Suburban war
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The song "Suburban War" by Arcade Fire describes a conflict between the singer and their friend over growing up in the suburbs. It talks about how they used to go on drives together and spend time with each other and old friends, but then their friend began a "war against the suburbs" by cutting their hair and distancing themselves from their old life. This caused divisions among their friend group and relationships changed as people chose different sides in this suburban conflict. The singer searches for their friend in passing cars but feels like they no longer know their old friends.
Suburban war
- 1. "Suburban war" by Arcade Fire
- 2. "Suburban war" by Arcade Fire 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 This town's so strange, they built it to change And while we're sleeping all the streets get rearranged And my old friends, they were so different then Before your war, against the suburbs began Before it began
- 3. "Suburban war" by Arcade Fire You know 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 And my old friends, I can't remember when You cut your hair, and I never saw you again Now the cities we live in, could be distant stars But I search for you, in every passing car The nights are warm Yeah, the nights are warm I've been living in the shadows of your song Living in the shadows of your, song
- 4. "Suburban war" by Arcade Fire 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 you can't win They keep you racing on the streets we grew up in Now the music divides, us into tribes You choose your side, I'll choose my side 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 All my old friends, wait