[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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