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Artist: Arcade Fire
Canonical path: /the-arcade-fire/windowsill
Related lyric paths: 6
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Windowsill
Read Windowsill 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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Windowsill
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I don't want to hear the noises on tv
I don't want the salesmen coming after me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want it fast, I don't want it free
I don't wanna show you what they done to me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to choose black or blue
I don't wanna see what they done to you
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
Because the tide is high and it's rising still
And I don't want fear at my windowsill
I don't want to give 'em my name and address
I don't want to see what happens next
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to live with my father's debt
You can't forgive what you can't forget
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to fight in a holy war
I don't want the salesmen knocking at my door
I don't want to live in America no more
Because the tide is high and it's rising still
And I don't want fear at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
Don't want to see it at my windowsill
Don't want to see it at my windowsill
MTV what have you done to me?
save my soul, set me free
Set me free, what have you done to me?
I can't breathe, I can't sleep
World war three, when are you coming for me?
Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free
The windows are locked now, so what'll it be?
A house on fire or rising sea?
why is the night so still? why did I take the pill?
Because I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
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I don't want to see it at my windowsill
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Arcade Fire performs "Windowsill", and this lyric page sits inside the Arcade Fire catalog on LyroVerse.
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