Speaking in Tongues

About Speaking in Tongues

"Speaking in Tongues" is the fifth single from indie rock band Arcade Fire's third album, The Suburbs. It did not appear on the original track listing, but showed up on the deluxe edition as a bonus track. There is a direct reference to T. S Eliot's The Waste Land: "Hypocrite reader, my double, my brother", himself quoting Baudelaire's To the Reader: "— Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!" The title itself is a reference to the Bible (Acts 2:4 ; 1 Corinthians 14:18) to a phenomenon called glossolalia, which is believed to be a divine language unknown to the speaker. It is also a reference to the 1983 album of the same name by Talking Heads, the former band of guest singer David Byrne. more »

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Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother
Your daddy really took it out of you
But did he speak it in tongues?
But did he speak it in tongues?

Sneaking out the windows now
You've got the spirit now

Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother
Where did we lose our way?
It's like we're speaking in tongues
It's like we're speaking in tongues

Sneaking out the windows now

You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now

Hypocrite reader,
My double, my brother
Now I can't understand a word
Now you're speaking in tongues 
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues 
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues 
(Speaking in tongues)
Now you're speaking in tongues 
(Speaking in tongues)

Come out of your head
And into my world now
Come out of your head
And into my world, my world, my world now

(Speaking in tongues)

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Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, consisting of husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. The band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Funeral. more »

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