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Empty Room by Arcade Fire

TRACK

Arcade Fire

Empty Room

Release date: 2nd July 2010

From The Suburbs
Track 5
2:52
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About This Track

'Empty Room' by Arcade Fire is an alternative track from 'The Suburbs', released in 2010. The lyrics put a lonely scene centre stage, repeating a name in an empty room while weighing up what feels like a step too far, then settling into solitude where the narrator can be themselves. A phrase like “Said your name in an empty room” turns the moment into a private ritual, before the song circles back to uncertainty about life’s timing, and the uneasy sense that it is moving on without clarity.

"Empty Room" is a track by Arcade Fire, from the album The Suburbs, released 2nd July 2010. The track is 2:52 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Arcade Fire.

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Arcade Fire

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Lyrics

Empty Room

Said your name in an empty room
Said your name in an empty room
Something I would never do
Said your name in an empty room
Said your name in an empty room
Something I would never do
I'm alone again
When I'm by myself
I can be myself
Well my life is coming
But, I don't know when
You were burning now you're black and gray
You were burning now you're black and gray
Something I would never say
I'm alone again
When I'm by myself
I can be myself
Well my life is coming
But, I don't know when
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Moi j'attends, toi tu pars
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Toute ma vie, etre avec toi
Moi j'attends, toi tu pars

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Track details

From The Suburbs

2:522010
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The Suburbs
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
3rd July 2010
Track number
5
Release year
2010
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    4:16
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    4:40
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    3:57

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  • 5Empty Room
    2:52
  • 6City With No Children
    3:12
  • 7Half Light I
    4:14
  • 8Half Light II (No Celebration)
    4:27
  • 9Suburban War
    4:45
  • 10Month of May
    3:51
  • 11Wasted Hours
    3:21
  • 12Deep Blue
    4:28
  • 13We Used to Wait
    5:01
  • 14Sprawl I (Flatland)
    2:54
  • 15Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
    5:26
  • 16The Suburbs (Continued)
    1:28
  • —Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
    5:26
  • —Ready To Start
    4:16
  • —The Suburbs
    5:15
  • —Modern Man
    4:40
  • —Rococo
    3:57
  • —Empty Room
    2:52
  • —City With No Children
    3:12
  • —Half Light I
    4:14
  • —Half Light II (No Celebration)
    4:27
  • —Suburban War
    4:41
  • —Month Of May
    3:51
  • —Wasted Hours
    3:21
  • —Deep Blue
    4:28
  • —We Used To Wait
    5:01
  • —Sprawl I (Flatland)
    2:54
  • —Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
    5:18
  • —The Suburbs (Continued)
    1:28
  • —The Suburbs
    5:15

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    Arcade Fire
    Producer
    Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs
    Vocals
    Régine Chassagne
    Mixing Engineer
    Arcade Fire, Craig Silvey
    Recording Engineer
    Don Murnaghan, Marcus Paquin, Mark Lawson, Noah Goldstein
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