“Une année sans lumière,” a French phrase translating to “A Year Without Light” in English, is the calm before the storm of the album’s next track, “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out).” Both tracks are thematically linked, as they focus on a power outage in an urban setting and deal with the implied death...
[Verse 1: Win Butler, Win Butler & Reginé Chassagne]
Hey! The streetlights all burnt out
Une année sans lumière
Je monte un cheval
Qui porte des oeillères
[Verse 2: Win Butler, Win Butler & Reginé Chassagne]
Hey, my eyes are shooting sparks
La nuit, mes yeux t'éclairent
Ne dis pas a ton père
Qu'il porte des oeillères
[Chorus: Win Butler, Win Butler & Reginé Chassagne]
Hey, your old man should know
If you see a shadow
There's something there
[Verse 3: Win Butler, Win Butler & Reginé Chassagne]
So hey, my eyes are shooting sparks
La nuit, mes yeux t'éclairent
Ne dis pas a ton père
Qu'il porte des oeillères
Woo
[Chorus: Win Butler, Win Butler & Reginé Chassagne]
Hey, your old man should know
If you see a shadow
There's something there
Woo
[Outro]
Une année sans lumière was written by Arcade Fire.
Une année sans lumière was produced by Arcade Fire.
Arcade Fire released Une année sans lumière on Tue Sep 14 2004.