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the reflectors - fire in the arcade

from transient lines by westy reflector

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I recorded and released records as The Reflectors from 2000 to 2010 (most of the band's catalog is here on bandcamp and also up on Spotify, iTunes, CDbaby, etc...). Arcade Fire co-opted my homonym this year and has been touring as "The Reflektors." I resurrected my Reflectors to return the favor.

lyrics

There’s a fire in the arcade
It’s never going out
A cold war never ending
A whole world cast in doubt

Just remember I'll be easily found
'Cos you lit the place on fire, but never burned it down

You blacked out Coney Island
And shorted out the games
You left the Cyclone to the ocean
And chained me to your name

Now I’m the lone Defender
A dream that never fades
And today became forever
Inside these arcade flames

Now you’re dancing on my ashes
I’m dispersed into a cloud
You got everything you wanted
Locked me in from without

Just remember I'll be easily found
'Cos you lit the place on fire, but never burned it down

credits

from transient lines, track released November 1, 2013
played, programmed and produced by westy reflector.
HT to Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records (soundcloud.com/happypuppyrecords) for the title idea.

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"a cloud fitted with an iron scaffold…
in stereophonic splendor."
- disquiet

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