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.

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.

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

Just let us through

Na na na na na na na

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

Just let us through

Na na na na na na na

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

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!

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

Here comes the night time

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 time

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 time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night!

Here comes the night!

Look out, here comes the night!

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

Here comes the night time, the night time

Here comes the night time, the night time

Here comes the night time, the night time

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

I've never really ever met a normal person

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

How do you do?

How do you do?

You Already Know lyrics - The Arcade Fire

[Intro sample]

Arcade Fire!

[Verse 1]

Sometimes it moves so fast

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

Already know

Already know

Already know

[Verse 2]

When your love is right

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

You already know

You already know

You already know

Already know

[Verse 3]

Sometimes it moves so fast

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

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

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

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 time

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

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

Here comes the night time

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 time

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)

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)

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

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

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

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?

Where do we go?

Where do we go?

Where do we go?

Where do we go?

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.

It's just an afterlife with you.

It's just an afterlife.

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

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

Supersymmetry

Supersymmetry

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

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)

Supersymmetry (supersymmetry)

Supersymmetry (supersymmetry)

Ah, lalala lala

Ah, lalala lala

Ah, lalala lala

Ah, lalala lala

Supersymmetry

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

This time, I won't get turned away

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

This time, I won't get turned away

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

We know something ain't right

I said

Going downtown

See what we got

We got the right

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

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)

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

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

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

Crucified again, and again, and again

Till the crowd cries

Do it again

[Repeat]

Crucified again

Crucified again