Afterlife

Album: Reflektor (2013)
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  • Afterlife, oh my God, what an awful word
    After all the breath and the dirt
    And the fires that burn
    And after all this time
    And after all the ambulances go
    And after all the hangers-on are done
    Hanging on to the dead lights
    Of the afterglow

    I've gotta know
    Can we work it out?
    We scream and shout 'till we work it out
    Can we just work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out
    'Till we work it out, 'till we work it out

    Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next
    It was just a glimpse of you
    Like looking through a window
    Or a shallow sea
    Could you see me?
    And after all this time
    It's like nothing else we used to know
    After all the hangers-on are done
    Hanging on to the dead lights
    Of the afterglow

    I've gotta know

    Can we work it out?
    Let's scream and shout 'till we work it out
    Can we just work it out?
    If you scream and shout 'till we work it out?

    But you say
    Oh, when love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And you say
    Oh, when love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?
    Where do we go?

    And after this
    Can it last another night?
    After all the bad advice
    Had nothing at all to do with life

    I've gotta know

    Can we work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?
    Can we just work it out?
    Scream and shout 'till we work it out?

    But you say
    Oh, when love is gone
    Where does it go?
    And you say
    Oh, when love is gone
    Where does it go?
    Oh, we know it's gone
    Where did it go?
    Oh, we know it's gone
    Where did it go?
    And where do we go?

    Is this the afterlife?
    It's just an afterlife, with you
    It's just an afterlife
    It's just an afterlife, with you
    It's just an afterlife Writer/s: Jeremy Gara, Regine Chassagne, Richard R Parry, Tim Kingsbury, William Butler, Win Butler
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Hunter from Otago, New ZealandThis is arcade fire's Best song. There is such a beautiful meaning behind and the song is just so powerful and strong
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