《The Suburbs》是Arcade Fire的歌曲，歌詞如下：
When we were young and everything was war
我們在年少時，一切都是戰爭
Now we're just drunk, feeling wasted
現在我們喝醉了，感到心神蕩漾
Your ex and your neighbors don't get along
你的前任和鄰居們不再交談
In this subdivision we live in
在我們生活的這個小區里
Chasing cars through fireworks on July fourth
七月四日追著煙花的車子
Catching cold from TV on July sixth
七月六日從電視上得到了重感冒
Trying to pray for help in front of our house
試圖在我們房子前面為幫助禱告
The backyard turns into a garden of shame
後院變成了一個恥辱的花園
Every day the sun shines a little less bright
每一天太陽都變得更明亮一些
But I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind at all
但我不會在意，我完全不會在意
We live in the suburbs, we live in the sunshine
我們住在郊區，住在陽光下
But we don't have any fun, we don't have any fun at all
但我們沒有樂趣，我們完全沒有樂趣
We live in the suburbs, we live in the empty spaces
我們住在郊區，住在空曠的地方
But we don't have any fun, we don't have any fun at all
但我們沒有樂趣，我們完全沒有樂趣
Now you're all grown up and it's all a blur
你現在長大了，一切都變得模糊不清
But you remember when you used to draw your curtains closed
但你還記得你曾經拉上窗簾的時刻
The bedrooms filled with shadows from the street lights
臥室充滿了街燈的影子
The bedrooms filled with light from TV screens
臥室充滿了電視螢幕的光線
You don't even feel like coming to my place anymore
你甚至不想再來到我的地方了
And you're trying to keep your life from slipping away
你試圖保持你的生活不被浪費掉
Your friend won't be coming round anymore tonight
今晚你的朋友不會來了
Just looking at their memories like pictures of a fire
只看著他們的回憶像火的圖片一樣消退了
Every day the sun shines a little less bright
每一天太陽都變得更明亮一些
But I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind at all
但我不會在意，我完全不會在意
We live in the suburbs, we live in the sunshine
我們住在郊區，住在陽光下
But we don't have any fun, we don't have any fun at all
但我們沒有樂趣，我們完全沒有樂趣
We live in the suburbs, we live in the empty spaces
我們住在郊區，住在空曠的地方
But we don't have any fun, we don't have any fun at all
但我們沒有樂趣，我們完全沒有樂趣
So let me go and play with my friends in the city again, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah... 喔好吧好吧好吧好吧好吧... 這首歌曲的歌詞富有詩意和哲理，反映了城市化進程中人們的生活狀態和情感體驗。