Building Downtown (Antichrist Television Blues)

Building Downtown (Antichrist Television Blues) Lyrics

Song Building Downtown (Antichrist Television Blues)
Artist Arcade Fire
Album Neon Bible
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[00:00.04] Arcade Fire - Antichrist Television Blues
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[00:15.00] Don't want to work in a building downtown
[00:18.01] No, I don't want to work in a building downtown
[00:21.00] I don't know what I'm going to do
[00:23.70] Because the planes keep crashing always two by two
[00:27.05] Don't want to work in a building downtown
[00:29.97] No, I don't want to see it when the planes hit the ground
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[00:36.86] Don't want to work in a building downtown
[00:39.20] Don't want to work in a building downtown
[00:42.11] Parking the cars in the underground
[00:45.03] The voices when they scream, well, they make no sound
[00:48.27] Want to see the cities rust
[00:51.28] And the troublemakers riding on the back of the bus
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[00:55.10] Dear God, I'm a good Christian man
[00:57.78] I'm your boy, I know you understand
[01:00.22] That you got to work hard and you got to get paid
[01:03.45] The girl's thirteen, but she don't act her age
[01:06.35] She can sing like a bird in cage
[01:09.33] Oh Lord, if you could see her when she's up on that stage
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[01:13.73] You know that I'm a God-fearing man
[01:15.96] You know that I'm a God-fearing man
[01:18.43] I just got to know if it's part of your plan
[01:21.44] To see my darling stand by your right hand
[01:24.68] I know that you'll do what's right, Lord
[01:27.80] For they are the lanterns and you are the light
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[01:37.96] Now I'm overcome
[01:43.56] By the light of day
[01:49.53] My lips are near
[01:51.66] But my heart is far away
[01:55.75] Tell me what to say
[02:01.74] I'll be your mouthpiece
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[02:04.67] Into the light of a bridge that burns
[02:06.79] As I drive through the city with the money that I earn
[02:09.81] To the dark of a starless sky
[02:12.74] I won't stare into nothing and I'm asking you why
[02:16.61] Lord, let me make her a star
[02:18.86] So the world can see who you really are
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[02:22.76] Little girl, you're old enough to understand
[02:25.01] You'll always be a stranger in a strange, strange land
[02:28.21] Men are going to come while you're fast asleep
[02:30.91] So you better just stay close and hold onto me
[02:34.11] If mama's mockingbird don't sing well,
[02:37.43] Then daddy won't buy her no diamond ring
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[02:40.95] Dear God, would you send me a child?
[02:43.57] Oh God, would you send me a child?
[02:46.22] Because I want to put it up on the TV screen
[02:49.12] So the world can see what your true word means
[02:52.58] Lord, won't you send me a sign?
[02:55.25] Because I just got to know if I'm wasting my time
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[03:05.11] Now I'm overcome
[03:11.41] By the light of day
[03:17.65] My lips are near
[03:19.25] But my heart is far away
[03:23.66] But now the war is won
[03:28.85] How come nothing tastes good?
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[03:51.25] Oh you're such a sensitive child
[03:53.26] You know you're such a sensitive child
[03:56.44] I know you're tired, but it's all right
[03:59.15] I just needed you to sing for me tonight
[04:02.85] You're going to have your day in the sun
[04:05.60] You know God loves the sensitive ones
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[04:09.10] Oh, my little bird in a cage
[04:11.88] Oh, my little bird in a cage
[04:14.37] I need you to get up for me up on that stage
[04:17.24] Show all the men that you're old for your age
[04:21.13] Now in the times of fear
[04:22.96] But if you don't take it, it'll disappear
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[04:27.19] Oh, my little mockingbird, sing
[04:29.51] Oh, my little mockingbird, sing
[04:32.10] I need you to get up on the stage for me, honey
[04:35.40] Show the men it's not about the money
[04:38.67] Want to hold a mirror up to the world
[04:41.02] So that they can see themselves inside my little girl
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[04:44.92] Do you know where I was at your age?
[04:47.47] Any idea where I was at your age?
[04:50.11] I was working downtown for the minimum wage!
[04:53.27] And I couldn't let you just throw it all away
[04:56.54] Throw me a kid, God, throw me a knife
[04:58.89] So tell me Lord, am I the Antichrist?
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