Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Arcade Fire
Canonical path: /the-arcade-fire/accidents
Related lyric paths: 6
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Accidents
Read Accidents lyrics by Arcade Fire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Accidents
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An old man has a heart attack in the movie theater
While my friend calls an ambulance
Buster Keaton's dancing
I wait for the punchline
But it never comes
Two blind kids in wheelchairs are crossing the street
And they get hit by the ambulance
Cause the light was green
And I wait for the punchline
But it never comes
Promised you that I'd be true
And now chandeliers are crashing down to the ground
Waitresses drop their trays
Trains derail with passengers
While mother snakes eat their young
The water pipes in this town
Burst and flood the living room
The firetrucks lose their way home
And crash into the hospitals
We're causing accidents
Me and you
We're causing accidents
Me and you
Where does a promise go
When you pretend it isn't there
Do we really think that it could just disappear
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Arcade Fire performs "Accidents", and this lyric page sits inside the Arcade Fire catalog on LyroVerse.
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