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Arcade Fire - Alien Nation (Official Visualiser)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Win Butler
Win Butler
Vocals
Regine Chassagne
Regine Chassagne
Vocals
Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry
Electric Guitar
Tim Kingsbury
Tim Kingsbury
Bass Guitar
Jeremy Gara
Jeremy Gara
Drums
Dan Boeckner
Dan Boeckner
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Win Butler
Win Butler
Songwriter
Regine Chassagne
Regine Chassagne
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Win Butler
Win Butler
Producer
Regine Chassagne
Regine Chassagne
Producer
Lanois
Lanois
Producer
Gerardo "Jerry" Ordóñez
Gerardo "Jerry" Ordóñez
Mixing Engineer
Eric Heigle
Eric Heigle
Engineer
Emily Eck
Emily Eck
Assistant Engineer
Marc-Olivier Germain
Marc-Olivier Germain
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Boy, girl, and in between
Cut from a laser beam
We seek a new vibration (Alien Nation)
[Verse 2]
Forget our parents' names
Synthesized to be the same
Nothin' will never change (Alien Nation)
[Verse 3]
Lonely but never alone
Tethered to a fake friend phone
Record this conversation (It's a simulation)
Black Friday cyber attack
Freeway fracking, sky is cracked
Sing with the congregation (Alien Nation)
[Verse 4]
Fly down the inner state
Of self care self hate
One-sided conversation (Useless information)
We're goin' off the grid
We're blowin' off the lid
We're way beyond salvation (In the Alien Nation)
[Bridge]
Between the God of love (Alien Nation)
And the God of lust (Alien Nation)
In the crops they burn (Alien Nation)
A Circle of Trust (Alien Nation)
The flight's delayed (Alien Nation)
For the prophet's spoken (Alien Nation)
Put all your hopes
And all your dreams
In the machine
And the machine is broken
[Bridge]
I return to all my enemies
All the pain they would like to
Or could have caused me
I return this evil to them with love
In the name of the Alien Nation
[Refrain]
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Written by: Regine Chassagne, Win Butler

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