Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Well, remember the guy who was a football star
he had it made with the ladies, but he never got far
Five years past, now he's gotten kinda fat
Working eight days a week at the laundromat
With his mama and his daddy breathing down his neck
About everything he does so much, it makes him sick
So he sits home alone, with the game on TV
As the crowd goes wild, he said "that coulda been me"
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember playing game's at the rich kid's home
His dad owned a bank, while his mom was alone
Everyday with the mailman, the trashman, the lawn guy
Kid didn't look a damn thing like his dad (I knew why)
He grew up, got a job, making 80 grand a year
Had a wife and a kid all the guys called a queer
But his dad never knew, he was too blind to see
Guess it kinda ran in the family
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember the girl down the street with the kids
That used to come outside, but she never did
'Cause she was trying to hide the bruises where her old man beat her
'Cause he hit her in the face with an old space heater
He came home drunk and tried to force sex on her
But he didn't see the .44 stuffed in the covers
So she waited till he came as he lie there naked
Before she blew his head off, she told him she'd been faking all along
So long for everything you done wrong
Here's a bullet, go to hell, 'cause it's where you belong
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah, this is how we're livin' in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
No one understands it
No one comprehends it
Guess you had to be there
From the outside looking in
So I put my Outkast record on
Turn up the volume, 'cause I'm all alone
And scream away...
Remember the cutest couple in the world?
He was a punk and she was daddy's little girl
Graduation came, and she wanted him to stay
But he had bigger, better dreams waiting out in L.A.
She cried and he cred as the plane flew away
She never ever wanted it to end this way
Two years later, she reads in the news
He'd gone on to be a big star, but nobody knew
'Cause he changed up his name, but his heart stayed the same
'Cause every song he wrote was about her, he claimed
But he never got to tell her, 'cause he died that year
From all of the coke and pills and the beer
And the whole world cried, but just for one day
'Cause sooner or later the pain goes away
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah, this is how we're livin' in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
he had it made with the ladies, but he never got far
Five years past, now he's gotten kinda fat
Working eight days a week at the laundromat
With his mama and his daddy breathing down his neck
About everything he does so much, it makes him sick
So he sits home alone, with the game on TV
As the crowd goes wild, he said "that coulda been me"
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember playing game's at the rich kid's home
His dad owned a bank, while his mom was alone
Everyday with the mailman, the trashman, the lawn guy
Kid didn't look a damn thing like his dad (I knew why)
He grew up, got a job, making 80 grand a year
Had a wife and a kid all the guys called a queer
But his dad never knew, he was too blind to see
Guess it kinda ran in the family
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember the girl down the street with the kids
That used to come outside, but she never did
'Cause she was trying to hide the bruises where her old man beat her
'Cause he hit her in the face with an old space heater
He came home drunk and tried to force sex on her
But he didn't see the .44 stuffed in the covers
So she waited till he came as he lie there naked
Before she blew his head off, she told him she'd been faking all along
So long for everything you done wrong
Here's a bullet, go to hell, 'cause it's where you belong
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah, this is how we're livin' in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
No one understands it
No one comprehends it
Guess you had to be there
From the outside looking in
So I put my Outkast record on
Turn up the volume, 'cause I'm all alone
And scream away...
Remember the cutest couple in the world?
He was a punk and she was daddy's little girl
Graduation came, and she wanted him to stay
But he had bigger, better dreams waiting out in L.A.
She cried and he cred as the plane flew away
She never ever wanted it to end this way
Two years later, she reads in the news
He'd gone on to be a big star, but nobody knew
'Cause he changed up his name, but his heart stayed the same
'Cause every song he wrote was about her, he claimed
But he never got to tell her, 'cause he died that year
From all of the coke and pills and the beer
And the whole world cried, but just for one day
'Cause sooner or later the pain goes away
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah, this is how we're livin' in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Suburbia Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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that's exaclty what suburbia is. i live on long island. thats like quadruple suburbia. and every minute of it is wonderful. :)
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this is about cartersville (me being from kennesaw and carrollton, i know how small cities can be) It's about all of the stereotypical people in these towns, like the star quarterback who was so cool in highschool endin up doin nothing and so forth
the verse about the girl and her abusive 'ol man' makes me laugh
she was fakin all along
heres a bullet go to hell cause its where you belong
lmao, ahh i love it
does anyone know who sings the No one understands it No on comprehends it Guess you had to be there From the outside looking in
part... def doesn't sound like him
weird that the riff/chords in this is the exact same as the opening part of ben folds' "rockin the suburbs" ...