Suburban War Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Let’s go for a drive
And see the town tonight
There’s nothing to do
But I don’t mind when I’m with you
[Verse 2]
This town’s so strange
They built it to change
And while we sleep
We know the streets get rearranged
With my old friends
It was so different then
Before your war
Against the suburbs began
Before it began
[Verse 3]
Now the music divides
Us into tribes
You grew your hair
So I grew mine
You said the past won’t rest
Until we jump the fence
And leave it behind
With my old friends
I can remember when
You cut your hair
I never saw you again
Now the cities we live in
Could be distant stars
And I search for you
In every passing car
Let’s go for a drive
And see the town tonight
There’s nothing to do
But I don’t mind when I’m with you
[Verse 2]
This town’s so strange
They built it to change
And while we sleep
We know the streets get rearranged
With my old friends
It was so different then
Before your war
Against the suburbs began
Before it began
[Verse 3]
Now the music divides
Us into tribes
You grew your hair
So I grew mine
You said the past won’t rest
Until we jump the fence
And leave it behind
With my old friends
I can remember when
You cut your hair
I never saw you again
Now the cities we live in
Could be distant stars
And I search for you
In every passing car
[Chorus]
The night’s so long
Yeah, the night’s so long
I’ve been living in the shadows of your song
Been living in the shadows of your song
[Verse 4]
In the suburbs, I
I learned to drive
And you told me we would never survive
So grab your mother’s keys, we leave tonight
But you started a war
That we can’t win
They keep erasing all the streets
We grew up in
Now the music divides
Us into tribes
You choose your side
I’ll choose my side
[Outro]
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
All my old friends are staring through me now
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
They don’t know me now
All my old friends, wait
The night’s so long
Yeah, the night’s so long
I’ve been living in the shadows of your song
Been living in the shadows of your song
[Verse 4]
In the suburbs, I
I learned to drive
And you told me we would never survive
So grab your mother’s keys, we leave tonight
But you started a war
That we can’t win
They keep erasing all the streets
We grew up in
Now the music divides
Us into tribes
You choose your side
I’ll choose my side
[Outro]
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
All my old friends are staring through me now
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
All my old friends, they don’t know me now
They don’t know me now
All my old friends, wait
About
Genius Annotation
This song is mainly about Win Butler’s old friend, and this song is the main theme of their short film, Scenes From The Suburbs.
In this film, the main character’s best friend, Winter, becomes strangely distant from the rest of the group, and is believed to be the person talked about in this song.
So in short, this song is probably about and old friend of Win (or somebody else in Arcade Fire), how their friendship has changed, and how things such as different preferences in music can change lives. The power of music.
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- 1.The Suburbs
- 3.Modern Man
- 4.Rococo
- 5.Empty Room
- 7.Half Light I
- 9.Suburban War
- 10.Month of May
- 11.Wasted Hours
- 12.Deep Blue
- 13.We Used to Wait
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Label
Vocals
Release Date
August 2, 2010
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