First, everyone should go out and purchase the actual album, because it is one of the best of 2004. Also, you learn alot about the band in the inner pamphlet. It isn't the normal Jewel case insert... it looks identical to a funeral program. In it you read "When family members kept dying they (Arcade Fire) realized that they should call their record 'Funeral.'" Also, the album is dedicated in memory of 9 individuals. Two of which bear the last name 'Chassagne' and one is named 'Alice.' Regine Chassagne is the female vocalist for Arcade Fire. So now I come to the song meaning, it is about the death of Regine's mother Alice. The backseat is a metaphor for control in her life. She used to always have someone (the driver) to look up to in her life, and didn't necessarily have to make any tough decisions on her own. Now, with the death of her mother, she has "crashed into the driver's seat" and now needs to take control of her own life. Her entire life, she's been learning how to mature and be independent, and now she's almost forced to grow up. But hey, what do I know? Your guess is as good as mine. Spread the word, these guys rock. See them live and you'll know what I'm talking about.
P.S. Anyone care to explain "the lightening bolt made enough heat to melt the street beneath your feet"
I think this lyric refers back to the song Wake Up in which "With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ / I can see where I am goin’ to be" is sung.
I think this lyric refers back to the song Wake Up in which "With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ / I can see where I am goin’ to be" is sung.
The lightning bolts here are acting as a guide, but they are contradictory as they melt the street she's on, the same one she cannot properly follow, and glue her in place. So she is "stuck forever" and can never go to the place she needs to be.
The lightning bolts here are acting as a guide, but they are contradictory as they melt the street she's on, the same one she cannot properly follow, and glue her in place. So she is "stuck forever" and can never go to the place she needs to be.
Well I don't think it's related to Wake up, I think it means the death happened so quickly and the aftermath of the death has taken away a support as sturdy and fundamental as a road and something you couldn't imagine being without. So it's likening the death of her mother to someone pulling the ground from under her feet.
Well I don't think it's related to Wake up, I think it means the death happened so quickly and the aftermath of the death has taken away a support as sturdy and fundamental as a road and something you couldn't imagine being without. So it's likening the death of her mother to someone pulling the ground from under her feet.
First, everyone should go out and purchase the actual album, because it is one of the best of 2004. Also, you learn alot about the band in the inner pamphlet. It isn't the normal Jewel case insert... it looks identical to a funeral program. In it you read "When family members kept dying they (Arcade Fire) realized that they should call their record 'Funeral.'" Also, the album is dedicated in memory of 9 individuals. Two of which bear the last name 'Chassagne' and one is named 'Alice.' Regine Chassagne is the female vocalist for Arcade Fire. So now I come to the song meaning, it is about the death of Regine's mother Alice. The backseat is a metaphor for control in her life. She used to always have someone (the driver) to look up to in her life, and didn't necessarily have to make any tough decisions on her own. Now, with the death of her mother, she has "crashed into the driver's seat" and now needs to take control of her own life. Her entire life, she's been learning how to mature and be independent, and now she's almost forced to grow up. But hey, what do I know? Your guess is as good as mine. Spread the word, these guys rock. See them live and you'll know what I'm talking about.
P.S. Anyone care to explain "the lightening bolt made enough heat to melt the street beneath your feet"
I know this comment is a bit late...
I know this comment is a bit late...
I think this lyric refers back to the song Wake Up in which "With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ / I can see where I am goin’ to be" is sung.
I think this lyric refers back to the song Wake Up in which "With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ / I can see where I am goin’ to be" is sung.
The lightning bolts here are acting as a guide, but they are contradictory as they melt the street she's on, the same one she cannot properly follow, and glue her in place. So she is "stuck forever" and can never go to the place she needs to be.
The lightning bolts here are acting as a guide, but they are contradictory as they melt the street she's on, the same one she cannot properly follow, and glue her in place. So she is "stuck forever" and can never go to the place she needs to be.
Well I don't think it's related to Wake up, I think it means the death happened so quickly and the aftermath of the death has taken away a support as sturdy and fundamental as a road and something you couldn't imagine being without. So it's likening the death of her mother to someone pulling the ground from under her feet.
Well I don't think it's related to Wake up, I think it means the death happened so quickly and the aftermath of the death has taken away a support as sturdy and fundamental as a road and something you couldn't imagine being without. So it's likening the death of her mother to someone pulling the ground from under her feet.