2010 The Suburbs1. «The Suburbs» 5:14
2. «Ready to Start» 4:15
3. «Modern Man» 4:39
4. «Rococo» 3:56
5. «Empty Room» 2:51
6. «City with No Children» 3:11
7. «Half Light I» 4:13
8. «Half Light II (No Celebration)» 4:25
AccidentsAn old man has a heart attack in the movie theater
While my friend calls an ambulance
Buster Keaton’s dancing
I wait for the punchline
But it never comes
Two blind kids in wheelchairs are crossing the street
And they get hit by the ambulance
afterlifeAfterlife. Oh my God, what an awful word.
After all the breath, and the dirt, and the fires that 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 light of the afterglow,
I've gotta know...
Can we work it out?
If we scream and shout till we work it out?
Bad VibrationsStop 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)
Stop now before it’s too late
I’m eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plate
Nothing lasts forever that’s the way it’s gotta be
Black MirrorI 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
Burning Bridges, Breaking HeartsBurning 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
Can't Let Go Of YouWhere 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
City With No ChildrenThe 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
Cold WindIn 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
Creature СоmfortSome boys hate themselves
Spend their lives resenting their fathers
Some girls hate their bodies
Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback
Saying
God, make me famous
If you can't just make it painless
Crown Of LoveThey 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 is fallen from me.
If you still want me, please forgive me,
Crucified AgainOn the 12th of January
You don't need what you can't carry
Blood will flow into the ocean
Our voices break with the emotion
[Hook]
Crucified, been crucified again
Culture WarNow the future's staring at me
Like a vision from the past
And I know these crumbs they sold me
They're never going to last
Though we know the culture war
We don't know what it's for
But we've lived a southern strategy
Electric Blue[Verse 1]
Summer's gone and so are you
See the sky electrocute
A thousand boys that look like you
Cover my eyes electric blue
[Refrain]
Now I can't get my head around it
Empty RoomSaid your name, in an empty room.
Said your name, in an empty room.
Something I would never do.
Said your name, in an empty room.
Said your name, in an empty room.
Something I would never do.
I'm alone again.
Everything Now[Video Intro]
I'm in the black again
Can't make it back again
We can just pretend
We'll make it home again
From everything now
[Verse 1]
Flashbulb EyesWhat if the camera really do take your soul? Oh no!
What if the camera really do take your soul? Oh no!
Hit me with your flashbulb eyes.
Hit me with your flashbulb eyes.
You know I’ve got nothing to hide.
You know I’ve got nothing.
You know I’ve got... nothing.
Good God DamnYou want to get messed up?
When the times get rough
Put your favourite record on baby
And fill the bathtub up
You want to say goodbye
To your oldest friends
With the good God damn
HaitiHaïti, mon pays,
wounded mother I'll never see.
Ma famille set me free.
Throw my ashes into the sea.
Mes cousins jamais nés
hantent les nuits de Duvalier.
Rien n'arrete nos esprits.
Half Light IYou 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
Headlights Look Like DiamondsThe red lights mean you’re leaving
The white one’s mean returning
Tell me how this story ends
And I’ll keep them fires burning
The headlights look like diamonds
The taillights burn like coals
Tell me how this story ends
Here Comes the Night TimeWhen the sun goes down,
When then 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 IIHere 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 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.
In The BackseatI like the peace
in the backseat,
I don't have to drive,
I don't have to speak,
I can watch the country side,
and I can fall asleep.
My family tree's
Infinite ContentInfinite content
Infinite content
We're infinitely content
Infinite content
Infinite content
We're infinitely content
InterventionThe king's taken back the throne
The useless seed is sown
When they say they're cutting off the phone
I'll 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
Keep The Car RunningEvery 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
Modern ManSo 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
Money Changes EverythingShe said I’m sorry baby I’m leaving you tonight
I found someone new he’s waitin’ in the car outside
Ah honey how could you do it
We swore each other everlasting love
She said well yeah I know but when
We did – there was one thing we weren’t
Really thinking of and that’s money -
Month Of MayOne 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
NeighborhoodI 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,
Neon BibleA 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 singing
It’s the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right.
No Cars GoWe know a place where no planes go
We know a place where no ships go
(Hey!) No cars go
(Hey!) No cars go
Where we know
We know a place no space ships go
Normal PersonIs anything as strange as a normal person?
Is anyone as cruel as a normal person?
Waiting after school, you want to know if you're normal too
Well, 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...
Peter Pan[Verse 1]
In my dreams you're dying
It wakes me up, and I can't stop crying
I just wanna live forever
Keep my promises, keep it together
In my dreams you're living
Open your eyes, and I wake up forgiven
Just a little something to thin the blood
PornoTake 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.
Put Your Money On MePut your money on me
'Cause I can barely breathe
Put your money on me
Put your money on me
If you think I'm losing you, you must be crazy
All your money on me
I'm never gonna let you go, even when it's easy
Put your money on me
Ready To StartBusinessmen drink 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
If I was scared
I would
And if I was bored
ReflectorTrapped in a prison, in a prism of light
Alone in the darkness, darkness of white
We fell in love, alone on a stage
In the reflective age
[Pre-Chorus - Régine Chassagne]
Entre la nuit, la nuit et l’aurore.
Entre le royaume des vivants et des morts.
ReflektorTrapped in a prism
In a prism of light
Alone in the darkness
Darkness of white
We fell in love
Alone on a stage
In the reflective age
RococoLet'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
sonataShe is the one who plays the piano
He is the one who wants to learn
She is the one who touched his heart
He made too much of this of course
I guess that’s all
They feel so small
He is the one who wants the crowd to disappear
Speaking In TonguesHypocrite, 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?
(oooh oooh)
Sneaking out the windows now
(oooh oooh)
Sprawl IIThey 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
Suburban WarLet'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
SupersymmetryI know you’re living in my mind, but it’s not the same as being alive.
I know you’re living in my mind, but it’s not the same as being alive...
Supersymmetry, supersymmetry.
If telling the truth is not polite, then I guess we’ll have to fight.
If telling the truth is not polite, then I guess we’ll have to fight...
surf city eastern blocIt’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 surf board on top
The eighties ain’t been kind to anyone,
I just wanna find myself some sun
It’s 1984, we’re on the run,
The SuburbsIn the suburbs, I
I learned to drive
And you told me I'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving
You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd fight in
In a suburban war
The Well And The LighthouseI'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
The Woodland National AnthemI guess we'll have to move
The neighborhood is on to us
Let's join the little babe's
throwin' rocks in front of us
Riding on my bicycle
I pass my sister on a bus
Let's take the country road before our parents send for us
Wake UpSomething filled up
My heart with nothing
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
Wasted HoursAll those wasted hours we used to know
Spent the summers staring out the window
The wind it takes you where it wants to go
At first they built the road then they built the town
That's why we're still driving around and around
And all we see are kids in the buses longing to be free
We ExistThey're walking around,
Head full of sound,
Acting like we don't exist.
They walk in a room
And stare right through you,
Talking like we don't exist.
But we exist.
We Used To WaitI 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
William PierceWilliam 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
Let’s get out! Let’s get out!
winter for a yearOh my God, a winter for a year
Oh my God, a winter for a year
And I cleaned out the back of my wardrobe for a year
Jackets never turn into branches
Not while you’re not here
Oh my God, a winter for a year
Oh my God, a winter for a year
You Already Know"We have fabulous music for the fantastic Arcade Fire!" - Jonathan Ross
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 don’t already know, already know, already know, already know, already know.
You Tried To Turn Away My FearsYou tried to turn away my fears
Shouting metaphysics in my fifteen year old ears
I dreamed all day of sneaking out the window
A sigh for every other breath
When you are joyful I feel better
You catch a cold that lasts forever
A quest and we are hiding in the shadows
дальние поездкиYou’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.