The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2010 Released

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The Suburbs

05 : 15

Ready to Start

04 : 15

Modern Man

04 : 39

Rococo

03 : 56

Empty Room

02 : 51

City With No Children

03 : 11

Half Light I

04 : 13

Half Light II (No Celebration)

04 : 27

Suburban War

04 : 45

Month of May

03 : 50

Wasted Hours

03 : 20

Deep Blue

04 : 28

We Used to Wait

05 : 01

Sprawl I (Flatland)

02 : 54

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

05 : 25

The Suburbs (Continued)

01 : 27

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Track Lyrics

Ready to Start Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The businessmen are drinking my blood

Like the kids in art school said they would

And I guess I'll just begin again

You say, "Can we still be friends?"

[Chorus 1]

If I was scared, I would

And if I was bored, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I'm not

[Verse 2]

All the kids have always known

That the emperor wears no clothes

But they bow down to him anyway

Because it's better than being alone

[Chorus 1]

If I was scared, I would

And if I was bored, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I'm not

[Verse 3]

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 are drinking my blood

Like the kids at art school said they would

Then I guess I'll just begin again

You say, "Can we still be friends?"

[Chorus 2]

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

[Outro]

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

My mind is open wide

And now I'm ready to start

Not sure you'll open the door

To step out into the dark

Now I'm ready

Suburban War Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Let’s go for a drive

And see the town tonight

There’s nothing to do

But I don’t mind when I’m with you

[Verse 2]

This town’s so strange

They built it to change

And while we sleep

We know the streets get rearranged

With my old friends

It was so different then

Before your war

Against the suburbs began

Before it began

[Verse 3]

Now the music divides

Us into tribes

You grew your hair

So I grew mine

You said the past won’t rest

Until we jump the fence

And leave it behind

With my old friends

I can remember when

You cut your hair

I never saw you again

Now the cities we live in

Could be distant stars

And I search for you

In every passing car

[Chorus]

The night’s so long

Yeah, the night’s so long

I’ve been living in the shadows of your song

Been living in the shadows of your song

[Verse 4]

In the suburbs, I

I learned to drive

And you told me we would never survive

So grab your mother’s keys, we leave tonight

But you started a war

That we 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

[Outro]

All my old friends, they don’t know me now

All my old friends are staring through me now

All my old friends, they don’t know me now

They don’t know me now

All my old friends, wait

Deep Blue Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Here

In my place and time

And here in my own skin

I can finally begin

Let the century pass me by

Standing under a night sky

Tomorrow means nothing

[Verse 2]

Was only a child then

Feeling barely alive when

I heard the song from the speaker of a passing car

Been praying 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

[Verse 3]

Watched the end of the century

Compressed on a tiny screen

A dead star collapsing and we could see

Something was ending

Are you through pretending

We saw the signs in the suburbs?

[Verse 4]

You

Could never predict it

That it could see through you

Kasparov, Deep Blue, 1996

Your mind's playing tricks now

Show is over so take a bow

We're living in the shadows of the

La la-la la-la la-la

Oh, la la-la la-la la-la, ooo

[Bridge]

Hey

Put the cellphone down for a while

In the night there is something wild

Can you hear it breathing?

Hey

Put the laptop down for a while

In the night there is something wild

I feel it, it's leaving me

[Outro]

La-la la-la la-la la-la

We Used to Wait Lyrics

[Verse 1: Win Butler]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Win Butler & Régine Chassagne]

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

[Verse 2: Win Butler]

And 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

[Chorus: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Both]

Ooh, we used to wait

Sometimes it never came (Ooh, we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain (Ooh)

[Verse 3: Win Butler]

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 through the pain

[Pre-Chorus: Win Butler & Régine Chassagne]

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

[Chorus: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Both]

Ooh, we used to wait

Sometimes it never came (Ooh, we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain (Ooh)

[Post-Chorus: Win Butler]

We used to wait

[Outro: Win Butler]

We used to wait for it

And now we're screaming sing the chorus again

We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming sing the chorus again

I used to wait for it

Hear my voice screaming sing the chorus again

Wait for it!

Sprawl I (Flatland) Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Took a drive into the sprawl

To find the house where we used to stay

We couldn’t read the number in the dark

You said “let’s save it for another day”

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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 estranged

[Verse 4]

The cops shone 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 felt like something is mine

Like I have something to give

[Verse 5]

The last defender of the sprawl

Said “Well, where do you kids live?”

Well, sir, if you only knew what the answer’s worth

I’ve been searching every corner of the earth

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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"

[Pre-Chorus]

Sometimes, I wonder if the world's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

[Chorus]

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!

[Verse 2]

We rode our bikes to the nearest park

Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark

You shield my eyes from the police lights

We run away, but we don't know why

Black River, your city lights shine

They're screaming at us, "We don't need your kind"

[Pre-Chorus]

Sometimes, I wonder if the world's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

[Chorus]

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!

[Verse 3]

They heard me singing and they told me to stop

Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock

[Pre-Chorus]

Sometimes, I wonder if the world's so small

Can we ever get away from the sprawl?

[Chorus]

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

The Suburbs (Continued) Lyrics

[Verse 1]

In the suburbs, I

I learned to drive

And you told me we'd never survive

Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving

You always seemed so sure

That one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war

Your part of town against mine

I saw you standing on the opposite shore

But by the time the first bombs fell

We were already bored

We were already, already bored

[Chorus]

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling again

[Verse 2]

The kids want to be so hard

But in my dreams, we're still screaming

And running through the yard

And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall

And all of the houses they built in the seventies finally fall

Meant nothing at all

Meant nothing at all, it meant nothing

[Chorus]

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling and into the night

[Verse 3]

So can you understand

That I want a daughter while I'm still young?

I want to hold her hand

And show her some beauty before this damage is done

But if it's too much to ask, if 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

[Chorus]

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm moving past the feeling again

I'm moving past the feeling

[Outro]

In my dreams, we're still screaming

We're still screaming

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Track Lyrics

Ready to Start Lyrics

Suburban War Lyrics

Deep Blue Lyrics

We Used to Wait Lyrics

Sprawl I (Flatland) Lyrics

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Lyrics

The Suburbs (Continued) Lyrics