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Artist: Arcade Fire
Canonical path: /the-arcade-fire/wasted-hours
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wasted Hours
Read Wasted Hours lyrics by Arcade Fire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wasted Hours
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All those wasted hours, we used to know
Spent the summer staring out the window
The wind it takes you where it wants to go
First they built the road, then they built the town
That's why we're still driving around and around
And all we see, the kids in the buses longing to be free
Wasted hours, before we knew
Where to go, and what to do
Wasted hours, that you made new
And turned into, a life that we could live
Some cities make you lose your head
Endless suburbs stretched out thin and dead
What was that line you said?
Wishing you were anywhere but here
You watched the life you're living disappear
And now I see, we're still kids in buses longing to be free
Wasted hours, before we knew
Where to go, and what to do
Wasted hours, that you made new
And turned into, a life that we could live
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Arcade Fire performs "Wasted Hours", and this lyric page sits inside the Arcade Fire catalog on LyroVerse.
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