Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Arcade Fire
Canonical path: /the-arcade-fire/keep-the-car-running
Related lyric paths: 6
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Keep The Car Running
Read Keep The Car Running lyrics by Arcade Fire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Keep The Car Running
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Every night my dream's the same
Same old city with a different name
Men are coming to take me away
I don't know why, but I know I can't stay
There's a weight that's pressing down
Late at night you can hear the sound
Even the noise you make when you sleep
Can't swim across a river so deep
They know my name, 'cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know when
It's coming, when it's coming
There's a fear I keep so deep
Knew it name since before I could speak
They know my name, 'cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know
When it's coming, oh!
But it's coming
Keep the car running
If some night I don't come home
Please don't think I've left you alone
The same place animals go when they die
You can't climb across a mountain so high
The same city where I go when I sleep
You can't swim across a river so deep
They know my name, 'cause I told it to them
But they don't know where and they don't know
When it's coming, oh!
When is it coming?
Keep the car running
Keep the car running
Keep the car running
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