 Genius Meanings
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Arcade Fire – Flashbulb Eyes
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This song explores the belief that having your photograph taken can steal your soul.
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Arcade Fire – Reflektive Age
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[Instrumental]
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Arcade Fire – Apocrypha
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[Intro: Announcer] / You officers that are stationed in front of the stage behind the barricade: You will go to Mr. Maury Shapiro, the first aid man, and he will furnish you with
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Arcade Fire – Porno
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In the internet age, pornography is more accessible than ever. “Porno” explores the effect that has on intimacy, both physical and emotional. Our narrator insists he isn’t like the
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Arcade Fire – Get Right
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[Chorus:] / Better get right, before you die / Better get right / Better get right, before you die / Better get right / [Chorus] / Better get right, before you die / Better get
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Arcade Fire – Afterlife
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“Afterlife” had its debut on Saturday Night Live.
An official lyric video was released before the release of the Reflektor album, featuring clips from Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus
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Arcade Fire – Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)
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Awful Sound continues the story of two lovers set up by “Here Comes the Night Time II”. The album uses the fable of Orpheus and Eurydice as a metaphor for the toxic relationship of
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Arcade Fire – We Exist
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The second track on Reflektor deals with a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality.
There’s a song on Reflektor called “We Exist”, which is about a gay kid talking to his
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Arcade Fire – Crucified Again
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This song features on 2015’s deluxe version of Reflektor, but the group had been playing it live at least twice before its official release. Whilst it bears some lyrical
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Arcade Fire – Here Comes the Night Time II
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Unlike the song’s counterpart, “Here Comes the Night Time”, where the track is talking about the night time literally, “Here Comes the Night Time II” is about depression, and it
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Arcade Fire – You Already Know
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[Intro: Jonathan Ross Sample] / (We have fabulous music from the fantastic) / Arcade Fire! / [Verse 1: Win Butler] / Lights / Sometimes it moves so fast / Sometimes it moves so
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Arcade Fire – Women of a Certain Age
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[Verse 1] / Woman of a certain age / Are are to feel that they've gotta change / Some of them change their faces / But they don't smile the same / Some of them take night courses
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Arcade Fire (Ft. David Bowie) – Reflektor
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Released on a vinyl single under the alias of The Reflektors on 9/9/13, this song features David Bowie on backing vocals.
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Arcade Fire – Supersymmetry
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This song is about grief for a departed lover.
It was originally written for Spike Jonze’s film, Her.
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Arcade Fire – It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)
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There are two ways to interpret “It’s Never Over (Hey Orpheus).” First, it’s clearly a literal retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Orpheus was permitted
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Arcade Fire – Here Comes the Night Time
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“Here Comes the Night Time” references missionaries and “the absurdity that you can go to a place like Haiti and teach people something about God. Like, the opposite really seems
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Arcade Fire – Normal Person
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Alienation is one of the central themes of Reflektor, and nowhere is it more explicit than on “Normal Person”. It simultaneously captures the spirit of universal “us-vs-them
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Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now’ Critiques Modern Fame & Instant Gratification
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It draws on classic Arcade Fire themes with a shiny disco & pop-rock sound.
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Arcade Fire – Joan of Arc
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This song exists on two levels. First, it tells the tale of Joan of Arc, the Frenchwoman who, according to a vision she claims to have seen when she was twelve, helps inspire the
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Arcade Fire – Reflektor Tour Dates
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Arcade Fire have announced their mega-tour for Reflektor. WIll you be there?
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