Lyrics

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C ...You told us that Em ...We were too young F Now that night's closing in G And in the half light... we run

Lock us up safe / And hide the key But the night tears us loose / And in the half light... we're free

Strange how the half light / Can make a place new You can't recognize me / And I can't recognize you

We run through the streets That we know so well ...And the houses hide so much Dm We're in the half light G None of us can tell C G They hide the ocean in a shell C G ...the ocean in a shell

F ...Our heads are just houses Dm ...Without enough windows F They say you... hear human voices G C G But they... only echo

C G They only echo They only echo Only echo

We are not listening, we are on the streets We are not listening, we are on the streets

Chords

Guitar-wise, the chords in this song are straightforward. It will be up to you to play them in a way that captures the subtle-but-steadily-gaining momentum of the song.

Note that in the transition verse ("We run through the streets..."), the first three chords are the typical C - Em - F, and the Dm comes in where the G would normally occur.

Song Info

Half Light I
by Arcade Fire
Album: The Suburbs
Copyright 2010
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