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”
Suburban days, they last so long
In shop and office, we sing our song we all sing
We ain't got nothing, nothing to do
A big fat nothing, nothing for me, nothing for you
Suburban dreams, just out of reach
Work till you die, that's what they teach you at school
With that in mind, what's there to lose?
My friends and I, doped up on TV fags and booze
Hear them all singing
We're the ones that you've forgotten
But we will not be denied
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
Suburban nights, they get so hot
People get angry, we sing our song we all sing
A global terror they say, we are at war
But I ain't got time for that 'cause
These bills keep dropping through my door
Hear them all singing
We're the ones you've forgotten
Out of mind, out of sight
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
All these people who criticize us well
We're only saying what we're seeing with our own eyes
This one way system it ain't, it ain't paradise
Not everybody wants to race, wants to fight
Hear them all singing
We're the ones you've forgotten
But we will not be denied
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
We're the ones that you've forgotten
Out of mind, out of sight
Coming out of the shadows
Coming live via satellite
In shop and office, we sing our song we all sing
We ain't got nothing, nothing to do
A big fat nothing, nothing for me, nothing for you
Suburban dreams, just out of reach
Work till you die, that's what they teach you at school
With that in mind, what's there to lose?
My friends and I, doped up on TV fags and booze
Hear them all singing
We're the ones that you've forgotten
But we will not be denied
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
Suburban nights, they get so hot
People get angry, we sing our song we all sing
A global terror they say, we are at war
But I ain't got time for that 'cause
These bills keep dropping through my door
Hear them all singing
We're the ones you've forgotten
Out of mind, out of sight
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
All these people who criticize us well
We're only saying what we're seeing with our own eyes
This one way system it ain't, it ain't paradise
Not everybody wants to race, wants to fight
Hear them all singing
We're the ones you've forgotten
But we will not be denied
Coming out of the shadows
We rock the satellites
We're the ones that you've forgotten
Out of mind, out of sight
Coming out of the shadows
Coming live via satellite
Lyrics submitted by Summersault99
Suburban Knights Lyrics as written by Richard Archer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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