Antichrist Television Blues - Arcade Fire (拱廊之火)

Don't want to work in a building downtown

No I don't want to work in a building downtown

I don't know what I'm going to do

Because the planes keep crashing always two by two

Don't want to work in a building downtown

No I don't want to see it when the planes hit the ground

Don't want to work in a building downtown

Don't want to work in a building downtown

Parking the cars in the underground

The voices when they scream well they make no sound

Want to see the cities rust

And the troublemakers riding on the back of the bus

Dear God I'm a good Christian man

I'm your boy I know you understand

That you got to work hard and you got to get paid

The girl's thirteen but she don't act her age

She can sing like a bird in cage

Oh Lord if you could see her when she's up on that stage

You know that I'm a God-fearing man

You know that I'm a God-fearing man

I just got to know if it's part of your plan

To see my darling stand by your right hand

I know that you'll do what's right Lord

For they are the lanterns and you are the light

Now I'm overcome

By the light of day

My lips are near

But my heart is far away

Tell me what to say

I'll be your mouthpiece

Into the light of a bridge that burns

As I drive through the city with the money that I earn

To the dark of a starless sky

I won't stare into nothing and I'm asking you why

Lord let me make her a star

So the world can see who you really are

Little girl you're old enough to understand

You'll always be a stranger in a strange strange land

Men are going to come while you're fast asleep

So you better just stay close and hold onto me

If mama's mockingbird don't sing well

Then daddy won't buy her no diamond ring

Dear God would you send me a child

Oh God would you send me a child

Because I want to put it up on the TV screen

So the world can see what your true word means

Lord won't you send me a sign

Because I just got to know if I'm wasting my time

Now I'm overcome

By the light of day

My lips are near

But my heart is far away

But now the war is won

How come nothing tastes good

Oh you're such a sensitive child

You know you're such a sensitive child

I know you're tired but it's all right

I just needed you to sing for me tonight

You're going to have your day in the sun

You know God loves the sensitive ones

Oh my little bird in a cage

Oh my little bird in a cage

I need you to get up for me up on that stage

Show all the men that you're old for your age

Now in the times of fear

But if you don't take it it'll disappear

Oh my little mockingbird sing

Oh my little mockingbird sing

I need you to get up on the stage for me honey

Show the men it's not about the money

Want to hold a mirror up to the world

So that they can see themselves inside my little girl

Do you know where I was at your age

Any idea where I was at your age

I was working downtown for the minimum wage

And I couldn't let you just throw it all away

Throw me a kid God throw me a knife

So tell me Lord am I the Antichrist