You Already Know Lyrics

Lyric discussion by amandimal 

Cover art for You Already Know lyrics by Arcade Fire

To me, this song is about commitment. It's about when you're in love but you're unsure if you've found the right one, so you waffle, and you don't know if you should commit...

But you already know. (Just commit already, you love them!)

Either that, or your relationship has soured -- on some level you know it but you're kind of in denial, and so you don't know whether to call it quits yet.

But you already know. (Just break up with them, it's over!)

The theme of committing to a long-term relationship and making it work seems to be a big one on Reflektor. It seems important in this song, and in Porno (you can cry, I won't go / you can scream, I won't go) and in Afterlife (I've gotta know / can we work it out? / we scream and shout 'till we work it out).

My Interpretation

@amandimal I wish it was about commitment, but its about breaking up. "When your love is right You can't sleep at night You've been sleeping just fine But when your love is bad [...] Don't know why you're so sad But it's time to go"

Normally you dont go if you want to commit. :/