Arcade Fire Music Video: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) [Skiffleboom.com]

Music video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs": Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). Edited by Michael McVey, Skiffleboom.com. Stock footage from the Prelinger Archive at www.archive.org/details/prelinger

Lyrics:
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."

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
That we can never get away from the sprawl,
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.

We rode our bikes to the nearest park,
Sat under the swings, we kissed in the dark,
We shield our eyes from the police lights,
We run away, but we don't know why,
And like a mirror these city lights shine,
They're screaming at us, "we don't need your kind."

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
That we can never get away from the sprawl,
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.

They heard me singing and they told me to stop,
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock.

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,
Can we ever get away from the sprawl?
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.

Music by Arcade Fire
ArcadeFire.com

Footage from The Prelinger Archives
http://www.archive.org/details/IntheSub1957

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• sprawl ii
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[phillywilly89]

hahaha I was watching this footage in a lecture the other day and for the whole time I had The Suburbs running through my head. Well made!

[mikemcschlitz]

@phillywilly89 HA! That's funny

[JoeyShot]

so glad i found arcade fire

[MrOmgdude9]

2:49 is like meating god.

[benferguson888]

what does this song mean?

[SryaLane]

Is this the actual video to it? Because I've only seen the other one before

[ynass80]

@TheYellowochre lol! i think she is :P

[TheYellowochre]

is that regine leaning on the counter at 1:37?

[wolfclaw98sc]

ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SONGS IVE EVER HEARD! ARCADE FIRE FTW! XD THIS IS HOW I FEEL EVERY SECOND OF EVERYDAY! I LOVE THE "i need the darkness. someone please shut the light" PART! XD

[jsn140]

@jimamia77 it looks like that from the outside, but growing up in one and living in one for practically your whooe life can be a bit stifling/

[ablutely]

fuuuuuck ads

[SparklyTwinklyShiny]

In a crappy mood but this makes everything alright

[RaguelAngelofBalance]

What people did before the internet and being couch potatoes. Yes, the "Good Old Days!".

[tbremler]

this song is my life.