Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

Track 15 from The Suburbs [2010]

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.

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[May qu]

Are those cat ears or chairs?

[Melany Karli]

I love this song!



[TheDurka92]

Chairs in a car.......?

[FaeRie bOOtS]

I do too! I never get sick of it, it makes me happy :D

[EndoftheRain]

It's really sad to think that we lost Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens to listen to that kind of pretentious shit.

[TheJacksonFR]

This is a great album to listen to but the album case and lyric book are just stunning. Visually this is one of the best albums ever made

[Your2ndPlanB]

Now I can never unsee.

[Xbox360Network]

I originally found them after watching "where the wild things are" I always thought it was one of them lol.

[JayJayZeMofo]

Lols I'm here because of Consuming Culture revision observing the growth of young counter-culture. Never realised the lyrics - they're bangin' :)

[modehr84]

this song make me feel up and down, dance and cry same time....

[Andy VanSlyke]

headrests cats

[TheDimifi]

Timeless