To Live and Die in Suburbia

from Adolescence Jacket by Pink Pots

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Several decades ago, America came up with its brainchild
To build houses next to each other very closely
To create these fake towns all right next to a school
With maybe a park or a faulty shopping center near it

And now I can see the street that cars pass down through my window
And I hear the school bus that has no reason to pick me up anymore
And the cold winter breeze gives me a lone sensatation
Like I'm a ghost wandering here.

So what's the point of living here?
If I don't feel like I could fit in?
When everyone's boarded the train successfully
To depart
To get a fresh start

But I don't want to live in the past anymore longer
It makes me think about all the good times I had those years ago
But I don't want to remininsce all of the damn time
Because the future is lying ahead so eagerly to be explored

Should I pack my things and leave or should I continue to live here?
I could marry a beautiful woman and have three kids
And they'll go to the same places I did and I can have a reason
To live and die in suburbia

So what's the point of living here?
If I don't feel like I could fit in?
When everyone's boarded the train successfully
To depart
To get a fresh start
The windup is I don't want
To live and die in surburbia

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from Adolescence Jacket, released June 8, 2018

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