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Deep Blue is the 12th track from Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. The track offers a post apocalyptic take on the decline of human creativity in an increasingly mechanized world.
[Verse 1]
Here
In my place and time
And here in my own skin
I can finally begin
Let the century pass me by
Standing under a night sky
Tomorrow means nothing
[Verse 2]
I
Was only a child then
Feeling barely alive when
I heard the song from the speaker of a passing car
Been praying to a dying star
The memory's fading
I can almost remember singing
La la-la la-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la la-la
[Verse 3]
We
Watched the end of the century
Compressed on a tiny screen
A dead star collapsing and we could see
Something was ending
Are you through pretending
We saw the signs in the suburbs?
[Verse 4]
You
Could never predict it
That it could see through you
Kasparov, Deep Blue, 1996
Your mind's playing tricks now
Show is over so take a bow
We're living in the shadows of the
La la-la la-la la-la
Oh, la la-la la-la la-la, ooo
[Bridge]
Hey
Put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
Hey
Put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me
[Outro]
La-la la-la la-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la la-la
La-la la-la la-la la-la
Deep Blue was written by Arcade Fire.
Deep Blue was produced by Markus Dravs & Arcade Fire.
Arcade Fire released Deep Blue on Mon Aug 02 2010.
Speaking about the songwriting process for “Deep Blue”, band frontman Win Butler said,
A song like ‘Deep Blue’ we tried many different ways. We finished it as this total synth song and it kind of left us cold. Me and my brother were playing around with some stuff at home and we found this balance b...