat right out of your hand
Using great big words that they don't understand
They say

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo

They build it up just to burn it back down
They build it up just to burn it back down
The wind is blowing all the ashes around
Oh my dear god what is that horrible song they're singing

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo, rococo!
Rococo!

They seem wild but they are so tame
They seem wild but they are so tame
They're moving towards you with their colors all the same
They want to own you but they don't know what game they're playing

Rococo, rococo, rococo, rococo
Rococo!
Rococo!

(Rococo)
(Rococo)

Rococo!
Rococo!

(Rococo)
(Rococo)

Rococo!

Empty Room lyrics - the arcade fire

Searching in, in an empty room
Searching in, in an empty room
Something I would never do

Searching in, in an empty room
Searching in, in an empty room
Something I would never do

I'm alone again

When I'm by myself
I can be myself
When my life is calm
But I don't know when

You're burning out, you're black and gray
You're burning out, you're black and gray
Something I would never say

I'm alone again

When I'm by myself
I can be myself
When my life is calm
But I don't know when

Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
... toi tu m'aimes

Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
... toi tu m'aimes

City With No Children lyrics - the arcade fire

The summer that I broke my arm
I waited for your letter
I have no feeling for you now
Now that I know you better

I wish that I could have loved you then
Before our age was through
And before a world war does with us whatever it will do

Dreamed I drove home to Houston
On a highway that was underground
There was no light that we could see
As we listened to the sound of the engine failing

I feel like I've been living in
A city with no children in it
A garden left for ruin by a billionaire inside of a private prison

You never trust a millionaire quoting the sermon on the mount
I used to think I was not like them but I'm beginning to have my doubts
My doubts about it

When you're hiding underground
The rain can't get you wet
But do you think your righteousness could pay the interest on your debt?
I have my doubts about it

I feel like I've been living in
A city with no children in it
A garden left for ruin by a billionaire inside of a private prison

I feel like I've been living in
A city with no children in it
A garden left for ruin by and by as I hide inside of my private prison

Half Light I lyrics - the arcade fire

You told us that
We were too young
Now that night's closing in
And in the half light
We run
Lock us up safe
And hide the key
But the night tears us loose
And in the half light
We're free

Strange how the half light
Can make a place new
You can't recognize me
And I can't recognize you

We run through the streets
That we know so well
And the houses hide so much
We're in the half light
None of us can tell
They hide the ocean in a shell

The ocean in a shell

Our heads are just houses
Without enough windows
They say you hear human voices
But they only echo

They only echo
They only echo
Only echo

(We are not listening, we are on the streets)
(We are not listening, we are on the streets)

Half Light II (No Celebration) lyrics - the arcade fire

Now that San Francisco's gone,
I guess I'll just pack it in.
Wanna wash away my sins,
In the presence of my friends.

You and I we head back East,
To find a town where we can live.
Even in the half light,
We can see that something's gotta give.

When we watched the markets crash,
The promises we made were torn
Then my parents sent for me,
From out West where I was born.

Some people say, they've already lost,
But they're afraid to pay the cost for what we've lost.
Pay the cost for what we've lost

Now that you have left me here,
I will never raise my voice.
All the diamonds you have here,
In this moment which has no life.

Oh, this city's changed so much
Since I was a little child.
Pray to god I won't live to see
The death of everything that's wild.

Though we knew this day would come,
Still it took us by surprise.
In this town where I was born,
I now see through a dead man's eyes.

One day they will see it's long gone.
One day they will see it's long gone.
One day they will see it's long gone.
One day they will see it's long gone.

Suburban War lyrics - the arcade fire

Let's go for a drive
See the town tonight
There's nothing to do but I'll unwind when I'm with you

This town's so strange
They built it to change
And while we're sleeping all the streets, they rearrange

And my old friends, we were so different then
Before your war against the suburbs began
Before it began

And now the music divides
Us into tribes
You grew your hair so I grew mine
They said the past won't rest
Until we jump the fence and leave it behind

And my old friends, I can remember when
You cut your hair
We never saw you again
Now the cities we live in
Could be distant stars
And I search for you
In every passing car

The nights are warm
Yeah, the nights are warm
I've been living in the shadows of your song
Living in the shadows of your
Song

In the suburbs I, I learned to drive
People told me we would never survive
So grab your mother's keys we leave tonight

You started a war
That you can't win
They keep erasing all the streets we grew up in

Now the music divides
Us into tribes
You choose your side I'll choose my side

All my old friends, they don't know me now
Oh-oh
All my old friends, are staring through me now
Oh-oh
All my old friends, they don't know me now
All my old friends, they don't know me now

All my old friends, wait

Month Of May lyrics - the arcade fire

One two three four!

Gonna make a record in the month of May
In the month of May, in the month of May
Gonna make a record in the month of May
When the violent wind blows the wires away

Month of May, it's a violent thing
In the city their hearts start to sing
Well, some people singing sounds like screaming
Used to doubt it but now I believe it

Month of May, everybody sing love
In the city, watch it from above
And just when I knew what I wanted to say
The violent wind blew the wires away

(We were shocked in the suburbs)

Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
The kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Now, some things are pure and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
I said some things are pure and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight

So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young, well
I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?

First the built the road, then they built the town
That's why I'm still driving around
And around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around

Two-thousand nine, two-thousand ten
Wanna make a record how I felt then
When we stood outside in the month of May
And watched a violent wind blow the wires away

If I die in the month of May
Let the wind take my body away, yeah
I wish I may, I wish I might
Don't leave me down there with my arms folded tight

Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away

Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away

Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires, the wires away

Wasted Hours lyrics - the arcade fire

All those wasted hours we used to know
Spent the summer staring out the window
The wind it takes you where it wants to go

First they built the road, then they built the town
That's why we're still driving round and round
And all we see
Are kids in buses longing to be free

Wasted hours, before we knew
Where to go, and what to do
Wasted hours, that you made new
And turned into
A life that we can live

Some cities make you lose your head
Endless suburbs stretched out thin and dead
And what was that line you said
Wishing you were anywhere but here
You watch the life you're living disappear
And now I see
We're still kids in buses longing to be free

Wasted hours, before we knew
Where to go, and what to do
Wasted hours, that you made new
And turned into
A life that we can live

Deep Blue lyrics - the arcade fire

Here
Are my place and time
And here in my own skin
I can finally begin
Let the century pass me by
Standing under night sky
Tomorrow means nothing

I was only a child then
Feeling barely alive when
I heard a song from the speaker of a passing car
And prayed to a dying star
The memory's fading
I can almost remember singing la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

We watched the end of the century
Compressed on a tiny screen
A dead star collapsing and we could see
That something was ending
Are you through pretending
We saw its signs in the suburbs

You could never have predicted
That he could see through you
Kasparov, Deep Blue, nineteen-ninety six
Your mind's pulling tricks now
The show is over so take a bow
We're living in the shadows la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

Hey
Put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey
Put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la

We Used To Wait lyrics - the arcade fire

I used to write
I used to write letters
I used to sign my name

I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain

But by the time we met
By the time we met the times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter
I never took my true heart, I never wrote it down

So when the lights cut out
I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

Now it seems strange
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
But what's stranger still
Is how something so small can keep you alive

We used to wait
We used to waste hours just walking around
We used to wait
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
Sometimes it never came
We used to wait
Sometimes it never came
We used to wait
I'm still moving through the pain

I'm gonna write
A letter to my true love
I'm gonna sign my name

Like a patient on a table
I wanna walk again
Gonna move to the pain

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
Sometimes they never came
We used to wait
Sometimes they never came
We used to wait
I'm still moving through the pain
We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait

We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming "sing the chorus again!"

We used to wait for it.
We used to wait for it.
Now we're screaming "sing the chorus again!"

I used to wait for it
I used to wait for it
Hear my voice screaming "sing the chorus again!"

Wait for it!
Wait for it!
Wait for it!

Sprawl I (Flatland) lyrics - the arcade fire

Took a drive into the sprawl
To find the house where we used to stay in
Couldn't read the number in the dark
You said let's save it for another day

Took a drive into the sprawl
To find the places we used to play
It was the loneliest day of my life
You're talking at me but I'm still far away

Let's take a drive
Through the sprawl
Through these towns they built to change
Then you said, the emotions are dead
It's no wonder that you feel so strange

Cops showing their lights
On the reflectors of our bikes
Said, do you kids know what time it is?
Well sir, it's the first time I've felt like something is mine
Like I have something to give
The last defender of the sprawl
Said, well where do you kids live?
Well sir, if you only knew
What the answer is worth
Been searching every corner
Of the earth

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) lyrics - the arcade fire

They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
These days my life, I feel it has no purpose
But late at night the feelings swim to the surface

'Cause on the surface the city lights shine
They're calling at me, come and find your kind
Sometimes I wonder if the World's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

We rode our bikes to the nearest park
Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark
We shield our eyes from the police lights
We run away, but we don't know why

On the black river, the city lights shine
They're screaming at us, we don't need your kind
Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
Can we ever get away from the sprawl?
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

The Suburbs (Continued) lyrics - the arcade fire

If I could have it back
All the time that we wasted
I'd only waste it again
If I could have it back
You know I'd love to waste it again
Waste it again and again and again

I've got to ask
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
Sometimes I can't believe it...

"Neon Bible" (2007)

Black Mirror lyrics - the arcade fire

I walked down to the ocean
After waking from a nightmare
No moon, no pale reflection
Black Mirror, Black Mirror

Shot by a security camera
You can't watch your own image
And also look yourself in the eye
Black Mirror, Black Mirror, Black Mirror

I know a time is coming
All words will lose their meaning
Please show me something that isn't mine
But mine is the only kind that I relate to
Le miroir casse
The mirror casts mon reflet partour
Black Mirror, Black Mirror, Black Mirror

The black mirror knows no reflection
It knows not pride or vanity
It cares not about your dreams
It cares not for your pyramid schemes
Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken
The curse is never broken

Un! Deux! Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!
Black Mirror!
Un! Deux! Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!
Black Mirror!

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Show me where them bombs will fall
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Show me where them bombs will fall

Black Mirror!
Black Mirror!
Black Mirror!

Keep The Car Running lyrics - the arcade fire

Every night my dream's the same
Same old city with a different name
Men are coming to take me away
I don't know why, but I know I can't stay

There's a weight that's pressing down
Late at night you can hear the sound
Even the noise you make when you sleep
Can't swim across a river so deep
They know my name cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know
When it's coming, when it's coming

There's a fear I keep so deep
Knew its name since before I could speak
Aaaaah Aaaaah Aaaaah Aaaaah
They know my name cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know
When its coming, oh when but its coming

Keep the car running

If some night I don't come home
Please don't think I've left you alone
The same place animals go when they die
You can't climb across a mountain so high
The same city where I go when I sleep
You can't swim across a river so deep
They know my name cause I told it to them
But they don't know where
And they don't know
When it's coming, oh when is it coming?

Keep the car running
Keep the car running
Keep the car running

Neon Bible lyrics - the arcade fire

A vial of hope and a vial of pain
In the light they both looked the same
Poured them out on into the world
On every boy and every girl

It's in the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival
If the Neon Bible is right

Take the poison of your age
Don't lick your fingers when you turn the page
What I know is what you know is right
In the city it's the only light
It's the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival
If the Neon Bible is right

Oh God! Well look at you now!
Oh! You lost it, but you don't know how!
In the light of a golden calf
Oh God! I had to laugh!

Take the poison of your age
Don't lick your fingers when you turn the page
It was wrong but you said it was right
In the future I will read at night

It's the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival
If the Neon Bible is true

Intervention lyrics - the arcade fire

The king's taken back the throne
The useless seed is sown
When they say they're cutting off the phone
I tell 'em you're not home

No place to hide
You were fighting as a soldier on their side
You're still a soldier in your mind
Though nothing's on the line

You say it's money that we need
As if we're only mouths to feed
I know no matter what you say
There are some debts you'll never pay

Working for the Church while your family dies
You take what they give you and you keep it inside
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home
Hear the solider groan, "We'll go at it alone"

I can taste the fear
Lift me up and take me out of here
Don't wanna fight, don't wanna die
Just wanna hear you cry

Who's gonna throw the very first stone?
Oh! Who's gonna reset the bone?
Walking with your head in a sling
Wanna hear the solider sing:
"Been working for the Church while my family dies
Your little baby sister's gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home"
Hear the soldier groan "We'll go at it alone.

I can taste your fear
It's gonna lift you up and take you out of here
And the bone shall never heal
I care not if you kneel

We can't find you now
But they're gonna get the money back somehow
And when you finally disappear
We'll just say you were never here

Working for the church while your life falls apart
Singing halleluiah with the fear in your heart
Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home
Hear the solider groan, "We'll go at it alone"
Hear the solider groan, "We'll go at it alone"

Black Wave / Bad Vibrations lyrics - the arcade fire

We can reach the sea
They won't follow me
Shadows they fear the sun
We'll make it if we run!

Run from the memory
Je nage, mais les sons me suivent

Left my name with the border guards
A name that I don't need
Ce sera un long voyage
Sur les vagues de l'oubli

Run from the memory
Je nage, mais les sons me suivent

Stop now before it's too late
Been eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plate
Nothing lasts forever
That's the way it's gotta be
There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea
For me
For you
For me
It's always for you

Stop now before it's too late
Your lover was for hire
Have you noticed he's been late
Nothing lasts forever
That's the way it's gotta be
There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea
For me
For you
For me
It's always for you

The sound is not asleep, it's moving under my feet
The sound is not asleep, it's moving under my feet
The sound is not asleep, it's moving under my feet
The sound is not asleep, it's moving under my feet

Ocean Of Noise lyrics - the arcade fire

In an ocean of noise
I first heard your voice
Ringing like a bell
As if I had a choice, oh well!

Left in the morning
While you were fast asleep
Into an ocean of violence
A world of empty streets

You've got your reasons
And me I've got mine
But all the reasons I gave
Were just lies to buy myself some time

In an ocean of noise
I first heard your voice
Now who hear among us
Still believes in choice?
Not I!

No way of knowing
What any man will do
An ocean of violence
Between me and you

You've got your reasons
And me I've got mine
But all the reasons I gave
Were just lies to buy myself some time

I'm gonna work it out
Cause time wont work it out
I'm gonna work it out
Cause time wont work it our for you
I'm gonna work it on out

The Well & The Lighthouse lyrics - the arcade fire

I'm serving time
All for a crime I did commit
You want the truth?
You know I'd do it all again
Left for dead
Heaven is only in my head!

I heard a voice
Calling from down inside the well
"See that silver shine?"
She said to come claim what was mine
So down I fell
Down into the water black
My prison cell
Only the moon was shining back!

If I seem lost, well I weighted the cost
And chose my crime
Now it's mine all mine!

I heard the voice
Calling from just outside the well
She said, "You fool, now that you know your end is near
You always fall for what you desire or what you fear!"

Resurrected
Living in a lighthouse
If you leave the ships are gonna wreck
Resurrected
Living in a lighthouse
The lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yet

Antichrist Television Blues lyrics - the arcade fire

I don't wanna work in a building downtown
No I don't wanna work in a building downtown
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Cause the planes keep crashing always two by two
I don't wanna work in a building downtown
No I don't wanna see when the planes hit the ground

I don't wanna work in a building downtown
I don't wanna work in a building downtown
Parking their cars in the underground
Their voices when they scream, well they make no sound
I wanna see the cities rust
And the troublemakers riding on the back of the bus

Dear God, I'm a good Christian man
In your glory, I know you understand
That you gotta work hard and you gotta get paid
My girl's 13 but she don't act her age
She can sing like a bird in a cage
O Lord, if you could see her when she's up on that stage!

You know that I'm a God-fearing man
You know that I'm a God-fearing man
But I just gotta know if it's part of your plan
To seat my daughters there by your right hand
I know that you'll do what's right, Lord
For they are the lanterns and you are the light

Now I'm overcome
By the light of day
My lips are near but my heart is far away
Tell me what to say
I'll be your mouthpiece!

Into the light of a bridge that burns
As I drive from the city with the money that I earned
Into the black of a starless sky
I'm staring into nothing
and I'm asking you why
Lord, will you make her a star
So the world can see who you really are?

Little girl, you're old enough to understand
That you'll always be a stranger in a strange, strange land
The men are gonna come when you're fast asleep
So you better just stay close and hold onto me
If my little mocking bird don't sing
Then daddy won't buy her no diamond ring

Dear God, would you send me a child?
Oh! God, would you send me a child
Cause I wanna put it up on the TV screen
So the world can see what your true word means
Lord, would you send me a sign
Cause I just gotta know if I'm wasting my time!

Now I'm overcome
By the light of day
My lips are near but my heart is far away
Now the war is won
How come nothing tastes good?

You're such a sensitive child!
Oh! You're such a sensitive child!
I know you're tired but it's alright
I just need you to sing for me tonight
You're gonna have your day in the sun
You know God loves the sensitive ones

Oh! My little bird in a cage!
Oh! My little bird in a cage!
I need you to get up for me, up on that stage
And show the men that you're old for your age
Now ain't the time for fear
But if you don't take it, it'll disappear!

Oh! My little mocking bird sing!
Oh! My little mocking bird sing!
I need you to get up on that stage for me, honey
And show the men it's not about the money

Wanna hold a mirror up to the world
So that they can see themselves inside my little girl!

Do you know where I was at your age?
Any idea where I was at your age?
I was working downtown for the minimum wage
And I'm not gonna let you just throw it all away!
I'm through being cute, I'm through being nice
O tell me, Lord, am I the Antichrist?!

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