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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Richard Reed Parry
Performer
Sarah Neufeld
Violin
Owen Pallett
Strings
Marika Shaw
String Ensemble
Clarice Jensen
Strings
Nadia Sirota
Strings
Yuki Numata Resnick
String Ensemble
Caleb Burhans
Strings
Ben Russell
Strings
Rob Moose
Strings
Colin Stetson
Saxophone
Jeremy Gara
Performer
Marika Anthony-Shaw
String Ensemble
Pietro Amato
French Horn
Regine Chassagne
Performer
Tim Kingsbury
Performer
Will Butler
Performer
Win Butler
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Regine Chassagne
Songwriter
Richard Reed Parry
Songwriter
Jeremy Gara
Songwriter
Tim Kingsbury
Songwriter
Sarah Neufeld
Songwriter
Will Butler
Songwriter
Win Butler
Songwriter
William Butler
String Arranger
Owen Pallett
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Win Butler
Producer
Regine Chassagne
Producer
Richard Reed Parry
Producer
Jeremy Gara
Producer
Markus Dravs
Co-Producer
Sarah Neufeld
Producer
Tim Kingsbury
Producer
Mark Lawson
Recording Engineer
Craig Silvey
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Marcus Paquin
Recording Engineer
Don Murnhagan
Additional Engineer
Noah Goldstein
Recording Engineer
Brian Thorn
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brad Bell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Adam Greenspan
Assistant Recording Engineer
Arcade Fire
Producer
Will Butler
Producer
Lyrics
I used to write
I used to write letters
I used to sign my name
I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain
But by the time we met
By the time we met the times had already changed
So I never wrote a letter
I never took my true heart, I never wrote it down
So when the lights cut out
I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown
Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last
And it it seems strange
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
But what's stranger still
Is how something so small can keep you alive
We used to wait
We used to waste hours just walking around
We used to wait
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown
Ooh, we used to wait
Ooh, we used to wait
Ooh, we used to wait
Sometimes it never came (ooh, we used to wait)
Sometimes it never came (ooh, we used to wait)
I'm still moving through the pain
I'm gonna write
A letter to my true love
I'm gonna sign my name
Like a patient on a table
I wanna walk again
Gonna move to the pain
Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last
Ooh, we used to wait
Ooh, we used to wait
Ooh, we used to wait
Sometimes it never came (ooh, we used to wait)
Sometimes it never came (ooh, we used to wait)
I'm still moving through the pain
We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming, "Sing the chrous again!"
We used to wait for it
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming, "Sing the chorus again!"
I used to wait for it
I used to wait for it
Hear my voice screaming, "Sing the chrous again!"
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Writer(s): William Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury, Richard R Parry
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