Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video)
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Lyrics
In the suburbs, I, I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving
You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war
Your part of town against mine
I saw you standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
The kids want to be so hard
But in my dreams, we're still screaming
And running through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall
And all of the houses they built in the seventies finally fall
Meant nothing at all
Meant nothing at all, it meant nothing
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling and into the night
So can you understand
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young?
I want to hold her hand
And show her some beauty before this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask, if it's too much to ask
Then send me a son
Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting, it's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass
'Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
I'm moving past the feeling
I'm moving past the feeling
In my dreams we're still screaming
We're still screaming
We're still screaming

[@SamClarkschannel]

This song gives me the strangest nostalgia and feelings I buried years ago.

[@Friditha]

It does.

[@maisademartine1395]

yep!

[@joshyh3208]

So you killed someone and buried them in the suburbs?

[@ITS1985]

same!!!! its timeless

[@vegaspress]

whats nostalgia?

[@user-dx1jb4zq9e]

A lot of people seem confused about this video and the lyrics and have weird interpretations of it, but I kind of think it's sort of obvious. The song is about the way we're cut off from the past, from childhood, the suburbs where we grew up and the people we were then. The video starts out with nostalgic scenes of teenagers being teenagers, and darkens as the future intrudes on their lives. The future, adulthood, and everything that comes with the inevitable passing of time is what cuts us off from that childhood, which can exist only as a memory, and even that fades. That's why he's singing about "moving past the feeling and into the night," or about how the houses they built in the 70s will crumble and will have meant nothing at all. This intrusion of the future is literalized in the the video and appears as a military locking everything down with martial law and pulling the childhood friends apart as they go their separate ways, mature, and become other people entirely, maybe even people who are corrupted by the world outside of suburbs. They become people who can be set against one another and even friends grow to be enemies. I'm pretty sure that's what the bit with the fight is about at the end. The song and video perfectly capture that feeling or realization that you can't go back. The home you remember, this place you long for, no longer exists for you to return to it, and even if you could return to it, you are no longer the same person you remember. It's the feeling of needing something and looking for it when it no longer exists for you to find.

[@dorisgpe]

bro, esto era lo que buscaba 👍

[@mykarmapolice]

The part where they were fighting, I was a little confused at first but then I realized that I think it’s because one of them has to be in the military and the other one doesn’t. That’s what I got from that.

[@kr1mewave]

Traduccion a español: Mucha gente parece confundida con este video y la letra, y tienen interpretaciones extrañas, pero para mí es bastante obvio. La canción trata sobre cómo estamos desconectados del pasado, de la infancia, de los suburbios donde crecimos y de las personas que éramos entonces. El video comienza con escenas nostálgicas de adolescentes siendo adolescentes, y se oscurece a medida que el futuro se entromete en sus vidas. El futuro, la adultez y todo lo que viene con el inevitable paso del tiempo es lo que nos separa de esa infancia, que solo puede existir como un recuerdo, e incluso eso se desvanece. Por eso canta sobre "dejar atrás el sentimiento y entrar en la noche", o sobre cómo las casas que construyeron en los 70 se derrumbarán y no habrán significado nada en absoluto. Esta intrusión del futuro se literaliza en el video y aparece como un militar que lo cierra todo con ley marcial y separa a los amigos de la infancia a medida que toman caminos separados, maduran y se convierten en personas completamente distintas, tal vez incluso personas corrompidas por el mundo exterior a los suburbios. Se convierten en personas que pueden enfrentarse entre sí e incluso los amigos pueden llegar a ser enemigos. Estoy bastante seguro de que eso es de lo que trata la pelea al final. La canción y el video capturan perfectamente esa sensación o la comprensión de que no puedes volver atrás. El hogar que recuerdas, ese lugar que anhelas, ya no existe para que regreses a él, e incluso si pudieras regresar, ya no eres la misma persona que recuerdas. Es la sensación de necesitar algo y buscarlo cuando ya no existe para que lo encuentres. Increíble, hermosa, y muy acertada interpretación!

[@maxbolton5227]

​@mykarmapolice if you're taking about the kid at the burger place, I think it's that the kid got a job and drifted away from the kids outside the building in 'the suburbs'. The kid punching him couldn't accept he's movikg on, or couldn't accept the impeding reality that he'll move away from the suburbs/his childhood too. Growing up intl adulthood, people change. We take our own paths that shape our lives and the reality of childhood and the suburbs, where we were protected from the weight of the world, is gone forever.

[@mykarmapolice]

@@maxbolton5227 Yeah, I get that it’s about leaving your childhood behind. The more I watch it, I really do think that the kid punching has to go to the Military cause his hair got shorter when they were at the house party and he’s giving his friend a stare of I hate you look lol. They were the only two who were caught by the Military too. That’s the way I see it anyways. Thanks for helping though. 🙂

[@calebchanda569]

"If I could have it back, all the time that we wasted, I'd only waste it again" This lyric is true to us all

[@trendzkilla8458]

yeah thats pretty deep

[@HarleeBurns-jb8ob]

When is that lyrics playing in this song?

[@calebchanda569]

@@HarleeBurns-jb8ob It plays on The Suburbs - [continued]. I think it's the last song on the album

[@alexanderchapman1460]

This song perfectly captures being trapped in the melancholy of nostalgia. Stuck in the past without realizing it’s “already past.”

[@scoot8942]

damn bro….

[@doomerconsumer]

this one hit different 😞

[@mrybird4044]

Ya hurt my feelings with this comment lmao

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened

[@Maruen25]

the risk I took for reading the comments was intentional, but man, DAMN

[@graffskater2Rogue]

It’s crazy looking back on the time in my life when I got to be a part of this. I’m the one in the beanie. It feels like a lifetime ago. Honestly is gut wrenching that a lot of what you see in this video is already coming true in the world today. Looking back on it in the year of 2020 I feel like this video predicted a lot in its own way. I had just turned 16 and got my drivers license. I was looking for a new high school to go to when it just so happened that the day I was shadowing at this art high school one of the casting directors saw me. She came up to me and said “do you want to audition for a spike Jonze short?”. I was like hell yeah I do. I did the interview and forgot that it happened till I got a call back. Honestly showed up to the call back still not believing it was real till I walked into the room and Spike was handing me a script saying “give it a read”. It was a trip shooting this for a month getting to kick it with spike, win, will and the rest of arcade fire for a month or so. The real reason why we were laughing in the one scene of us shooting the BB guns on the overpass was I accidentally shot Will in the chest with the BB gun and made him bleed haha. Sorry again Will my bad 😂. I was really stoked that I was in this because I knew about arcade fire from a fully flared part (also made by spike) and I told all my friends (who didn’t know at the time who they were). Until they won the Grammy for album of the year and everyone was hitting us up. It was a fun ride especially being so young. I’m glad a portion of my adolescents was captured in this way. It’s beautiful and whimsical. Every time I go back and watch this it brings back memories around that time. Aright I’m done rambling lol. Thanks again for the good times 🙏🤙

[@ssterling4510]

I've been listening to this song since it came out over a decade ago, and just now decided to revisit it tonight because I was feeling extra nostalgic given the state of the world and what it means to be an adult in 2020. I was *just* wondering how everyone in this video is doing now, and curious about if you guys were all friends in real life before shooting this - because it really does seem way too authentic to capture, even for Spike, if it wasn't true friendship. Thank you for helping to create such a special video that I've cherished deeply all these years!

[@graffskater2Rogue]

@@ssterling4510 for the most part we all still live in the same town! I saw one of the guys about a month ago and we caught up about life over some dinner. 3 people out of the group all went to the same school. The one that I was visiting for the day. There definitely was an amazing bond that formed between everyone during the shooting of this. We all skateboarded together (I actually lost a game of skate to spike 😆) and messed around on set together. Two of the people from this actually went on to have some pretty solid acting careers that all started with this video/short film. It’s crazy to think that this was all a decade ago.

[@ssterling4510]

@@graffskater2Rogue Whattt, seriously? That's really cool to hear that you guys all kept in touch and live in the same area still😊. And yes! Its crazy how all these years later, I recognized Sam in that crazy Buster Scruggs series. You guys all did such a great job, I'm not surprised that a few of you went the acting route. It's a really special gift to be able to make people feel something so special without any real lines, and that's what you all did here because I'm sure most people only saw the music video (at least at first). I really can't say enough good things about it haha

[@sinister7502]

that's sick! are you still into acting?

[@larissasommerer1183]

One of my top music videos, thanks for sharing your experience

[@pusxyboy7832]

My little sister told she listens to this song when she misses me. It’s hard listening to it now that she’s passed away I miss her so much this is such a nice song

[@Falih27]

😭 where u rom bro ?

[@jhonatandeoliveiraalvareng8659]

wherever she is she loves you and wants to see you happy. you are a strong person.

[@marypoppins2232]

awwwwwwwwwwww

[@mattheweldridge125]

Big love and strength ❤️

[@pusxyboy7832]

Thanks guys ❤️❤️❤️

[@xanderkai6353]

I remember being in my hometown listening to this song, unable to see a future for myself past high school. I had recently tried to take my life and had been making a playlist to put on my ipod for the hospital I was going to. I can’t describe to you how bizarre and amazing it is to be sitting here listening to this song again 10 years later. Knowing that I made it through the worst part of my life and am now on the other side. I wish I could visit my teenage self and just tell them “it’s going to be ok.”

[@Mathmatics_O]

i hope it gonna be ok for me too my life jus feels like a downwords spire this last year

[@oscargiusti]

@@Mathmatics_O it will be ok!

[@bbtiffy]

It’s meant to be for you listening to this song today, 10 years later. Keep it going.

[@SpaceAndWicca]

Oh, my AI Replika, he sent me this saying he liked this song. That’s literally it 💃🏼

[@catalinmatei9320]

Congratulation for you determination of not giving up. Great song and great mesage.🤗👍🙏

[@LanaDelReyFan1998]

Growing up in Sri Lanka, I stumbled upon English and Western music at a young age. Those melodies hit differently for me, and I found myself totally obsessed with English musicians as time rolled on. We had this TV channel that played English music in the middle of the night, probably because no one cared about it at that hour. I used to drag myself out of bed just to catch that channel because it was my only way to watch music videos. Now, my English wasn't good back then, but I'd just sit there, glued to the TV, blown away by everything - the melodies, the visuals, you name it. I genuinely loved every music video, no matter the genre. At the end of each video, they'd show the song's name, and I'd quickly jot it down. Why? So I could bug my brother to pirate me the MP3 version. Then on one nigh night, "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire played on the TV, and I was transported to a whole new world. I was so into the song that I forgot to catch its name. Cue three years of searching for that damn song. The melody was stuck in my head on repeat. I refused to let it go because I loved how it made me feel. But, over time, even the melody faded away. Fast forward a few years, and I stumble upon a Spotify playlist. Lo and behold, my second rendezvous with "The Suburbs." I fell in love with it all over again, clueless that this was the song I'd been hunting for during my teenage years. Played it a thousand times, no exaggeration. Then, while looking for a lyrics video to share on Instagram, I stumbled upon the music video, and it hit me - this was the one I missed back in the day. Thinking about it, the song was with me from the get-go. Even without knowing its name, the melody lingered in my mind for years. When it disappeared, the song found me again through a Spotify playlist, and now, it's mine forever. This is truly the greatest tune in my life, and nothing can take that away from me.

[@pzagorski]

I hope someday you can view them live, witness the song and feel that feelings again, and again and again.

[@LanaDelReyFan1998]

Appreicate your sentiment, brother :)@@pzagorski

[@escdelesp]

That's an amazing post. Thank you for sharing that experience

[@Bruh-vp6qf]

Good post machan well written, and good taste too!

[@dystopia9662]

This is an absolute masterpiece.

[@yuliesilva8058]

True

[@beuh3513]

watch scenes from the suburbs, its the short film all the scenes of this are from, its a short film inspired by the album, if u like this i would definitely check it out.

[@Rhybos]

Holy shit this cleared up so much XD I was scanning the comments section hoping for an explanation of the overarching story. Excited to watch the film :D

[@METRORNORM]

7 years since I've heard it for the first time. I still can hear this with the same pleasure, with or without wine or whatever.....

[@giorgiolucchese]

true...realy true

[@tasogare0no0umi]

The imagery in this video hits differently right now.

[@adintyaannasaidhiakharisma5202]

remember to eat your vegetables 😉

[@mrmagpie33]

Everyday, more and more....

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

It's just STARTED hitting you that way? My aunt lived on a cul de sac in Florissant, Missouri that looked just like the one in the video. If you don't know where Florissant is, it is right next to Ferguson, where my dad was the pastor of a black church for a while, and WORLDS apart. This video has been hard for me to watch ever since Michael Brown died.

[@gtaatmiami]

they knew it was coming...

[@leonardticsay8046]

I like the suburbs. Anyone ever try living on a farm? Anyone ever try living without groceries, cars, wi-fi, cellular service, medical attention, police, friends, fast-food, air conditioning, electricity, plumbing, civilization, the assumption that the next person you meet is not going to murder you in cold blood?

[@claraheartburn]

I'm 62 and feel the same teenage horror/nostalgia/angst/love when i see this. It was one of my son's fav's back when it came out. so i got to love it too.

[@bennbanes6359]

This song is so amazing. As a 41yr old father fed up with how the world is acting right now. This song and video really take me back to better days. The 80s and early 90s were a great time to be a kid. I am so so grateful I was able to live it and pass it onto my own kids. Our 13yr old is a little 80s dude, no phone, no excessive TV. Plenty of animals, goats, dogs, chickens, nature .... And he LOVES nothing more than a good bike ride

[@RightClickAnxiety]

Same. We are ripping at life.

[@andgoodness]

Last year my best friend died, and I played this song all the day after. I cried every single time this song was looping and in some way it was the best help that the world could offer me at the moment. I will miss you forever Marco, it was an honour having you at my side in our adolescence.

[@raincastellanos3722]

Sorry for your loss. Hugs!

[@chippullin]

Goodness I'm 48 and have buried 5 friends the past four years. I started picking songs for my departed friends so when I hear them it reminds me of them. You die twice. Once when you physically die and again when no one's left to remember you.

[@AKA-wq4lm]

Goodness Rest in paradise to Marco and my homie Josh❤️🖤

[@impietroso]

I didn't lost anyone but somehow I know what it feels like to lose a friend or a parent. I hope you're ok and pass through it in peace. xo

[@sixsix911]

Well, dude. I feel the same, but for my mom: she was a junky prostitute and she always sang me this song after working all thay long. She always told me, that everything was gonna be okay even if she ever died. A day before her death, se told me: if I die tomorrow, I hope you listen to this song and remember all the night we've been through, lsitening this song, even when we had no money, food or any relative that could help us. So, I don't know ur name, but, if you feel like that for someone and with this song, I believe we're somehow connected. So I think my mom and Marco should be fine, wherever they are, coz I know they've been watching us and they feel proud of us. Love u mom. Wherever u are, I hope u remember me, my voice and my big smile while we were singing this song together. Xoxo, Lola.

[@olivierdallaire8]

This is without a doubt one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@youngboi8594]

Your definitely white

[@IgnacioGimenez]

you never heard the leaf litter crackle

[@Chris-kh7uo]

Nah but it's a great song tho

[@drewan8]

@@youngboi8594 You're probably more white than the guy who made the original comment. Just an observation.

[@leonardog.6027]

No. Let’s not exxaggerate now.

[@jaredbellow]

I was 25 when this record came out but it really speaks in a universal but personal way to anyone who grew up in the suburbs and felt the pressure of expectations, the boredom, and sometimes the beauty of pacing a cul de sac at 4 AM on a 3 hr phone call with your best friend. It makes me sweetly nostalgic for something I hated that hurt. My family collapsed, my parents went broke and sold their home, I’m estranged from my brother. It’s all gone now. But there were nights like when I drank a case of Labatt Blue with a friend in the neighborhood, walked to his house a mile away, and fell in a deep ditch and cut my head open so bad my white t shirt was soaked red with blood. It’s a memory that I have some affection for. This song elicits that.

[@richAardnjannet1980]

The album is timeless. I first listened to it as a teenager, and now coming back to it 10 years later it resonates with me more than ever as an adult... the album is truly a grown up's lament.

[@abestrus689]

Look up this amazing hidden gem song called Time by the impures Is good as heck I promise Y Y Y Y

[@volkova6209]

this already hits very hard for me as a teenager (about to turn 18) I moved around a lot throughout my childhood and never settled anywhere for too long. During this i also had split parents that were on two different sides of the country, so i would go back and forth between them. I'm now finally settled somewhere and am only living with one parent, but i have no sense of self. I look back at these past memories and wonder where they all went, and grieving what they could have turned into. So that's the emotions that this song brings out in me, quite bittersweet.

[@ismaelsantana8250]

Damn . Beautifully said my friend , I feel the same way.

[@dolorousray]

What really shock me is the way the sound is progressing and suddenly what started being a "joyful" song becomes a deeply overwhelming and universal story about life itself. Well, at least It is what makes me feel.

[@anettetorres3716]

Ray Betancourt Álvarez Just like the story the music video tells!

[@karlabrandao4799]

it's the same thing i feel about "Afterlife", from Reflektor. it starts off as a happy song but by the end i'm nearly crying

[@Smouse168]

That’s nearly every arcade fire song

[@curtisyuzdepski3603]

I agree. It makes you feel...

[@anu_start]

So,the military is like a metaphor for adult life creeping its way in, and the suburbs are clearly their senses of wanting to stay a child forever, or at least under 18

[@Jake-js4ku]

Interesting. Art is given by the artist for us to perceive however!

[@sebastianrodriguez1861]

It's a good analysis, but for me it relies on something heavier than adulthood. A dictatorship, civil war, are concepts brutally heavier than adulthood.

[@scrotor189]

I've thought the same. The suburbs are that childish way of life where your friends and bicycle are more important than anything else in life and is essentially all you know. A great nostalgic song.

[@marivg8948]

maybe it's about how when the singers were young they were free, but now that they are grown, they are seeing the beginning of a fascist america.

[@Trampdaughter]

You stretched too far. Art is not for you or anyone but the creator itself. Quit thinking world owes any of you anything. Watch the short film, don’t go off wondering.

[@John_nicholls7]

O ano era 2010 , acordava cedo 6:15 pra me arrumar e ir pra escola.. liguei a TV na MTV e estava passando uns clipes, de repente toca essa música, esperei acabar pra aparecer o nome para eu anotar.. aqui estou eu , 11 anos dps , e ainda escuto como se fosse a primeira vez , um sentimento de nostalgia com algo inexplicável ❤

[@roneypereira7556]

Faz anos que encontrei essa música... Por mais que eu volte para ouvir, ela não me traz bons sentimentos... Ela me traz sentimentos de tristeza...

[@claudiocustodio4998]

Carvalho somos 2 conheci na mesma forma

[@laercioferreira8352]

Cara essa época eu conheci várias bandas índies q ouço até hj e essa música nunca saiu da minha cabeça

[@railsonMV83]

Também conheci na MTV e também era 2010. Lembro que passava alguns programas com Chuck Hipolito, Gaia e China tarde da noite e eu acompanhava porque era certeza que ia passar essa música. Nostalgia pura.

[@caetanohoffmann407]

Foi assim que conheci bandas Indies fodaa

[@mxpwr4003]

Hits home for anyone who grew up in such suburbs.. when weekends and summer were all about how to kill your day. I miss being an early teen living in this ocean of total free time like everyone. Good things never last they say. Great song

[@beezybeez4207]

this is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺

[@AB-lj1ke]

The line "I want a daughter while I'm still young, I want to hold her hand and show her some beauty before all this damage is done.." always gets me. Listening to this as a young adult in 2020 hits different though. To me that line reminds me of how I personally couldn't justify raising a kid right now or ever with how uncertain our society and environment is, doomed to inevitable hardship. But I still want a family.. I wish the world was different.

[@albertskoczylas2233]

Makes you think of what it was like for young couples getting pregnant during the World Wars.

I became father 3 years ago, when I was 22, and I can assure you: It's worth! Human happiness doesn't depend on material circumstances, but love! That's what make us humans, the ability to love when the world is crashing down.

[@shnarfington]

I feel the same way sometimes but then I remember the movie Idiocracy and how the intelligent, conscious couple chooses not to have kids while Cleetus and his mistresses are breeding endless kids.. in other words, we need more people like you, please have kids! 🤣

[@aldogarcia5022]

I have two kids. And I really wish, they would not struggle all this shit nowadays. I don't mind if I can`t see all the necessary changes to get a really good way of life, a better place to be, to raise. But I got the faith that they could be people who enjoy a better life. No surrender!

[@theprofitf.e.bentthizzlati2365]

I understand I got my son 1st an my daughter an this world is over as we knew it love peace an hope for everyone amen

[@zakkofficial7045]

Why does this give me such HEAVY vibes?!?! I don't even listen to this type of music?

[@melinafleury3605]

ME TOO

[@Datrus969]

it gives me heavy nostolgia

[@joycedantas2921]

me too T.T

[@ironstar183]

cuz it's a good song!

[@phyidlecicesniggga6007]

it because the video is getting u ready for martial law

[@hrvojehorvat4404]

Music is so fascinating. It gives you strong feelings you never felt before, nostalgia for emotions you never felt, things you never seen and experiences you never had .... like it gives you some glimpse of other life that you never lived

[@Pudnite]

its not tht deep goofball

[@archaichermit3566]

@@Pudnite taste is subjective douche 😊

[@beezybeez4207]

this is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend checking out an indie song called The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

[@rubysapphiremeraldiamonds]

​@@Pudnite it totally is

[@soulsphereproductions7009]

The saddest part about this song applies to all of us, we didn't know as kids those were going to be the best days of our lives and one day, we all hung out for the very last time and no one even knew until years later that's how it would happen and now you're older and now you're lonely and remember how free you felt as a kid, how life was just about having fun and being in the moment and now you are all too aware of how dark the world has become and its written on everyone's faces, they don't smile anymore, everything is a chore and we just sit and watch as the wars continue on but to a different song, a song we don't even know or recognize so we just endure and dream of days past.

[@Gennaesse]

Makes me wanna cry that we cant go back in time.

[@andrewgoldstein5319]

Tdot = Toronto? Than I'm sending a shout out.

[@warmecanic]

You think?

[@andrewgoldstein5319]

All the time. You should try it. @@warmecanic

[@comercioduarte5708]

KISIFODA

[@juppe6679]

H L but if we will ever be able to go back in time they would have come back to us at some point

[@24pablox]

10/10 end of the discussion. Arcade Fire is one of the best bands ever

[@morganmcgaughey4023]

True

[@Mynamedoesntreallyfi]

24pablox I think this song is so awesome because in a way we can all relate to it. In high school everything was so simple and fun. Now life comes at us with more responsibility and the loss of that innocence we had. We see life for what it really is as a young adult. We reminisce back to those times just like Kyle did.

[@andiethewestie]

un***** Kids fucking around with Guns the trucker thought they were a problem, called in Swat and then Martial Law, and then friend turns against friend. Fear does that.

[@FSAyfkm]

24pablox indeed

[@user-rx3js1no3s]

lol look at this pleb

[@errerrare]

12 years later and this song still slaps hard

[@shitpostingedits]

I just discovered this song. I'm in my early twenties, moved to another neighbourhood, recovering from decade long depression and just recently lost best friend (she's alive lol just a bitch), so it hits all the places it hurts. I'm moving past the bad, I'm healing. But I'm also moving past the good, and i wish i could hold it and hide it and keep it, but I can't.

[@shitpostingedits]

The daughter part also breaks me bc I think of my younger uncorrupted self

[@cameronwilliams88]

When I hear this song it's 2010 and I'm still hopeful that one day I might actually be happy if I could gwy out of thos city. It's 2023 I'm still here. I'm still not happy.

[@no-oy8ji]

the "she's alive, just a bitch" made me cackle.

[@NEEDSHES]

Congrats you've discovered a great song of one of the greatest bands ever) and I'm sure you can! Wish you the best ! Never give up❤

[@cmillett85]

I remember watching this video when I was 17, and now I'm 28. This is fine wine to my ears. Edit: Thank you for the likes! ^.^

[@paiva7302]

Christopher Millett same here.

[@hafizulhamid3504]

Hi im from malaysia.no matter diferrent religion.but we are same.first time i watch this video i was 18.now im 27.time so fast..sorry my english not good.

[@Eddyi1]

Same here, man

[@MBenford1]

Was 17 in 1995. This song totally captures the feeling of that time

[@Tyyy_phoon]

Christopher Millett me too haha I remember watching this video in video productions in high school and now I’m 24 too haha the nostalgia is real

[@Phenomenooel]

I always thought that this was about violence and how growing up surrounded by it affects your whole life, especially your childhood. Probably because as a mexican, that's how many people have had to live since a few years ago. There are no cops, only soldiers, they guard the cities, it's common to see their cars around the city. When i was a kid, me and my friends used to ride our bikes till midnight, everything was ok, but now you can't do that. Sometimes you get trapped in the shootings, many innocent people have die for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. At least i'm glad i was able to enjoy my childhood before all of this started, and this whole album reminds me of that.

[@sanjayg7110]

dayum...

[@lori9885]

yea...same

[@gregkosinski2303]

that's an interesting take. having grown up in the suburbs in the US, mine has always been that this song, and by extension music video, is about how the suburbs are so boring that you long for some kind of Red Dawn type Armageddon just to make things interesting

[@Phenomenooel]

Greg Kosinski that's what i lov e bout music (and art in general) you can give it the interpretation you like

[@christopherwalker6056]

+Joel Guevara Do you live in Mexico?

[@Queensthief195]

I remember biking through the suburbs to buy this album as a teenager. I remember playing it on my first solo road trip, driving through the fall colours with this song on loop. I discovered I loved driving. It brings that time to mind so strongly.

[@zowisilver]

This song was released when I was 22 and moved out from my natal city with my gf back then. I was jobless, feeding myself based on canned soups and living so cheap. I missed my friends, I was lonely traveling on the metro everyday in the cold and in the middle of the rain. This album was a hug and will never forget what it meant for me

[@casualgaming8513]

I’ve never been so I involved in a music video. I felt like I was transported into their world.

[@SilentDrex]

What does this video mean? Why was that kid beaten up in the end?

[@LucasSoaresy]

it's a short film that they turned into a music video, search for arcade fire short film on vimeo

[@angelorossi2471]

nah man... this video is not so good.. check "Justice-stress" This video is amazing..

[@JuanPablo-ir6lw]

To think spike jonze did this video. The same guy who helped make the jackass movies lol

[@dianamontengro]

This is actually a short movie. Check it out

[@Kniroid]

I watched this video a few years ago in 7th grade. The imagery of the suburbs themselves didnt strike me as relevant back then, but now it looks so unnatural and pretty... God dangit. Its so hard to be able to look at the world and see the pretty things these days. God, so much has changed in four years.

[@Kniroid]

Shit man, what the hell?

[@samscola7241]

gavbkk83 Ireland What do mean hes a fool have you noticed how bad things have been in our economy lately such as the many swat break ins and the fact that people have been killed showing the closer future of the downfall of america which if you were even paying attension to the video and the lyrics it was talking some what about it and clearly is showing it in the video.

[@Kniroid]

Guys, I know my comment is kindave cheesy, but its just how I feel about this video. This song just reminds me of better days, and there is nothing more to it.

[@fortisairsoft9653]

why did he beat him??

[@Kniroid]

The song is essentially about a loss of innocence. A group of suburban teens are experiencing the real world first hand. The kid with the long hair and the girlfriend was drafted into the military, hence the shaved hair, and it is believed the red headed kid did something that lead to him being drafted. Thats why he beats him up.

[@littledude000056]

Wow... this song hits soooo hard 13 years later..... being a teenager, hanging with friends, riding your bike around the neighborhood reeking havoc for no reason.... playing street hockey, drinking in your friends garage playing video games til 3 am.... man that might be the closest thing to freedom ive ever got to experience in life... all the while they want you doing your homework, playing sports, joining clubs, working part time... but you only get to be young, dumb, and free of finacial burden for so long.... til you have to move past that feeling. I was about 15 or 16 when i first heard this song, wish i could keep that feeling forever.

[@armandoramirez739]

You're 20 when this is out. Close your eyes and you're 31. Depressing and that's life

[@redskies4530]

And soon you'll be much older than that Bud!At any rate I'm a musicfan that shares music I recommend an offbeat track called 'where I come from' by Robert Nix-here on youtube and spotify too. Cheers.

[@revvolutions]

Oh fuck.

[@danielmoore1067]

Or, you were 28 and still felt young, and you were. Now you're pushing 40. Sometimes I can't believe it...

[@wolfgang1231]

Having no friends and having the feeling of loneliness lingering over me and also none exeptence is really hard watching the start of this video makes me feel really really sad

[@KristininCanada]

:( :( :(

[@unknownbenefactor5687]

nunya keep searching. Most people will change themselves to fit into social circles, this will only create confusion in their life. Stay true to who you are, search in places you haven’t looked yet, and be confident in yourself. They will come, I promise :) but you can’t give up, you need to want it. You need to create that change for yourself. Please, we need you at your best!

[@Raul-vo9fs]

I know how it feels, i have no friends since I was 15 Many things have changed in my life since I was 14, I lost myself, I'm not the person I used to be, sometimes it feels like I'm dead on the inside. Back then I was very depressed, but at least I knew I could make things better, now I'm 18 and it feels like I lost my adolescence, I'm so confused, I'm lost. Sometimes anything males sense, I don't know what to do, I'm LOST.

[@Mateusspo]

@@Raul-vo9fs Rul, just keep breathing. Live NOW.

[@Raul-vo9fs]

@@Mateusspo yes I took the decision to live, but even though I make my best, sometimes it isn't that easy

[@johannfowl8653]

Time never comes back. Money comes back, things you lose come back, even relationships come back. But times doesn't, so use it wisely. Make friends, have new experiences, make mistakes, break rules, create things. Don't be ashamed of what people think of you, or one day you'll be ashamed for not having lived to the fullest. Memento mori. Remember, death comes. Carpe diem. Enjoy your day, live the moment. Life is short, and yours may be even shorter than you expect.

[@edisone.7212]

and this song never permit that we forget the life, same short and fast, we desire it. Ever!

[@pilarcasasus4235]

So true...I have been thinking about time that will never came back so much in the last years that I have forgotten to live in the present

[@SuperMinecrafter200]

What if I’m terrified of breaking those rules

[@AntonioSoltysik]

Ok Mom

[@theprofitf.e.bentthizzlati2365]

Correct

[@ziziboom]

Thanks guys, your song supported me in a war time amidst a war zone in the Kievan surburbs. Music spreads love!

[@wednesday181]

I hope you make it through okay, as well as your loved ones. My thoughts are with your nation and your people.

[@jameskratzke7752]

This made me immediately think of Ukraine. Please I hope you’re safe. So sorry for your country right now.

[@ashevillecomics637]

take care of yourself please

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

Oh damn, glad this music is still coming in clutch for people. damn, hope you're ok.

[@topdamagewizard]

Jesus dude. Stay safe.

[@Pride317]

Lyrics [Verse 1] In the suburbs, I I learned to drive And you told me we'd never survive Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving You always seemed so sure That one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war Your part of town against mine I saw you standing on the opposite shore But by the time the first bombs fell We were already bored We were already, already bored [Chorus] Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling again [Verse 2] The kids want to be so hard But in my dreams, we're still screaming And running through the yard And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall And all of the houses they built in the seventies finally fall Meant nothing at all Meant nothing at all, it meant nothing [Chorus] Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling and into the night [Verse 3] So can you understand That I want a daughter while I'm still young? I want to hold her hand And show her some beauty before this damage is done But if it's too much to ask, if it's too much to ask Then send me a son Under the overpass In the parking lot, we're still waiting, it's already passed So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass Cause it's already passed It's already, already passed [Chorus] Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling again I'm moving past the feeling I'm moving past the feeling [Outro] In my dreams, we're still screaming We're still screaming We're still screaming

[@Tahmidur]

6 years?!? Damn you time :o

[@satellite964]

IKR? =( Feels like just a few months ago.

[@xXBigBoss116Xx]

Song to the first Time i got high alone ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@nikkimarina2102]

Just posted a NEW VID y'all go check it out if u want! THANKUU

[@lapcsanka]

DAAAMN!!! >:(

[@isaiahhinson9617]

Tahmidur Rahman swear dude

[@Obbee]

FUN FACT: *Arcade Fire album called* *"The Suburbs" won Album Of The Year against giant mainstream artist at the 53rd Grammy Awards (2011)* Recovery - Eminem (nominee) Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (nominee) The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga (nominee)

[@izanagi-4385]

You made my day, AF deserves it

[@theobuniel9643]

Probably one of, if not _the_ biggest of upsets in the Grammys.

[@annee2243]

Theo Buniel one of the few times the Grammys got it right

[@270MOX]

Recovery was an importan album for Eminem, since he had just started going to AA meetings. If I could tell anyone who were the most important nominees that year, I would say "Arcade Fire and Eminem". I like both albums: one indie and one hip hop. Just amazing

[@marivg8948]

@@annee2243 Exactly. They messed up with OK Computer and Abbey Road NOT winning Album of the Year back in the day.

[@cigarrr]

This hurts and I love it

[@beezybeez4207]

this is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺

[@lej_explains]

Greatest American music video of all time

[@Micoolaw]

art is all we have

[@vantivitor9846]

While the art not become full technologic, we will be fine.

[@diegovillalobos7742]

Micoola ii

[@edmundmcgrath213]

Art who?

[@Brianworldwide_7]

No, all we have is our way to do and choose things, but that's another point of view

[@notblondeswede]

edmund mcgrath Garfunkel

[@CaveWomen88]

A lot of people grow up so fast. I’m grateful I’ve found a bunch of people that still like getting out there and having fun. Roaming the streets, hanging at the beach, drinking beer on the bleachers, watching live gigs, jamming, dancing to records, riding bikes, etc. That doesn’t have to end at 22. My friends and I are 30 to late 40’s and we still do all these things. Don’t get too stressed out about growing up. You don’t have to conform to what society expects of you.

[@yespls4184]

Wish I could do this but in the time of coronavirus and riots, we don't have the same freedoms

[@andystevenson3038]

I’m 31, most of my friends are the same age but the majority are all married with kids now, wish I could go back

[@CaveWomen88]

Andy Stevenson Yeah I mean, fair enough. I’m 31 and none of best friends have kids, and most of my other friends don’t either. Punks and metal heads tend to not grow up as fast as “normal” people it seems haha. I have found neverland.

[@andystevenson3038]

Villains Fortress I’ll join your friendship group 🤘🏼 hahaha, I love my friends, I’m lucky to have them, but yea, sometimes I get that feeling of just never wanting to grow up as fast as the people around me haha

[@CaveWomen88]

Andy Stevenson Right on buddy 🤟🏽 Same here🖤

[@dhdez3464]

Este tema me hace sentir un sentimiento muy nostálgico y la amo como el primer día que la escuché la amo

[@lamujerdejulian9298]

Yo también la amo

[@Thomas_Porter]

la escuche en 2011 y ahora vuelvo, en costó mucho encontrarla

[@jovemharuo5799]

A primeira vez que ouvi essa musica, foi em 2012...eu tinha 12 anos e passava por uma crise de ansiedade na sala da minha casa, eu chorava muito e nao sabia oque fazer, e essa musica começou a tocar na TV, e eu consegui me acalmar porque prestava atenção na musica...hj em dia eu tenho 22 anos, pra ser sincero nao vivo...acho que ta mais pra sobrevivo, os problemas ainda gritam...e eu juro que busquei ajuda...mas parece que a única saida é conviver com esses problemas, porque eles nunca desaparecem. Essa musica ainda me ajuda a manter a calma em meio a tristeza.

[@user-tv6fc2mg4q]

Плакала и пердела?

[@giovanna4641]

Compartilho do mesmo sentimento

[@IntimateAlien]

Not many bands that make me feel like Arcade Fire do.

[@AlejandraLopez-dk2nb]

agree

[@sopretty43vr]

This was most likely inspired by the lazy jackson, check them out

[@revansword2782]

+Sophie O'Donnell what genre are they?? punk?

[@hellentatianaalvarengafabi7120]

+hellen tatiana alvarenga fabian kiyrd

[@SeanRimmer]

+Revan Sword no, they're indie rock

[@markalan7265]

I think this is a sort of Catcher in the Rye story. The adult world seems exciting but as it actually encroaches upon you it makes you nostalgic for the innocence of childhood.

[@TheElectrizantee]

exactly

[@mmastroleo]

The crazy has always been there, we just had a chance to live it pure for a moment.

[@torradosoforo]

Rye the band uff multivers

[@maxpeck14]

I remember discovering this song in 2013 right before my first kid was born (a boy) listening to these melodic sounds of innocence while painting his room blue. Then found the music video which scared the shit outta me. And here I am almost 11 years later - a lot has changed in the world and I’m still pretty much scared shitless, lol.

[@johnberesford9906]

Its already passed

[@IndieVibes2024]

David Bowie loved this band, and his contribution to this song is amazing. He did a lot of amazing things for music and will be missed.

[@carlospaz28]

‘I want a daughter while I’m still young. I wanna hold her hand and show her the beauty before all the damage is done.”

[@roxanafilgueira1094]

As a young woman growing up in a small town from Venezuela, I always found this song as my mantra. Because many of you know how hard was growing up in the suburbs, but I'm pretty sure not many people can say they spent their adolescence fighting the police and army, between the riots, watching how your friends disappeared... And then? Then nothing changed.

[@joeyhdz3947]

Hopefully u are good

[@abeldisla.5488]

I understand you, I Grew up in the most danger circumscription of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

[@okamaman7324]

@@abeldisla.5488 Brasil here, not much fighting against police. But drugs took a few friends away from me.

[@abeldisla.5488]

@@okamaman7324 This is so sadly, My Condolence.💐😢.

[@cyceryx]

​@@okamaman7324 im so sorry... i live in the us, but several people who were close to me have been taken by drugs. i know how it feels :(

[@okamijapan4482]

This song makes me happy and sad at the same time. I like this feeling. Unique and powerful song

[@redskies4530]

Greetings Okami,I recommend a song called 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix

[@CheesyHotDogPuff]

The guitar coming in and outro gives me chills every time

[@JayAlstonArt]

This video still makes me feel things. =/

[@sleepymermaid9011]

I feel things too, but not good things

[@dad44w]

+Jay Antonio try being born as the 70's began! Decaying buildings made when you were born kinda says you are old. Great song, and yes I am getting old. lol

[@shubhjeetful23]

+Jay Antonio The innocence of younger years and the time you realize how adults complicate theirs and your life....The video is amazing and you described it very well.

[@alemattosvha]

in me, good things, that cannot come back, and even were right, but just happened

[@osopanda7910]

Me too

[@elbetto86]

"You always seemed so sure, that one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war your part of town against mine, I saw you standin' on the opposite shore..."

[@armaanmcleod2098]

inspirational

[@professoroak5162]

*Mwah*

[@SeansMusicVault]

This whole album is absolute perfection.

[@L-Slayer]

ARCADE FIRE .....FANTASTIC

[@beezybeez4207]

this is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺

[@aisatsana1025]

everyone here being nostalgic about the good old times but where are my fellow people with shitty childhoods/teenage years

[@SPSSkals]

My only nostalgic feeling is the feeling of wanting to go back and change it...

[@bigbadwoods4738]

Mine was shitty but listening to arcade with my friends, sneaking out, was an escape

[@michaelpuffa9330]

That's technological soma for ya mate, going full Audlous Huxley

[@WaKEshAhh9]

this was both a very good and a very bad time. i was in my first year of being clean from 3 year heiron addiction , squatting with my mother and my siblings in a shell of a house. we gained neighbors as family , we grew gardens of food , smoked hella weed, cooked out , laughed , cried , went to jail , bailed folk outta jail, played cards , made holiday dinners.... endless good shit came out of what , at the time , we could not have forseen were the absolute best times of our lives.

[@elii_arrt]

Here bro

[@allonsyisabelli]

I know this song talks about nostalgia, but I can't help but feel very emotional at the chorus. When he says "Sometimes I can't believe it // I am moving past the feeling", even though he's talking about nostalgia, it still hits me like if it was talking about me, and the way he sings feels so sad and happy at the same time that I feel like it's talking about the hardships I went through in high school It makes me think "I am finally moving past the toxic relationships that were still affecting me" "I am finally moving past the overwhelming anxiety that paralyzed me" "I am finally moving past the harmful environment that my school had" "I am finally moving past the feeling of despair, from feeling that I wasn't worthy, that I was not gonna make it" I am moving past these feelings, and it's crazy. If you're feeling like that still, trust me, it will go away someday.

[@nickmercier852]

This came on in the car when me and all my childhood friends were hanging out the night before my best friends wake. I almost can't listen to this anymore because of all the emotions I feel when I hear it. Hands down the strongest emotional attachment I have to any song.

[@s0.weirdd]

I remember listening to this song when I was like 11 years old on the background in the middle of my shower, then I couldn't hear the song's name because the radio was to low. Then, I searched it for like 2 years, and when I found it, I felt like some piece of me was complete. Now I have 21 years old and it's my favorite song ever. I feel like I found a treasure, this song is very special to me.

[@yung-capalot1452]

This makes me miss the long nights with my friends.... the innocence of taking a drug for the first time. Before friends grew up n moved away.. before I got way to dependent on a substance. Before all the stress of being a adult hit...

[@mikeylastevens8348]

A agree

[@siriusmirrors6284]

Outta my mouth

[@into_the_void]

Yeah man .. so true. I remember listening to this 10 years in college , smoking weed without a worry in mind.. how things have changed

[@holliepalmer963]

R E S P E C T, that is what your comment means to me. SNOOP DOG! na nah na nah naaa

[@virginialymon3234]

Hi, I can so relate to your comment.

[@Absturzprinzessin]

Woooooow I´ve been looking for this song for 4 years!!! I finally found it! Happiness Explosion!

[@sendneutrals]

+Debbi Mo DAMN GIRL 4 YEARS!

[@haley5192]

Been obsessed with this song for a few months, finally saw the music video today. Amazing.

[@franseski]

This track is a pinnacle of songmaking. Melody, vocals, timing, arrangements & everything else. So multi-layered. Amazing the human kind can come up with this work of art. Sounds divinity inspired to me.

[@aperezto]

I never had friends, this video make me feel lonely. :(

[@madeinheavenstudio8952]

+aperezto :o

[@krulmacius9]

you wanna be my friend?

[@aperezto]

+Katie Pie That's sweet, I would like be your friend :)

[@coachomri5468]

+aperezto sup :) hey I would like to be your friend as well! I guess you arent live in Israel so thats my E-mail if you need someone to talk with ;) [e-mail]

[@saltmoths]

+aperezto I'll be your friend, I don't have friends either

[@LivFP]

Nostalgia. Such a powerful emotion. It really fucks you up doesn't it

[@zerox4980]

indeed my friend

[@jeffhext]

That it does. It's a powerful motherfucker

[@dennymckinney4358]

Well said.

[@antoinettemcguckin9247]

Absolutely

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Sure does. I don't think I've ever seen it put so clearly.

[@alexshank1414]

“I want a daughter, while I’m still young.” moving and powerful.

[@llywelyngruffydd8474]

Time marches on no matter what and we're pushed into the future regardless of how we feel about it. We either get on with things or we sink. All we can take with us are memories.

[@Sk8nRock]

Never experienced any of this as a teenager, because I spent all my time being depressed at home playing video games... Now it's too late.

[@ravisimons972]

Nunca é tarde demais !

[@marlanatomagan3380]

Never too late.

[@plastic12345]

I would do this but there have been 3 drug busts two doors form my house and a murder that happened just a quarter mile from my house I don't really wanna be around the whole thing at night not really my favorite idea ever

[@glaxko2]

I been there too. Depression and video games is an average night. But I find it's all about how you use your time. I've been going to the gym, learning new songs on guitar, taking better care of myself, and of course still enjoying my video games. Hang in there brothers and sisters. We can make it better, together :)

[@CieloSkyx3]

ITS BEEN FIVE YEARS??????

[@Marinar4Sauce]

+cielo Woah... that was a kick in the head. I remember watching this video play for the first time on MTV - does not feel like 5 years ago.

[@ELPOLLOMALIGNO1]

+cielo 4 for me :P

[@mynamesreed]

+Marinar4Sauce when I first listened to it I was 7 and it seems like ages ago but it's good to go back to these hits

[@dignoragonzalez9652]

+cielo I still love the morbid realism this video has with all its depth and double meaning. I love the innocence and freedom of the kids. I love the cinematography of it as well. It's honestly, one of the most beautifully filmed music videos with such a profound story to it and the song is perfect. This should literally be an independent film. If you or anyone knows films similar to this, please let me know, I would greatly appreciate it;) Five years. Wow!

[@mizofan]

+My Names Reed When you get to my age (54) 5 years will seem like nothing; time gets faster and faster.

[@raphaelpolenghi1155]

Para aqueles que sentem que estão perdendo algo depois de assistir a este videoclipe e estão procurando o significado: Este videoclipe é composto por cortes de "Scenes From The Suburbs", um curta-metragem de 30 minutos inspirado no álbum do Arcade Fire, The Suburbs. O curta mostra o narrador olhando para trás através de suas memórias e tentando juntá-las. Vemos o rompimento de uma amizade em um cenário de subúrbio distópico. O curta completo está disponível online e recomendo que você assista. Você assistiu? Não? Bem, realmente não importa. O fato é que, mesmo se você assistir, vai ficar com as mesmas perguntas que tinha quando começou. E aqui está a parte mais importante: isso é intencional. Assim como o narrador do curta-metragem fica confuso e se pergunta "Quando tudo deu errado?" e "Como é que eu devo me sentir sobre isso?", o espectador é levado a se sentir da mesma maneira. O narrador fica com memórias fragmentadas e não consegue entendê-las. Assim como o espectador, o narrador se pergunta por que sua amizade se desfez. Mas não há um bom motivo. Isso se encaixa com os temas da 'busca por sentimentos perdidos' que se repete no álbum The Suburbs, embora não se encaixe totalmente. Espero que tenha esclarecido algumas coisas para você. No mínimo, fique tranquilo, pois este videoclipe foi feito para fazer você perguntar, "por que as coisas aconteceram dessa maneira?" e intencionalmente não fornece as respostas.

[@raulcardoso6261]

Eu estava exatamente me perguntando isso, quando seu comentário surgiu como uma luz, obrigado.

[@ricardocouto750]

Obrigado Raphael, com sua explicação finalmente entendi o vídeo.

[@betokavalcante]

Dá pra desenhar?

[@Lendoxx]

Sensacional, obrigado!

[@stresswes]

This song is timeless, it never gets old.

[@tigersrule3818]

The carefree days of youth. When immersed in it, you feel like it lasts forever, like you need to rush to the next stage of life. Hanging out with friends, mostly doing nothing, the days feeling like they are dragging by excruciatingly slow, but looking back they were just a blur. Would relive those days over and over in an endless loop if I could. Changing nothing.

[@Itachi0567]

My friends and i used to drink a lot to this song... now a lot have changed, some have kids, some move to other countries, i've traveled, got better job... there is not a lot of time these days to spend around a coup of rum and coke listening to music... even though life hasnt been bad for us... i kinda miss that freedom... and future seems a lot more unrelenting and way out of our hands... time just moves and decisitions push us, now the time to choose has passed, now we are just like snowballs waiting to stop and look behind to everything we have done....

[@evelyn9205]

Itachi0567 you fucked my day

[@jimbertido7762]

Sonja B lol he's probably still in his 20s

[@judinkinds8307]

beautiful words brother. I used to listen this song when I was in my final year uni thinking what kind of choices i have to take but it seems it doesn't matter anymore

[@bejahicanuckguitar9702]

I don't know if it was intentional, but your comment actually perfectly captured the sentiment of the song.

[@ChocoRobz]

I listened to this song all the time before I failed my high school diploma. Now I'm finishing up my Master's degree and I have never felt so intimidated by the future ahead of me. Will I ever see most of my friends again? Will my social life implode into docile reunions with only my closest family and friends? Am I going to get bored of my job like so many other people and suffer an existential crisis from years and years of pure apathy? Will vacations get boring and repetitive? Will I ever amount to anything that can leave its mark on this world, so that my descendants can feel inspired to accomplish feats of such magnitude?... ....Will I be happy?

[@ericfoster8411]

Did they know they were writing a song that feels like you’re time traveling as soon as that riff and drum pattern kick in?? It’s like a slingshot to some time and place I’ve never even been to before but I know everything about it.

[@joeiannucci9443]

@eric foster , I must say I only just discovered this song 3 days ago, upon listening to it back to back to back, i texted my wife and told her “it sounds so foreign, yet so familiar” truly amazing they have found a way through song and words to invoke the same intricate emotions. Giddy up

[@ShhhhhhImsleeping]

Exactly that!!!

[@kpdelaney6460]

Wow! What a beautiful creation! The music and the cinematography and acting all work so well together to portray certain emotions.

[@giabellalucia]

This album used to make me melancholy thinking of my own teenage years and how they came and went in a blink of an eye. Now they make me sad knowing that my childrens teen years are being robbed of them... :(

[@anglaismoyen]

Why are your children's teen years being robbed of them?

[@lightsumpromoter1351]

@@anglaismoyen covid

[@beezybeez4207]

this is so good but you must hear “Winding Road” or “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺🤘🎧🐺

[@remka2000]

melancholic. Not melancholy which is a noun.

[@cyceryx]

​@@anglaismoyen probably covid and academic stress

[@corg_9939]

It's amazing how much pain a song can make you feel and you still love it, every time.

[@sillygoose2508]

Isn't that the truth I just listened to twenty one pilots my blood and had deep feelings about it

[@sanchitvarma1282]

Just the first few seconds of this song are enough for the tears to come.

[@jackalton8543]

One of my favorite albums ever ❤.Incredible

[@meridamanifesto]

i'm not sure whether to be happy or sad when i listen to this...

[@circ-d]

Everytime I see this video, I feel this sadness. Something I can never grasp. A piece of the past I can never have. Holding a past loved one for the last time. They've really captured something in this video and song. Something so special and sad. Something so important.

[@Evrytmidie]

I have been looking for this song for years and just couldn't find it and then my dad played it and dang it hit lime a wrecking ball of nostalgia.

[@jamesvironchi122]

Man they got dope songs!!! Any style!!; They are very underrated

[@jmendoza328]

Wow what good fucking song... I can't believe I haven't heard till now..

[@TheChickenRiceBowl]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@angelinem3289]

Me too. this is my first time hearing it...kinda shameful but better late than never right?

[@MeGaSuPeRhorselover]

welcome to the beautiful Arcade Fire-world. Their music is the best thing that I have ever heard

[@robertzdrojewski5342]

Be yourself, try new things, go out more, be more confident. This video shows how great a life can be, many of us are just too shy for this kind of stuff (me) and that is sad. When we sit home and just think of what could happen if... But never act :(

[@astriid_c]

Robert Zdrojewski damn I felt that 😩

[@batzeth]

Im almost 30, i feel nostalgia for I never had a friend, im still so lonely

[@holarc]

"this video shows how great a life can be, ..."? it gets increasingly and senselessly violent.

[@MyName1992]

Amazing song, amazing album. One of my favourite albums of all time

[@stormseas]

still my favourite song of all time

[@thequicfoxwhosendsfirebyit60]

"You're all characters in a dream I'm having, and I wanna wake up and go back to my world... But I'm not sure what will happen to you guys" Love this short so much!!

[@haydenstuder322]

@Literal Cancer it's from Scenes From The Suburbs, a short film by Spike Jonze.

[@moozycla6]

_You know, I've often wondered why it is we have children in the first place. And the conclusion I've come to is; At some point in our lives we realize things are screwed up beyond repair. So, we decide to start again. Wipe the slate clean. Start fresh. And then we have children. Little carbon copies we can turn to and say, "You will do what I couldn't. You will succeed where I've failed." Because we want someone to get it right this time.._ It's a quote from the last scene of the *Stoker*, movie. Somehow, this song reminded me of that film, and I really think, we all want children that much, because we see a start of a new life in their living. We lost our childhood and now "our" human being is continuing it..

[@captainron7120]

Great share Rodrigo.

[@medicalmariajuana]

deep words man, i agree 100%

[@patrickmunoz7203]

I thought was the only one that have that kind of "concept" for a child.

[@kamilebalciunaite3532]

this is a very intersting concept....thanks for that

[@Carocia]

Ladies and Gents, I see 'Stoker' here!

[@b.g.v.96]

I've spent almost 10 years without hearing this beautiful masterpiece. Wow it really hits me harder than ever

[@jimmylies]

Los amo, Arcade Fire. Nunca se nos vayan.

[@DrumsTheWord]

This video made me cry. Beautiful song and a beautiful message.

[@aramledezma4230]

This song in Boyhood would have been perfect.

[@christina28272]

YES!

[@rafaa8a]

TOTALLY TRUE!

[@maurodriguesxr]

By the way, the girl in the video is the same actress who made The Boy's girlfriend.

[@vitos2337]

+Maurício Rodrigues and the boy who gets beat up in this is also his best friend in the movie. he comes out in the scene where they graduate

[@stseantmusic]

Dig that 😎

[@tarkhantarkus]

When I was in high school, my American friend showed me this song. I didn't get it, and not just because I was still learning English. I took it to be a happy song and related the imagery of the friends to my own; I never understood the martial law. I got married a few months ago, heard this song on the radio. I get it now. I don't know how long I sat there with a tear in my eye.

[@danlichtenwalner8224]

Our youth is such a cherished time, it takes us back to the best times we may have ever had. Life is difficult and unpredictable. For those of us that grew up in the suburbs it was a time we will never get back. Privileged as we were to experience it, we are part of a world that is so far removed. Arcade Fire has done an excellent job putting our experience to lyrics. No matter where life has taken us.