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Arcade Fire - Ready To Start

Businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
And I guess I'll just begin again
You say can we still be friends

If I was scared
I would
And if I was bored
You know I would
And if I was yours
But I'm not

All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears new clothes
But to bow to down to them anyway
Is better than to be alone

If I was scared
I would
And if I was bored
You know I would
And if I was yours
But I'm not

Now you're knocking at my door
Saying please come out against the night
But I would rather be alone
Than pretend I feel alright
If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say can we still be friends

If I was scared
I would
And if I was pure
You know I would
And if I was yours
But I'm not

Now I'm ready to start

If I was scared
I would
And if I was pure
You know I would
And if I was yours
But I'm not

Now I'm ready to start
I would rather be wrong
Than live in the shadows of your song
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start
Your mind surely opened the door
To step out into the dark
Now I'm ready

Arcade Fire play biggest ever UK show at London's Hyde Park

Arcade Fire headlined their biggest UK show ever at London's Hyde Park tonight (June 30).

The Montreal band played a host of tracks from all three of their albums plus new track 'Speaking In Tongues', which features on the repackaged version of their 2010 LP 'The Suburbs'.

Although ex-Talking Heads singer David Byrne features on the studio performance of the track, he didn't make a surprise appearance tonight.

It was only the song's second appearance after a recent show in France. "That was the least time we've been scared doing a song we've only really played in rehearsal to 60,000 people, so thank you so much," Butler said after it was warmly received.

The band arrived onstage to a huge cinema billboard backdrop and a giant screen which projected old cinema ads and clips from the band's short film 'Scenes From The Suburbs' before they kicked off with 'Ready To Start'.

Singer Win Butler then totally took the 60,000 crowd by surprise early on when he declared: "I can't tell you how happy we are to be here, this a song we normally do later in the set but I want to fucking do it now." The band then launched into 'Wake Up' to huge cheers.

Before starting 'The Suburbs' he made a joke about the warm weather and Glastonbury before later taking a pop at the local residents while he was mid-song on 'Month Of May'. "You know all the rich people who live near this field, they make sure you can't make a little noise," he said referring to the venue's strict time curfew.

He took a further dig during 'Neighborhood #2 (Laika)', adding: 'The neighbourhood is asking if you can keep it down a little bit."

The band went on to wrap up their show with 'Keep The Car Running', 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)' and 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)'.

As they left the stage, Butler told the crowd, it could be a while before Arcade Fire return to the UK. "Goodbye London, we'll see you in a couple years," he added.

Arcade Fire played:

'Ready To Start'
'Wake Up'
'No Cars Go'
'Haïti'
'Intervention'
'Rococo'
'Speaking In Tongues'
'Crown Of Love'
'The Suburbs'
'Month of May'
'Rebellion (Lies)'
'Neighborhood #2 (Laika)'
'We Used to Wait'
'Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)'
'Keep The Car Running'
'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)'
'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)'

Source: nme.com