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Lyrics
In the suburbs, I, I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving
You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war
Your part of town against mine
I saw you standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
The kids want to be so hard
But in my dreams, we're still screaming
And running through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall
And all of the houses they built in the seventies finally fall
Meant nothing at all
Meant nothing at all, it meant nothing
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling and into the night
So can you understand
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young?
I want to hold her hand
And show her some beauty before this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask, if it's too much to ask
Then send me a son
Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting, it's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass
'Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
I'm moving past the feeling
I'm moving past the feeling
In my dreams we're still screaming
We're still screaming
We're still screaming
Views : 38,756,144
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Nov 22, 2010 ^^
Rating : 4.902 (6,427/256,119 LTDR)
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I watched this video a few years ago in 7th grade. The imagery of the suburbs themselves didnt strike me as relevant back then, but now it looks so unnatural and pretty... God dangit. Its so hard to be able to look at the world and see the pretty things these days.
God, so much has changed in four years.
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This song perfectly captures being trapped in the melancholy of nostalgia. Stuck in the past without realizing it’s “already past.”
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My little sister told she listens to this song when she misses me. It’s hard listening to it now that she’s passed away I miss her so much this is such a nice song
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This is an absolute masterpiece.
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It’s crazy looking back on the time in my life when I got to be a part of this. I’m the one in the beanie. It feels like a lifetime ago. Honestly is gut wrenching that a lot of what you see in this video is already coming true in the world today. Looking back on it in the year of 2020 I feel like this video predicted a lot in its own way. I had just turned 16 and got my drivers license. I was looking for a new high school to go to when it just so happened that the day I was shadowing at this art high school one of the casting directors saw me. She came up to me and said “do you want to audition for a spike Jonze short?”. I was like hell yeah I do. I did the interview and forgot that it happened till I got a call back. Honestly showed up to the call back still not believing it was real till I walked into the room and Spike was handing me a script saying “give it a read”. It was a trip shooting this for a month getting to kick it with spike, win, will and the rest of arcade fire for a month or so. The real reason why we were laughing in the one scene of us shooting the BB guns on the overpass was I accidentally shot Will in the chest with the BB gun and made him bleed haha. Sorry again Will my bad 😂. I was really stoked that I was in this because I knew about arcade fire from a fully flared part (also made by spike) and I told all my friends (who didn’t know at the time who they were). Until they won the Grammy for album of the year and everyone was hitting us up. It was a fun ride especially being so young. I’m glad a portion of my adolescents was captured in this way. It’s beautiful and whimsical. Every time I go back and watch this it brings back memories around that time. Aright I’m done rambling lol. Thanks again for the good times 🙏🤙
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"If I could have it back, all the time that we wasted, I'd only waste it again" This lyric is true to us all
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I remember being in my hometown listening to this song, unable to see a future for myself past high school. I had recently tried to take my life and had been making a playlist to put on my ipod for the hospital I was going to. I can’t describe to you how bizarre and amazing it is to be sitting here listening to this song again 10 years later. Knowing that I made it through the worst part of my life and am now on the other side. I wish I could visit my teenage self and just tell them “it’s going to be ok.”
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What really shock me is the way the sound is progressing and suddenly what started being a "joyful" song becomes a deeply overwhelming and universal story about life itself. Well, at least It is what makes me feel.
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Why does this give me such HEAVY vibes?!?! I don't even listen to this type of music?
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I remember when this songs came out and was played all the time on Canadian radio. My friend and I were in Uni and would listen to the whole album all the time, it was before the days of Spotify and other streaming services so we would download all the music and albums, we were students and had no money so please don't judge us, its crazy how music can take you back, i want to throw my friend some love while I'm here as we've been through a lot to together, he's a music producer now and has just released an amazing song try searching Lonely Gimmick - Roll Me Over , I'm honestly so impressed and think he deserves more recognition
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Growing up in Sri Lanka, I stumbled upon English and Western music at a young age. Those melodies hit differently for me, and I found myself totally obsessed with English musicians as time rolled on. We had this TV channel that played English music in the middle of the night, probably because no one cared about it at that hour. I used to drag myself out of bed just to catch that channel because it was my only way to watch music videos.
Now, my English wasn't good back then, but I'd just sit there, glued to the TV, blown away by everything – the melodies, the visuals, you name it. I genuinely loved every music video, no matter the genre. At the end of each video, they'd show the song's name, and I'd quickly jot it down. Why? So I could bug my brother to pirate me the MP3 version.
Then on one nigh night, "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire played on the TV, and I was transported to a whole new world. I was so into the song that I forgot to catch its name. Cue three years of searching for that damn song. The melody was stuck in my head on repeat. I refused to let it go because I loved how it made me feel. But, over time, even the melody faded away.
Fast forward a few years, and I stumble upon a Spotify playlist. Lo and behold, my second rendezvous with "The Suburbs." I fell in love with it all over again, clueless that this was the song I'd been hunting for during my teenage years. Played it a thousand times, no exaggeration. Then, while looking for a lyrics video to share on Instagram, I stumbled upon the music video, and it hit me – this was the one I missed back in the day.
Thinking about it, the song was with me from the get-go. Even without knowing its name, the melody lingered in my mind for years. When it disappeared, the song found me again through a Spotify playlist, and now, it's mine forever.
This is truly the greatest tune in my life, and nothing can take that away from me.
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Makes me wanna cry that we cant go back in time.
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This is without a doubt one of the greatest songs ever written.
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O ano era 2010 , acordava cedo 6:15 pra me arrumar e ir pra escola.. liguei a TV na MTV e estava passando uns clipes, de repente toca essa música, esperei acabar pra aparecer o nome para eu anotar..
aqui estou eu , 11 anos dps , e ainda escuto como se fosse a primeira vez , um sentimento de nostalgia com algo inexplicável ❤
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The album is timeless. I first listened to it as a teenager, and now coming back to it 10 years later it resonates with me more than ever as an adult... the album is truly a grown up's lament.
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Last year my best friend died, and I played this song all the day after. I cried every single time this song was looping and in some way it was the best help that the world could offer me at the moment.
I will miss you forever Marco, it was an honour having you at my side in our adolescence.
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10/10 end of the discussion. Arcade Fire is one of the best bands ever
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I'm 62 and feel the same teenage horror/nostalgia/angst/love when i see this. It was one of my son's fav's back when it came out. so i got to love it too.
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I was 25 when this record came out but it really speaks in a universal but personal way to anyone who grew up in the suburbs and felt the pressure of expectations, the boredom, and sometimes the beauty of pacing a cul de sac at 4 AM on a 3 hr phone call with your best friend.
It makes me sweetly nostalgic for something I hated that hurt. My family collapsed, my parents went broke and sold their home, I’m estranged from my brother. It’s all gone now.
But there were nights like when I drank a case of Labatt Blue with a friend in the neighborhood, walked to his house a mile away, and fell in a deep ditch and cut my head open so bad my white t shirt was soaked red with blood. It’s a memory that I have some affection for. This song elicits that.
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7 years ago
This song gives me the strangest nostalgia and feelings I buried years ago.
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