Afterlife Lyrics
Arcade Fire
Lyrics
Afterlife
Oh my God, what an awful word
After all the breath
And the dirt
And the fires are burnt
And after all this time
And after all the ambulances go
And after all the hangers-on
Are done hanging on
In the dead light
Of the afterglow
I've gotta know
Can we work it out
If we scream and shout
Till we work it out?
Can we just work it out
If we scream and shout
Till we work it out?
Afterlife
I think I saw what happens next
Oh, 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
And after all the hangers-on
Are done hanging on
In the dead light
Of the afterglow
I've gotta know
Can we work it out
If we scream and shout
Till we work it out?
Can we just work it out
If we 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?
And after this
Can it last through the night?
After all the bad advice
That had nothing at all to do with life
I've gotta know
Can we work it out
If we scream and shout
Till we work it out?
Can we just work it out
If we 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
But where did it go?
Oh, we know it's gone
But where did it go?
And where do we go?
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
Song & Lyrics Facts
Arcade Fire's song "Afterlife" is from their fourth studio album Reflektor, released in 2013. The Canadian indie rock band is composed of multi-instrumentalists Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara.
The lyrics for the song were written by all the members of the band while it was produced by James Murphy and Arcade Fire. The genre of the track is a mix of alternative rock, art rock, baroque pop, dance-rock, and post-punk revival. It has an upbeat tempo with a combination of synthesizers and classical instruments like strings and piano. The song talks about how death can be seen as a new beginning rather than an end and how you should live your life to its fullest before moving on to the afterlife. Interesting facts include that the music video for “Afterlife” won the Juno Award for Video of the Year and also received a nomination for Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.