The Suburbs Lyrics

Lyric discussion by popjack 

Cover art for The Suburbs lyrics by Arcade Fire

Pretty terrifying song, when you go through what it describes in real life. Especially when you realise the suburbs aren't created in isolation, as an evolution of an origin, by previously Iron Age tribesmen. They are in fact a political and socio-economic plateaux, deliberately invented. Most folks never see it. And when you do see it your world crumbles and shifts rapidly. This song captures that moment of being unable to know what is actually real, while you quietly try to deal with an avalanche of emotions caused by the shattering of a foundational illusion.

My Interpretation
Negative
Subjective
Fear
Sadness
Disillusionment
Suburbia
Reality
Socio-economic
Emotion