Subdivision Heart

[Verse 1] (driving, talk-sung, restless) Every house on this street looks like every other house And we thought that was the point We thought that was the whole damn point Garage door up, garage door down Dad's home, dinner's ready, don't ask questions Don't ever ask questions [Verse 2] (same energy, slightly more bitter) We had the nicest lawn on the cul-de-sac Which meant something, I guess, to someone We measured everything in square footage And the neighbors did the same And we called it a community We called it a life [Pre-Chorus] (pushing, voice tightening) But something underneath was humming Something underneath the concrete Something underneath was wrong [Chorus] (desperate, group vocals piling in rough) Did we build these walls to keep the world out Or just to keep ourselves from looking Did we trade our strangest, wildest selves For a house we can't afford A house we can't afford to live in Subdivision heart Still beating in the dark Still beating [Verse 3] (back to conversational, nostalgic but sharp) Friday night the parking lot was church And communion was a bottle someone's brother bought And we told each other we were going somewhere Anywhere, we said, anywhere but here We said that every single week And then we went home [Pre-Chorus] Something underneath was humming Something underneath the pavement Something underneath was gone [Chorus] (rawer, voices messier) Did we build these walls to keep the world out Or just to keep ourselves from looking Did we trade our strangest, wildest selves For a house we can't afford A house we can't afford to live in Subdivision heart Still beating in the dark [Bridge] (group vocals, rough, almost chanting) Same street same turn same stop sign Same dream wrapped in caution tape Same street same turn same stop sign Same street same turn Same street [Outro] (driving beat continues, vocals drop out, instruments keep going then cut abruptly)