Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Lyrics






I woke up with the power out
Not really something to shout about
Ice has covered up my parents hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans

I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are swingin' from the power lines
Nobody's home, so nobody minds

I woke up on the darkest night
Neighbors all were shoutin' that they found the light
"We found the light!"
Shadows jumpin' all over my walls
Some of them big, some of them small

I went out into the night
I went out to pick a fight with anyone
Light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Ice has covered up my parents hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
Growin' up in some strange storm
Nobody's cold, nobody's warm

I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are dyin' out in the snow,
Look at them go, look at them go!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

And the power's out
In the heart of man
Take it from your heart
Put it in your hand

What's the plan? What's the plan?

Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide
Just light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!

'Cause nothing's hid
From us kids
You ain't foolin' nobody
With the lights out!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

And the power's out
In the heart of man
Take it from your heart
Put it in your hand

And there's something wrong
In the heart of man
Take it from your heart
Put it in your hand

Where'd you go?!





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  1. S.... f....

    Canadian bands are the best, we the north

  2. J.... J....

    atualiza essa daqui também

  3. E.... D....

    this is about the southern quebec ice storm of 1998 ! that was crazy

  4. S.... ....

    The only song of theirs I like.

    S.... ....

    I don't think you've listened to enough lol

  5. O.... S....

    Tan rápido XV años de esta joya.. 2019...

  6. D.... M....

    Such a beautiful never gets old

  7. P.... E....

    Amazing riff

  8. G.... P....

    I've always liked the song, but . . . are the shitheel kids cutting off the power during an ice storm supposed to be the °heroes° of the video?

    G.... P....

    George P. Burdell I don’t think so

    G.... P....

    I don’t think there’s any “heroes” at all

    G.... P....

    Okay, so no heroes.

    Still don't get it.

    This album is born song by Pretty song and I like it that way it's seriously turning me off to "concept" albums

  9. G.... F....

    When my mother was pregnant with me, she listened to the Arcade Fire. She made my father hear their songs, and he said that if he made them listen to me I would hate her. They broke up when i was 6. In elementary school I was crying because I was bullied, and when she saw me she made me listen to this album. Now I'm in eighth grade, and thank you, because now I love Arcade Fire.

  10. A.... R....

    Perfect Song In Every Sense😍

    A.... R....

    Dude you got it figured!

  11. B.... S....

    My favorite💕

  12. T.... B....

    Last band to EARN a grammy

  13. C.... F....

    Skateboaridng after highschool in 2011 and being introduced to this band after lakai fully flared
    ...
    soomehow led me to this awesome album..then song

  14. p.... e....

    Awesome video to a brilliant song
    Montreal represented excellently in this losing power - genius artwork

  15. L.... M....

    De mis canciones favoritas para toda la vida💜

  16. A.... P....

    You ain't fooling nobody!

  17. k.... M....

    Genesis dilli

  18. N.... S....

    Love these guys! This was the first Arcade Fire song I ever heard... I remember seeing this video (I think, on MTV?), and instantly liked it so much, I immediately looked them up online, saw they were coming to play in NYC soon, and bought tickets to their show in Central Park. Toward the end that show, David Bowie came out and played a couple songs with them. Amazing group.

  19. y.... r....

    Nostalgia brought me here , 2018

  20. M.... ....

    Please upload this in HQ!

  21. s.... ....

    1:18 Am I the only one who thinks the fat, rich guy looks like the mayor from The Nightmare Before Christmas?

    s.... ....

    sdfkjgh I thought the same.

    s.... ....

    He does ~

  22. S.... L....

    4:10 Perfect.

  23. v.... ....

    They only did one good album, but that one album was fantastic.

    v.... ....

    So you don’t like any of their other 4 records?

  24. B.... ....

    Can someone send me a link or something for the neighborhood 1 because it's blocked in my country. Please

  25. c.... c....

    Incrível! Melhor banda sem mais!!!

  26. z.... ....

    This is so good.

  27. J.... ....

    This is literally the only good Arcade Fire song

    J.... ....

    Excuse me what?

    -Neighbourhood 1: Tunnels
    -Wake Up
    -In the Backseat
    -Keep The Car Running
    -Windowsill
    -No Cars Go
    -Empty Room
    -Half Light II: No Celebration
    -Sprawl II: Mountains Beyond Mountains
    -Here Comes the Night Time
    -It’s Never Over
    -Supersymmetry
    -Creature Comfort
    -Electric Blue
    -We Don’t Deserve Love

    *THE LIST GOES OOOOOONNNNNN*

  28. p.... b....

    Only just started listening to them so glad i started with funeral

  29. a.... ....

    thanks for your show in milan 17/7/2017
    you're awesome!

  30. S.... M....

    nostalgia

  31. S.... d....

    Still in love with this song

    S.... d....

    Abaigeal Fire me too XD

  32. e.... ....

    How on earth did they come out with this little gem amongst a stream of mediocrity including what appears to be everything else they have ever done????

    I've spent the last 3 hours listening to everything Arcade Fire and it's all quite boring trash. This is great.

    Someone slipped something in their weed this one day that unlocked their creativity?

    e.... ....

    We Don’t Deserve Love?

  33. x.... ....

    I love this song. The video is awesome!

  34. l.... k....

    Pour Célia ET Léo Frissson

  35. E.... G....

    love the cinematography-akin to spy vs. spy-

  36. D.... J....

    I always imagine Neighborhood #3 as me and my friends in bikes riding in the middle of the city in Christmas. It's night and there's no danger or someone around.

    D.... J....

    David Jung that sounds amazing

  37. a.... b....

    My dad showed me this music video and song when I was about 5. I still listen to it

    a.... b....

    update im still here

    a.... b....

    I heard this song when I was 16 or 17

    a.... b....

    look at me being a dumbass ten year old

    a.... b....

    @anna boer you're not <3

    a.... b....

    Dad knew what was up

  38. t.... ....

    cannot find a hight quality LOUD version of this song anywhere..help please

    t.... ....

    theseonesgotoeleven Spotify, Apple Music, or Napster (yes it’s back)... then turn the volume up

  39. M.... E....

    It's like modest mouse and the pixies had a baby

    M.... E....

    I also was thinking about modest mouse when i heard Laika. Both great artists!

    M.... E....

    except for the fact that imagine dragons came way after Arcade Fire...

    M.... E....

    I feel it's like somebody took oldskool Radiohead and made them better .. I don't know how that's possible, but AF does the impossible .. also I'm blow away by this video ...

    M.... E....

    Chris Barnes super old comment but this track definitely has Modest Mouse influences in it. The guitar riff is really similar to Interstate 8’s

    M.... E....

    Mike Eroyan YESSSS but then again its also kinda like modest mouse and the shins had a baby

  40. M.... T....

    MAN I hate this animation. But I LOVE this song

  41. A.... F....

    I could never love a band more than I love arcade fire.

    A.... F....

    Talking Heads are my all time favorite band. Have been listening to them all my life. I just "discovered" Arcade Fire about two years ago and I am IN LOVE. I can't listen to them enough! As a 56 year old who spent a lot of time in my 20's in the L.A. music scene, it's rare that I find music that excites and speaks to me. Haven't felt like this about any band since Talking Heads. I hope to see them in concert some day!

    A.... F....

    Rebecca GS
    Hi both
    I like Talking Heads too - they were great 👍
    Was visiting Canada in 2017 and saw Arcade Fire at the Rogers Centre in Edmonton
    Truly awesome and hope they swing around to your part of America soon

  42. R.... G....

    ...still one of my favorite songs to snowboard to...

  43. t.... ....

    This has to be one of my fav AF songs... can't stop my feet from tapping. Possibly also gonna develop RSI in my kneck cause it just won't stop bopping....

  44. M.... M....

    I love this song

  45. T.... M....

    Listening this in 2016!

    T.... M....

    Why does it matter when you listen to this song? Why does everyone keep stating what year they listened to this song to in first? Aren't -eras- way more important?

  46. M.... M....

    I met you with this video... I really really love you! ♥ Actually, my homework will be about your music-video "we exist". Thank you!

  47. a.... M....

    I love this song.

  48. B.... M....

    Pixies style... :D

    B.... M....

    +Benito Muñiz Alonso Yes it is

  49. J.... D....

    Hearing this on a system or at least a good set of headphones .... powerful sound

  50. F.... ....

    Svaka čast momci ko god ovo svira!

  51. B.... M....

    muy buena canthion amigoth

  52. m.... m....

    Amazing!!! Funeral best album!

  53. M.... B....

    it look like a game

    M.... B....

    Someone like you would think that...

  54. L.... R....

    so powerful

  55. C.... H....

    amazing song bonus, great video!

  56. R.... S....

    incase anyone never knew this about this song yet, it's about the Montreal ice storm that happened back in 97 or 98 I believe it was, when the power was out for like weeks due to that storm

    R.... S....

    and it affected most the Quebec province too

    R.... S....

    Thanks for your input. I always wondered what it was about.

    R.... S....

    it was out for more than a month in some area

    R.... S....

    and it was 98

    R.... S....

    Where are arcade fire from?

  57. r.... a....

    electric fire

  58. R.... S....

    Muy plastica la banda....

    R.... S....

    super plastica! jajajaj ojala los hubieses visto en vivo el domingo... pedazo de banda y a mi ni me gustaban... 

    R.... S....

    @Cristobal Venegas Lopez ¿Plástica? Já, creo que no saben NADA sobre música de verdad. Hahaha ¡SUERTE!

    R.... S....

    plathtico tu culo

  59. C.... W....

    I have this song burned on a cd, and it's the only one i really know by them. I saw them last night perform on the Late Show with Jimmy Fallon and was amazed at how many band members they have. I didn't really understand what they were saying, but it sounded kinda cool.

  60. R.... C....

    Somehow... the first time I heard this song, just a couple of days of funeral being launched, the initial guitar chords rang a bell...
    I thought... Cool... another New Order song!
    I guess I never expected to be on the verge of discovering a all new taste for me...
    Arcade Fire...
    I bought the album instantly (there are things that its really a "crime" not to own)...
    I bought Neon Bible on a prerelease... then the Suburbs... and now Reflektor...
    They never ceasse to amaze me, how they bend their own limitations to create a all new sonority everytime...
    It's probably the only band I've ever been ablle to compare to Talking Heads in those therms... every time new.
    I do hope that some day I'll be saying about Arcade Fire as I say about TH... that I do own their complete work!

    R.... C....

    +Ricardo Castel-Branco I agree, this has always reminded me of New Order, the beat and the guitars, but I think these are a lot better.

    R.... C....

    Try Vampire Weekend if you like Talking Heads

    R.... C....

    Do you own Everything Now? It came out two years ago

  61. A.... J....

    Why can't I stop listening to this song???
    Oh, wait - because it's amazing.
    Well, that was easy.
    :D

  62. C.... M....

    Very Modest Mouse Lonesome Crowded West sounding

  63. h.... ....

    I'm gonna go ahead and be a butt hurt Arcade Fire fan towards the man that said "It's weak...overrated"
    WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SMOKING?

    I'm done. Sorry.

    h.... ....

    +haileypotatogirl Smoking something would only make this Music more enjoyable in all honesty...

    h.... ....

    that's only for dank weed, weak weed and cocaine do do the same...

  64. L.... T....

    Une de mes chansons préférées :-)

  65. J.... K....

    am i the only one who plays this song when the power goes out?

    J.... K....

    what do you play it thu

  66. j.... s....

    I liked most was the drumming

  67. A.... A....

    This song makes me want to act silly and dance

  68. R.... S....

    Fuck Planters.

  69. B.... B....

    I wanna have a band like Arcade Fire ♥

  70. s.... ....

    Overrated...r u sure ?

    You liked "Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground"...THAT's overrated and commercial...but it's your tastes.

  71. D.... H....

    reading the comments makes me laff. cept none of its funny.

  72. L.... F....

    in love with this band.

  73. c.... ....

    This is my favorite one of their songs :D

  74. P.... T....

    My power went out last night for 4 hours .. unrelated as to why I'm listening to this song

  75. R.... ....

    Seeing this on MuchMusic because you're a hipster.

  76. s.... ....

    Still their best song! :D

  77. Z.... V....

    The characters in this video slightly remind of me slender man.

  78. b.... ....

    I know, I lived it ;)

  79. J.... S....

    yup, this was about a power outage from an ice storm that lasted a week in Montreal.

  80. R.... L....

    Love this song

  81. F.... M....

    I watched a snowboard video to this song. It was just awesome. Thank you arcade fire!

  82. a.... ....

    What is that animation!?

  83. t.... ....

    "When the power's out in the hearts of man / Take it from your heart and put it in your hand" those two lines are mint

  84. b.... ....

    Québec, 1998.

  85. s.... ....

    Will never forget the last 90 seconds of the song. Pure bliss.

  86. O.... G....

    I used to listen to this song ALL the time. :3 Awesome!

  87. T.... ....

    Intro reminds me of Noel Gallagher A.K.A What A Life

  88. T.... F....

    Excellent response bednet. Couldn't agree more.

  89. s.... ....

    Fuck Vevo.

  90. B.... G....

    But Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are sexy. But hip-hop is still alive and strong today if you ever cared to listen to Immortal Technique or Nas, they each have great messages to be portrayed. Someone who truly appreciates music for what it is can find the great artists within their least favorite genres. Even country has some great songs, if you ever cared to listen to The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks, you would realize each genre has its gems. Don't shelter your mind, homie.

  91. E.... ....

    its called "selling out"

  92. E.... ....

    This is the music of my childhood. There was a huge snowstorm once, school was cancelled, the power was out. I played outside all day screaming this song, even when my snow fort collapsed.

    E.... ....

    EAPK12 really? what a cool thing you just lived

  93. B.... ....

    Are you trying to say hip hop isnt good? If so, you look at music through a very thin lense.

  94. A.... o....

    Yeah, Vevo has tentacles everywhere.

  95. R.... E....

    Yeah, as they should get just as much if not more recognition as popular artists.

  96. M.... ....

    I actually like that Arcade Fire has VEVO for one reason, with Google Chromes adblocker I can find all the music videos and not deal with pesky advertisements.

  97. H.... N....

    Yes I agree that music is subjective and i respect your opinion. I only describe "Power Out" and "In The Back Seat" beautiful ( and "The Suburbs" maybe??) ,not all of their songs. And since you think that they did not deserve their award then can you tell me what band/artist should have been on the indie/art/alt rock field?