Afterlife
by Arcade Fireon Reflektor“Afterlife” had its debut on Saturday Night Live.
An official lyric video was released before the release of the Reflektor album, featuring clips from Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), a film made in Brazil by… Read More [Verse 1]
Afterlife, oh my God, what an awful word
After all the breath, and the dirt, and the fires are burnt
And after all this time, and after all the ambulances go
And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on to the dead light
Of the afterglow
I've gotta know
[Chorus]
Can we work it out?
We scream and shout ‘til we work it out
Can we just work it out?
Scream and shout ‘til we work it out?
‘Til we work it out, ‘til we work it out
‘Til we work it out, ‘til we work it out
[Verse 2]
Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next
Oh, it was just a glimpse of you, like looking through a window
Or a shallow sea
Could you see me?
And after all this time
It's like nothing else we used to know
And after all the hangers-on are done hanging on to the dead light
Of the afterglow
I've gotta know
[Chorus]
Can we work it out?
We scream and shout ‘til we work it out
Can we just work it out?
We scream and shout ‘til we work it out?
[Bridge]
But you say, oh
“When love is gone
Where does it go?”
And you say, oh
“When love is gone
Where does it go?
And where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?
Where do we go?”
[Verse 3]
And after this
Can we last another night?
After all the bad advice
Had nothing at all to do with life
I've gotta know
[Chorus]
Can we work it out?
We scream and shout ‘til we work it out
Can we just work it out?
Scream and shout ‘til we work it out?
[Bridge]
But you say, oh
“When love is gone
Where does it go?”
And you say, oh
“When love is gone
Where does it go?
Oh, we know it's gone
But where did it go?
Oh, we know it's gone
But where did it go?
And where do we go?”
[Break]
Oh, oo oo oo, oo oo oo
Oh, oo oo oo, oo oo oo
[Outro]
Is this the afterlife?
It's just an afterlife with you
It's just an afterlife (Just an afterlife)
It's just an afterlife with you
(It’s just an afterlife)
It’s just an afterlife