Arcade Fire - End of The Empire I-III

I. Last Dance

One last dance
Here at the end of the empire
Makes me cry
Watching the moon on the ocean
Where California used to be
It's not half bad, oh
Spend half your life being sad, woah
Well, don't be scared, oh-oh
Just chronically impaired, oh-oh
Just take my hand, oh-oh
Standing at the end of the American Empire

One last song
Here at the end of the movie
They seemed so sure
At lеast that's the way I remembеr the war
When New York used to be
It's not half bad, oh-oh
Spending half your life being sad, woah
Don't you weep, oh-oh
Half your life fast asleep, oh-oh
Feeling uninspired, oh
Standing at the end of the American Empire

II. Last Round

And we know that it's time to go
Heard the news on the radio
One last round before we go
Through the pale atmospheric glow
And the oxygen's getting low
Sing a song that we used to know
One last round before we go
One last round before we go

III. Leave The Light On

(So sad)

Didn't use to get high
Didn't use to drink and I
Didn't use to think I
Could ever dream about losing you

Didn't use to get low
This time of night and I
Didn't use to walk home
In the morning light
Without you
Without you

Didn't use to get high
Didn't use to drink
Didn't use to think I
Could ever dream about losing you, you
But I do

It’s you and I, it’s do or die
Suicide mission, baby by my side
We got one life and half of it’s gone
You know I can’t sleep with the television on

Didn't use to get high
With you by my side
(Leave the light on)

Arcade Fire - Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)

lookout kid
trust your heart
you don’t have to play the part
they wrote for you
just be true
there are things that you can do
that no one else on earth
could ever do
but I can’t teach you
I can’t teach it to you

lookout kid
trust your mind
but you can’t trust it every time
you know it plays tricks on you
and it don’t give a damn
if you are happy or you’re sad
but if you’ve lost it
don’t feel bad
‘cause it’s alright to be sad

lookout kid
trust your body
you can dance
and you can shake
things will break
you make mistakes
you lose your friends again and again
‘cause nothing’s ever perfect
no one’s perfect
let me say it again...
no one’s perfect

a lifetime of skinned knees
and heartbreak comes so easy
but a life without pain would be
boring

and if you feel it it’s fine
I give you everything that’s mine
I give you my heart and my
precious time
lookout kid
trust your soul
it ain’t hard to rock n’roll
you know how to move your hips
and you know God is cool with it
some people want the rock without
the roll
but WE all know there’s no God
without soul
a lifetime of skinned knees
and heartbreak come so easily
but a life without you
would be boring for someone like me...

and if you feel it, it’s fine
I give you everything that’s mine
I give you my heart and my
precious time
I give you my heart and my
precious time
it’s UNCONDITIONAL
no matter what you do
it’s UNCONDITIONAL

Arcade Fire - Age of Anxiety I

It's the age of doubt
And I doubt we'll figure it out
Is it you or is it me?
Age of anxiety
(Are you talking to me?)

Fight the fever with TV
In the age where nobody sleeps
And the pills do nothing for me
In the age of anxiety

When I look at you
I see what you want me to, see what you want me to
When you look at me
See what I want you to see
What I want you to see

In the age of
Living in the age of
Living in the age of
In the age of
Living in the age of
Living in the age of

It's a maze of mirrors
It's a hologram of a ghost
And you can't quite touch it
Which is how it hurts us the most

So we keep it all inside
And hide it deep in a drawer
Say your prayers tonight
Someone finds it after the war

And when I look at you
I see what you want me to, see what you want me to
When you look at me
See what I want you to see
What I want you to see is me

In the age of
Living in the age of
Living in the age of
In the age of
Living in the age of
Living in the age of
Anxiety

Gotta get this spirit out of me
This anxiety that's inside of me
Gotta get the spirit out of me
This anxiety that's inside of me

Gotta get this spirit out of me
This anxiety that's inside of me, baby
Gotta get this spirit out of me
This anxiety that's inside of me, baby

'Cause I can't stop crying and I really think I mean it but
The tears mean nothing to me
Another lost alien arriving on my spaceship in the age of anxiety
We can't stop crying and we really think we mean it
But the tears just fall on the sheets
Another lost soul just trying to feel something
Trying to feel something
Trying to feel something in the age of

Are you talking to me
Or about me?
Am I talking to you
Or about you?

It's all about you
It's all about you
It's all about you (It's not about you)
It's all about you (It's not about you)
It's all about you (It's not about you)
It's all about you (It's not about you)

Arcade Fire - Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)

Rabbit hole (Yeah)

Plastic soul (Yeah)

Rabbit hole (Yeah)

Rabbit hole (Yeah)

Heaven is so cold

I don't wanna go

Father in Heaven's sleepy

Somebody, delete me

Hardy-har-har

Chinese throwin' star

Lamborghini Countach

Maserati sports car

Rabbit hole (Yeah)

Plastic soul (Yeah)

It's a real rabbit hole, yeah

Rabbit hole, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ah, yeah (Yeah)

Dad built the labyrinth

And we were born in it

Blowing on the cartridge (Mmm, mmm)

Of Kid Icarus

Born into the abyss

New phone, who's this?

Silver thread, a French kiss (Mmm, mmm)

Arcadia apocalypse

Rabbit hole

Plastic soul

Rabbit hole, yeah

Rabbit hole, yeah, yeah, yeah

Rabbit hole

Plastic soul

It's a real rabbit hole, yeah

Rabbit hole, yeah, yeah, yeah

Fell asleep to the television, yeah

Wake up, sleepyhead, yeah

Acropolis is burnin', yeah (Ooh, yeah)

Poster over your bed, yeah

Rabbit hole

Plastic soul

Down we go, yeah

Rabbit hole, yeah, yeah, yeah

Nothing ever can replace it

When it's gone, you can still taste it

Going on this trip together

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Nothing ever can replace it

When it's gone, you can still taste it

Going on this trip together

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Till the world is made whole

One body, one soul

Until the world is made whole

One body, one soul

Till the world is made whole

One body, one soul

Until the world is made whole

One body, one soul

Nothing ever can replace it

When it's gone, you can still taste it

Going on this trip together

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Nothing ever can replace it

When it's gone, you can still taste it

Going on this trip together

Rabbit hole goes on forever (Oh)

Nothing ever can replace it (Rabbit hole, yeah)

When it's gone, you can still taste it (Plastic soul, yeah)

Going on this trip together (Rabbit hole, yeah, rabbit hole)

Rabbit hole goes on forever (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Nothing ever can replace it (Rabbit hole, yeah)

When it's gone, you can still taste it (Plastic soul, yeah)

Going on this trip together (It's a real rabbit hole, yeah, rabbit hole)

Rabbit hole goes on forever (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Rabbit hole goes on forever

Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II

THE LIGHTNING I

Fourth place anthem playing tonight, on a broken radio

I thought we reached the mountaintop, but now, we just feel so low

The sky is breaking open, we keep hoping, in the distance we'll see a glow

Lightning, light our way ’til the black sky turns back to indigo

We can make it if you don't quit on me

I won't quit on you

Don’t quit on me

We can make it, baby

Please don't quit on me

I won't quit on you

Don't quit on me

I never quit on you

We were born in paradise, beneath a poisoned sky

Under a bad sign, the micro-age of Gemini

And we are still unlearning, tires are burning in the middle of Rodeo Drive

You know that we've been beat down and broken, but now we can testify

We can make it if you don't quit on me

I won't quit on you

Don't quit on me

We can make it, baby

Please don’t quit on me

I won’t quit on you

Don't quit on me

I’ll never quit on you

It's not up to you

Some you win, some you lose (When the lightning comes)

You don't get to choose

Some you win, some you lose (When the lightning comes)

One, two, three, four

THE LIGHTNING II

I heard the thunder on a blue sky perfect day, I wonder why

Am I the only one?

I heard the thunder and I feel I'm going under, Jesus Christ

Was an only son

A day, a week, a month, a year

A day, a week, a month, a year

Every second brings me here

A day, a week, a month, a year

A day, a week, a month, a year

Every second brings me here

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the light

What will the light bring?

I heard the thunder and I thought it was the answer, but I find

I got the question wrong

I was trying to run away but a voice told me to stay

And put the feeling in a song

A day, a week, a month, a year

A day, a week, a month, a year

Every second brings me here

A day, a week, a month, a year

A day, a week, a month, a year

Every second brings me here

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the light

What will the light bring?

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the lightning

Waiting on the light

What will the light bring?