Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire walks the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana in what seems to be a post Mardi Gras sweep, flooded with fire trucks, police lights, and cleaning services. Throughout the video, she stares into a focusing camera, and for a quick second you see a dash of Bowie matched in her face.
Lyrics Arcade Fire - Electric Blue
[Verse 1]
Summer's gone and so are you
See the sky electrocute
A thousand boys that look like you
Cover my eyes electric blue
[Refrain]
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out I don't know shit
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out
[Chorus]
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
[Verse 2]
A thousand girls that look like me
Staring out at the open sea
Repeat the words until they're true
Cover my eyes electric blue
[Refrain]
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out I don't know shit
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out
[Chorus]
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
[Verse 3]
Now you've got me so confused
'Cause I don't know how to sing your blues
Jesus Christ, what could I do?
I don't know how to sing your blues
[Refrain]
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it, but I found out
[Outro]
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
Cover my eyes electric blue
Cover my eyes electric blue
Every single night I dream about you
Every single night I dream about you
"Electric Blue" is somber, self-depreciating but only in regards to someone else. In this case, the someone else is David Bowie. As the frontwoman for the Canadian band rises her vocals to repeat "Cover my eyes electric blue", Bowie's lyric from his "Sound and Vision" comes to mind ("Electric Blue, that's the colour of my room"). Arcade Fire gives Bowie credit to assisting the inception of the band, and in their first album release since Bowie's passing, they felt due for an ambiguous tribute to the art rock king. The conclusion of the video flashes a picture of an eye covered surrounded by audio waves, a drawing of Bowie's "Sound and Vision".
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