This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Try and tell us our future's at stake
We're gonna slamdance on your grave
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Say we're a bunch of lazy bums
We just wanna act stupid and have some fun
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Hey suburbia
Hey suburbia
Hey suburbia
We're in love with you
Won't end up like you want us to be
But so what cause we're always gonna be happy
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Tell us we'll regret those things we did
But we're just gonna give you a big wet kiss
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
We're gonna slamdance on your grave
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Say we're a bunch of lazy bums
We just wanna act stupid and have some fun
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Hey suburbia
Hey suburbia
Hey suburbia
We're in love with you
Won't end up like you want us to be
But so what cause we're always gonna be happy
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
Tell us we'll regret those things we did
But we're just gonna give you a big wet kiss
Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow
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Hey Suburbia Lyrics as written by Benjamin M Foster Benjamin M. Foster
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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Yeah, there are three different version of the song that I'm aware of, as suspectdevice said, the demo is on the rerelease of their Self Titled, there's the version on Boogada Boogada Boogada, which is the one above that ends in 'We're in love with you' being repeated, and there is also the version off of Kill The Musicians, which is the same as above with the exception of the guys repeating 'Shut up, shut up' until the end of the song. The version off of Kill The Musicians was also featured on the live disc of the Thank You Very Little album.
Now on to what I think the song is about...
I think that the lyrics of the song are pretty straight forward. They basically say that no matter what people think, we're always gonna do what we want. Why worry about tomorrow when we can live the lives we have right now at this very moment. So what if we're not going anywhere down the road, who really cares if we're happy with what we have.
This is one of my favorite songs from Screeching Weasel, and it was the one that sparked my interest into the band. I truly love these guys and the messages they put out through their music. It's too bad that the band broke up for the last time not too long ago. They will be missed, but at least we've got The Riverdales, and Ben's solo stuff.
this song kicks my ass... haha. "You say we're a bunch of lazy bums We just wanna act stupid and have some fun Cause we don't give a shit about tomorrow" best couple of lines.
This song is an anthem!
I always wondered if this song, was about the Nihilism in the suburbs, you know we don't give a shit about tomorrow, and how kids just want to have fun, but their stuck in the suburb hell.
@skatepunkzero Yeah that sounds accurate. To me the "we're in love with you" is clearly sarcastic. Growing up in the suburbs sucks. And growing up we're hammered with that message of going to college, getting a job, staying on the straight and narrow and doing all the same crap just to end up with the same comfortable suburban life. Thus the message of "we don't care", "we don't give a shit about tomorrow", and "SHUT UP" over and over. Lol!<br /> <br /> Definitely some youthful rebellion to this one. An anthem as another poster said.
is there like 2 versions to this song cuz i've definitly heard to different versions
Most definitely are there two versions, at least. There's a demo version on the re-release of their first album and the actual version on their second album and then there's probably another version on "Kill the Musicians" or something else.
Yeah, there are three different version of the song that I'm aware of, as suspectdevice said, the demo is on the rerelease of their Self Titled, there's the version on Boogada Boogada Boogada, which is the one above that ends in 'We're in love with you' being repeated, and there is also the version off of Kill The Musicians, which is the same as above with the exception of the guys repeating 'Shut up, shut up' until the end of the song. The version off of Kill The Musicians was also featured on the live disc of the Thank You Very Little album.
Now on to what I think the song is about...
I think that the lyrics of the song are pretty straight forward. They basically say that no matter what people think, we're always gonna do what we want. Why worry about tomorrow when we can live the lives we have right now at this very moment. So what if we're not going anywhere down the road, who really cares if we're happy with what we have.
This is one of my favorite songs from Screeching Weasel, and it was the one that sparked my interest into the band. I truly love these guys and the messages they put out through their music. It's too bad that the band broke up for the last time not too long ago. They will be missed, but at least we've got The Riverdales, and Ben's solo stuff.
i love this song!! one of my favourite weasel songs - feel good, happy, amazing song!!
This song is such an anthem for so many kids out there. It defines the viewpoint of so many young people, and could teach anybody a thing or 2 about their attutude to life. To me, Hey Suburbia makes me feel as though i dont need to listen to others and follow the same path as everyone else just because i am told to or because it's expected of me, because as long as i'm happy and having fun, everything will work out fine in the end.
Kill the Musicians has the best version.