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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ben Russell
String Ensemble
Caleb Burhans
String Ensemble
Clarice Jensen
String Ensemble
Jeremy Gara
Performer
Marika Anthony-Shaw
String Ensemble
Marika Shaw
String Ensemble
Nadia Sirota
String Ensemble
Owen Pallett
String Ensemble
Regine Chassagne
Performer
Richard Reed Parry
Performer
Rob Moose
String Ensemble
Sarah Neufeld
Violin
Tim Kingsbury
Performer
Will Butler
Performer
Win Butler
Vocals
Yuki Numata Resnick
String Ensemble
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Regine Chassagne
Songwriter
Richard Reed Parry
Songwriter
Tim Kingsbury
Songwriter
Jeremy Gara
Songwriter
Sarah Neufeld
Songwriter
Will Butler
Songwriter
Win Butler
Songwriter
Owen Pallett
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Regine Chassagne
Producer
Richard Reed Parry
Producer
Tim Kingsbury
Producer
Jeremy Gara
Producer
Markus Dravs
Co-Producer
Sarah Neufeld
Producer
Adam Greenspan
Assistant Recording Engineer
Arcade Fire
Producer
Brad Bell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brian Thorn
Assistant Recording Engineer
Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Don Murnhagan
Additional Engineer
Marcus Paquin
Recording Engineer
Mark Lawson
Recording Engineer
Noah Goldstein
Recording Engineer
Will Butler
Producer
Win Butler
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All those wasted hours we used to know
Spent the summer staring out the window
The wind it takes you where it wants to go
First they built the road, then they built the town
That's why we're still driving around and around
And all we see are kids in buses longing to be free
[Verse 2]
Wasted hours before we knew
Where to go and what to do
Wasted hours that you make new
And turn into a life that we can live
[Verse 3]
Some cities make you lose your head
Endless suburbs stretched out thin and dead
What was that line you said?
Wishing you were anywhere but here
You watch the life you're living disappear
And now I see, we're still kids in buses, longing to be free
[Verse 4]
Wasted hours before we knew
Where to go and what to do
Wasted hours that you make new
And turn into a life that we can live
Written by: Edwin Butler, Jeremy Gara, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, William Butler