After first hearing Arcade Fire's "We Exist" from 2013's Reflektor, it was obvious what the song was about. The meaning was plainly evident:
(meaning #1) It was a first person narrative sung by Jesus to God the Father, lamenting people's lack of belief in them. Here was a Jesus alive on earth in modern times, and even though he was right there in the flesh, everyone is "walking around, head full of sound, acting like we don't exist...but we exist"* (lyrics) As sung by Jesus, the song is a comment on the Nietzschean God-is-dead, post-theistic world we live in. How would Jesus approach a world that doesn't believe in him, even if he is right there living among them and what would his prayers back to God be? "We Exist" captures that scenario. What a fascinating perspective to capture in a song, I thought.
