\nDenne er ikke udgivet endnu men findes allerede p\u00e5 nettet og er noget af det mest spektakul\u00e6re l\u00e6nge h\u00f8rt. Pastoren omtalte den forleden og kaldte den “underligt triumferende”. Vi taler naturligvis om sangen Intervention, en af hj\u00f8rnestenene p\u00e5 Neon Bible, Arcade Fire’s nye album. En moderne salme af elendighed, hvis kulsorte scenarie l\u00f8ftes h\u00f8jt op p\u00e5 en musikalsk himmel af brusende kirkeorgel, klokker og et uskyldsrent b\u00f8rnekor. Hvis mennesket fortjener sin egen og hele verdens kollektive undergang, synger Arcade Fire den her ud som storsl\u00e5et forl\u00f8sning snarere end som straf. Arkiver under “a” for anderledes ateistisk samt absolut apokalyptisk.<\/p>\n
INTERVENTION<\/p>\n
The king’s taken back the thrown
\nThe useless seed is sown
\nAnd when they say they’re cutting off the phone
\nI’ll tell ’em you’re not home<\/p>\n
No place to hide
\nYou’ll be fighting as a soldier on their side
\nYou’re still a soldier in your mind
\nBut nothing’s on the line<\/p>\n
You say it’s money that we need
\nAs if we’re only mouths to feed
\nAnd knowing no matter what you say
\nThere are some debts you’ll never pay<\/p>\n
Working for the church while your family dies
\nYou take what they give you and you keep it inside
\nEvery spark of friendship and love will die without a home
\nHear the soldier groan or go at it alone<\/p>\n
I can taste the fear
\nLift me up and take me out of here
\nDon’t want to fight, don’t want to die
\nJust want to hear you cry<\/p>\n
Who’s gonna throw the very first stone
\nOh, who’s gonna re-set the bone
\nWalking with your head in a sling
\nWanna hear the soldier sing<\/p>\n
Working for the church while my family dies
\nYour little baby sister’s gonna lose her mind
\nEvery spark of friendship and love will die without a home
\nHear the soldier groan or go at it alone<\/p>\n
I can taste your fear
\nIt’s gonna lift you up and take you out of here
\nAnd the bone shall never heal
\nI cannot if you kneel<\/p>\n
We can’t find you now
\nBut they’re gonna get their money back somehow
\nAnd when you finally disappear
\nWe’ll just say that you were never here<\/p>\n
Been working for the church while your life falls apart
\nBeen singing hallelujah with the fear in your heart
\nEvery spark of friendship and love will die without a home
\nHear the soldier groan or go at it alone
\nHear the soldier groan or go at it alone<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Arcade Fire<\/p>\n