Arcade Fire - Prologue lyrics

Tucked in the woods Near North Chicago Early November Commences our saga Two loved in silence For fear of corruption Then fate chimed in With an evil grin and a mighty interruption She awoke in a panic The TV in static She heard a voice In the attic Crouched behind her door With a Swiss Army knife She cried in silence Fearing for her life Protecting herself She stabbed the intruder The lights turned on Her knife impaled her suitor She'd committed a murder While he laid there bleeding She stared, clearly scared Checked her boyfriend's heart for beating It's not right The lights get dim And all she thinks of is him She cried through the morning As she read the paper Her father told police The boy broke in to rape her She ran to the bathroom Enraged and pissed Grabbed a razor And tic-tac-toed her wrist She'd committed a murder And while she laid there bleeding She stared, clearly scared Checked her final pulse for beating It's not right The lights get dim And all she thinks of is him