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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• lyrics
• sprawl ii
• arcade fire
• leak
• the suburbs
• mountains beyond mountains

[ch72105]

Don't tell anybody I told you this, but at 2:43 I like to close my eyes and pretend I'm fainting in slow motion. Then at 2:52 when I hear that happy pulse coming back in from far away to rescue the song, I pretend I'm starting to regain my footing, then at 2:55 when the beat comes back in I smile and start dancing. Then at 3:00, eyes still closed smiling and dancing, I tilt my head up and open my arms like God is showering me with multicolored rainbow droplets of liquid happiness.

[RobotNinjaTaco]

This song... This song you guys... This song.... Amazing

[ZOMBIExTANK3R]

AMAZING

[MotherHenPlays]

@BertDVG DUDE THEY DID A MIX OF THAT WHERE THEY COMBINED THEM TOGETHER.

GO LISTEN TO IT NOW.

[paulinskateboard]

good

[ytismylife]

Mind = blown. So good

[wyldern]

If they do not show up at Lollapalooza, I don't know what I'll do

[BertDVG]

Makes me think to Blondie's Heart Of Glass...

[SpookMasterFlex]

@Skittles90151 doesn't matter now...

[jjdjdjd1]

@ch72105 me too!

[TheLoneCone]

new favourite song by arcade fire

[Skittles90151]

@SpookMasterFlex she may not come back because the way you treated her. always put her down when she needed you the most. you putting her aside for something else. now she is lost and scared