| Rush – Subdivisions Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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Subdivisions is partly based on Neil's own experiences- mostly from his high school years. He explains this in an interview with Paul Elliot: Neil: "...I was physically awkward. My ankles were weak, so I couldn’t play any sports. I couldn’t skate and I couldn’t play hockey, which in Canada is like football is in the UK. And that makes you a pariah as a boy." Paul: You wrote about that aspect of teenage life in the Rush song Subdivisions – the pressure to ‘be cool or be cast out’. Was that song autobiographical? Neil: "Extremely! How we turn out as adults has a lot to do with the way others saw us in high school. Consider yourself as a teenager – whether you were treated as a geek, or as a scholar, or a jock, or a good-looking Lothario or whatever. However you were treated by others has a lot to do with how you turn out." Paul: Would you describe yourself as an introvert? Neil: "Yes. And extroverts don’t ever understand introverts. You know that from your school days. Shy people were seen as stuck up. They were seen as conceited because they kept to themselves." Although he didn't explain the verse "Some will sell their dreams for small desires etc. etc.", I interpret it as a general cautionary parable about poor decisions which can sabotage life. For example getting into drugs, teen pregnancy, or any number of "ticking traps" which alter one's path from what they really wanted to achieve in life. There are certainly other possible meanings to this verse as well, this is just my opinion. :) |
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