Lyrics
[verse]
Rows of houses painted in the same pastel disguise
Sprinklers ticking secrets underneath the same blue skies
Kids on bicycles are circling the cul-de-sac at night
Looking for a little trouble, looking for a light
[verse]
Behind the curtains something's always waiting to break loose
Behind the picket fences there's a restlessness turned loose
Sirens in the distance, dogs are barking at the moon
Nothing ever happens here, but something happens soon
[chorus]
Suburbia, where the dream begins to crack
Suburbia, there's no highway leading back
Suburbia, watch the windows glow
Suburbia, this is all we know
[verse]
Shopping malls at midnight with the neon buzzing low
Empty parking lots where all the runaways used to go
Everybody's smiling for the cameras on the street
But something underneath is keeping its own beat
[chorus]
Suburbia, where the dream begins to crack
Suburbia, there's no highway leading back
Suburbia, watch the windows glow
Suburbia, this is all we know
[bridge]
Glass is breaking somewhere, alarms are ringing clear
Nobody wants to say exactly what they fear
We built these walls so quiet, we built them clean and white
But something's always burning underneath tonight
[chorus]
Suburbia, where the dream begins to crack
Suburbia, there's no highway leading back
Suburbia, watch the windows glow
Suburbia, this is all we know
