Arcade Fire – Sprawl I (Flatland)

Took a drive into the sprawl
To find the house where we used to stay
I couldn't read the number in the dark
You said "let's save it for another day"

I took a drive into the sprawl
To find the places we used to play
It was the loneliest day of my life
You're talking at me, but I'm still far away

Let's take a drive through the sprawl
Through these towns they built to change
And then you said "The emotions are dead"
It's no wonder that you feel so strange

Cops showing their lights
On the reflectors of our bikes
Said "Do you kids know what time it is?"
Well, sir, it's the first time I felt like something's mine
Like I have something to give

The last defender of the sprawl
Said "Well, where do you kids live?"
Well, sir, if you only knew what the answer's worth
Been searching every corner of the earth


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"Sprawl I (Flatland)" as written by Regine Chassagne Jeremy Gara

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    General Comment"The last defender" is the last cop that was needed to keep the sprawl spreading, because in the past people were fighting against it, against streets and malls taking over the forest, against machines and technology taking over nature and life. The sprawl required defenders and these defenders were cops because the sprawl is basically private property taking over what's left of our common Earth. Now people don't fight that anymore, they have surrendered to it, to the vision of human emotion as something undesirable, to the idea of exploiting and making profit out of every single thing in this world.

    So, there's no need for those defenders, anymore. The one in the song is the last one. There's no need to protect something that's everywhere. The kids have been searching but there's no place in the whole world that feels like home anymore.

    This song is amazing.
    Grapheon August 06, 2011   Link

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