Arcade Fire - Funeral
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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
And if the snow
Buries my, my neighborhood
And if my parents are crying
Then I'll dig a tunnel
From my window to yours
Yeah, a tunnel
From my window to yours
You climb out the chimney
And meet me in the middle,
The middle of the town.
And since there's no-one else around
We let our hair grow long
And forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker
From living out in the snow
You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head
As the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn
Then we tried to name our babies
But we forgot all the names that,
The names we used to know
But sometimes we remember our bedrooms
And our parents' bedrooms
And the bedrooms of our friends
Then we think of our parents
Well I wonder what happened to them?
You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head to gold
As the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn
It's the song I've been trying to sing
Purify the colours
Purify my mind
Purify the colours
Purify my mind
And spread the ashes of the colours
Over this heart of mine
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Alexander, our older brother,
Set out for a great adventure.
He tore our images out of his pictures,
He scratched our names out of all his letters.
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
Come on Alex, you can do it.
Come on Alex, there's nothin' to it.
If you want somethin' don't ask for nothin,
If you want nothin' don't ask for somethin'!
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
It's for your own good,
It's for the neighborhood!
Our older brother bit by a Vampire!
For a year we caught his tears in a cup.
And now we're gonna make him drink it.
Come on Alex don't die or dry up!
Our mother shoulda just named you Laika!
It's for your own good,
It's for the neighborhood!
When daddy comes home you always start a fight,
So the neighbors can dance in the police disco lights.
The police disco lights.
Now the neighbors can dance!
Look at 'em dance.
Une Annee Sans Lumiare
Hey! The streetlights all burnt out.
Une annee sans lumiares.
Je monte un cheval,
Qui porte des oeillares.
Hey, my eyes are shooting sparks,
La nuit, mes yeux t'aclairent.
Ne dis pas a ton pare
Qu'il porte des oeilliares.
Hey, your old man should know,
If you see a shadow,
There's something there.
So hey! my eyes are shooting sparks,
La nuit mes yeux t'aclairent,
Ne dis pas a ton pare
Qu'il porte des oeillares.
Hey, your old man should know,
If you see a shadow,
There's something there
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
I am waitin' 'til I don't know when
'Cause I'm sure it's gonna happen then
Time keeps creepin' through the neighborhood
Killing old folks, wakin' up babies just like we knew it would
All the neighbors are startin' up a fire
Burning all the old folks the witches and the liars
My eyes are covered by the hands of my unborn kids
But my heart keeps watchin' through the skin of my eyelids
They say a watched pot won't ever boil
Well i closed my eyes and nothing changed
Just some water
Getting hotter
In the flames
It's not a lover I want no more
And it's not heaven I'm pining for
But there's some spirit I used to know
That's been drowned out by the radio
They say a watched pot won't ever boil
You can't raise a baby on motor oil
Just like a seed
Down in the soil
You gotta give it time
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
I woke up with the power out,
Not really something to shout about.
Ice has covered up my parents' hands.
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans.
I went out into the night,
I went out to find some light.
Kids are swingin' from the power lines,
Nobody's home, so nobody minds.
I woke up on the darkest night,
Neighbors all were shoutin' that they found the light.
('We found the light!)
Shadows jumpin' all over my walls,
Some of them big, some of them small.
I went out into the night,
I went out to pick a fight with anyone.
Light a candle for the kids,
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Ice has covered up my parents' hands.
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans.
Growin' up in some strange storm,
Nobody's cold, nobody's warm.
I went out into the night,
I went out to find some light.
Kids are dyin' out in the snow,
Look at them go, look at them go!
And the power's out in the heart of man,
Take it from your heart, put it in your hand.
What's the plan?
Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide.
Just light a candle for the kids,
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Cause nothing's hid from us kids!
You ain't foolin' nobody with the lights out!
And the power's out in the heart of man,
Take it from your heart, put it in your hand.
And there's something wrong in the heart of man,
You take it from your heart and put it in your hand!
Where'd you go?
Crown of Love
They say it fades if you let it,
Love was made to forget it.
I carved your name across my eyelids,
You pray for rain I pray for blindness.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
The crown of love has fallen from me.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
Because the spark is not within me.
I snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom.
The only thing that you keep changin'
Is your name, my love keeps growin'
Still the same, just like a cancer,
And you won't give me a straight answer!
If you still want me, please forgive me,
The crown of love has fallen from me.
If you still want me please forgive me
Because your hands are not upon me.
I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom.
The pains of love, and they keep growin',
In my heart there's flowers growin'
On the grave of our old love,
Since you gave me a straight answer.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
The crown of love is not upon me
If you still want me, please forgive me,
Cause this crown is not within me.
It's not within me, it's not within me.
You gotta be the one,
You gotta be the way,
Your name is the only word that I can say
You gotta be the one,
You gotta be the way,
Your name is the only word,
The only word that I can say!
Haiti
Haiti, mon pays
Wounded mother I'll never see
Ma famille set me free
Throw my ashes into the sea
Mes cousins jamais nas
Hauntent les nuits des Duvaliers
Rien n'arre nos esprits
Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see
In the forest we are hiding
Unmarked graves where flowers grow
Hear the soldiers angry yelling
In the river we will go
Tous les morts-nas forment une armae
Soon we will reclaim the earth
All the tears and all the bodies
Bring about our second birth
Haiti, never free
N'aie pas peur de sonner l'alarme
Tes enfants sont partis
In those days their blood was still warm.
Wake Up
Somethin' filled up
My heart with nothin',
Someone told me not to cry.
But now that I'm older,
My heart's colder,
And I can see that it's a lie...
Children wake up,
Hold your mistake up,
Before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don't grow up,
Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turnin' every good thing to
Rust.
I guess we'll just have to adjust!...
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin' to be
When the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin'
With my lighnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am go-goin'
You better look out below!
Rebellion (Lies)
Sleeping is giving in,
No matter what the time is.
Sleeping is giving in,
So lift those heavy eyelids.
People say that you'll die
Faster than without water.
But we know it's just a lie,
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
People say that your dreams
Are the only things that save ya.
Come on baby in our dreams,
We can live our misbehavior.
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
People try and hide the night
Underneath the covers.
People try and hide the light
Underneath the covers.
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers,
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
Hidin' from your brothers
Underneath the covers,
Come on hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
People say let's just die
Faster than without water,
But we know it's just a lie,
Scare your son, scare your daughter,
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
Scare your son, scare your daughter.
Now here's the sun, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's alright!
(Lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon it's alright
(Lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Lies, lies!
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
(Lies, lies!)
In the Back Seat
I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt made enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning
I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I only can watch the countryside
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning how