3. “The Suburbs Album is like a scrapbook”… Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small,That we can never get away from the sprawl,Living in the sprawl,Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains,And there's no end in sight,I need the darkness someone please cut the lights Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) These are just some of over 1000 words that are represented in this album.
4. What are the themes??? Reviving the Past/Nostalgia Childhood “Carpe Diem” Sometimes I can't believe itI'm movin' past the feelingSometimes I can't believe itI'm movin' past the feeling again -The Suburbs
5. Reviving the Past/Nostalgia I was only a child back thenFeeling barely alive whenI heard a song from the speaker of a passing carAnd prayed to a dying starThe memory’s fading Took a drive into the sprawlTo find the house where we used to stay inCouldn’t read the number in the darkYou said let’s save it for another day
6. Childhood First they built the road, then they built the townThat’s why we’re still driving round and roundAnd all we seeAre kids in buses longing to be free
7. “Carpe Diem” If I could have it backAll the time that we wastedI’d only waste it againIf I could have it backYou know I would love to waste it againWaste it again and again and again