Subdivisions

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Subdivisions by Rush

About Subdivisions

"Subdivisions" is a Rush song that describes peer pressure for teenage life in the suburbs. "Subdivisions" was released on the 1982 album Signals. Aside from being a perennial fan favourite and a staple of live performances, the song appears on several greatest hits compilations, was released as a single in 1982, and despite doing little serious business in the UK charts, it gained a lot of radio airplay in Britain at the time. In the US, it charted at #8 on the Album/Mainstream rock charts. .

Subdivisions Lyrics

[00:54.82] Sprawling on the fringes of the city
[00:58.58] In geometric order
[01:01.60] An insulated border
[01:04.91] In-between the bright lights
[01:07.21] And the far unlit unknown
[01:12.13]
[01:16.92] Growing up it all seems so one-sided
[01:20.43] Opinions all provided
[01:23.50] The future pre-decided
[01:26.69] Detached and subdivided
[01:29.46] In the mass production zone
[01:33.66] Nowhere is the dreamer
[01:36.35] Or the misfit so alone
[01:41.23]
[01:46.11] Subdivisions
[01:46.98] In the high school halls
[01:49.61] In the shopping malls
[01:51.82] Conform or be cast out
[01:54.44] Subdivisions
[01:55.14] In the basement bars
[01:57.71] In the backs of cars
[02:00.06] Be cool or be cast out
[02:05.18] Any escape might help to smooth
[02:07.54] The unattractive truth
[02:09.87] But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
[02:13.06] The restless dreams of youth
[02:25.31]
[02:47.10] Drawn like moths we drift into the city
[02:50.32] The timeless old attraction
[02:53.66] Cruising for the action
[02:56.88] Lit up like a firefly
[02:59.95] Just to feel the living night
[03:04.95]
[03:08.86] Well, some will sell their dreams for small desires
[03:12.41] Or lose the race to rats
[03:15.57] Get caught in ticking traps
[03:18.74] And start to dream of somewhere
[03:21.30] To relax their restless flight
[03:25.68] Somewhere out of a memory
[03:29.16] Of lighted streets on quiet nights
[03:33.06]
[03:38.23] Subdivisions
[03:39.00] In the high school halls
[03:41.75] In the shopping malls
[03:43.91] Conform or be cast out
[03:46.48] Subdivisions
[03:47.12] In the basement bars
[03:49.86] In the backs of cars
[03:52.09] Be cool or be cast out
[04:00.54]
[04:40.39] Any escape might help to smooth
[04:42.77] The unattractive truth
[04:45.11] But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
[04:48.23] The restless dreams of youth
[04:52.12]

From the album: Rush 50 (Anniversary Super Deluxe)