[0:00 – 0:12 Intro] [Music: Palm-muted guitar riff stabs, syncopated snare pops. Bass drives under. Quick feedback squeal leads in.] ⸻ [0:13 – 0:34 Verse 1] ♪ We were burn-outs, park-ing lot kings. [snarky nasal tenor, clipped phrasing] ♪ No one cared ‘bout Fri-day night things. [pause, half-shout “things”] ♪ Spray paint dreams on the con-crete wall, [pause, sneer delivery] ♪ Back-seat plans, we be-lieved them all. [drag “all” with sarcasm] ⸻ [0:35 – 0:52 Pre-Chorus] ♪ We’re still here… [pause, grit on “here”] ♪ Loud and clear… [short break] ♪ Ra-dio can’t kill what we made last year. [half-shout delivery] ⸻ [0:53 – 1:18 Chorus 1] ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, [gang shouts echo “suburbs”] ♪ Singin’ out like we still own the world. [stretch “world”] ♪ Ev-’ry fight, ev-’ry song, ev-’ry word, [punchy rhythm] ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, nev-er un-heard. [belted, vibrato on “heard”] ⸻ [1:19 – 1:40 Verse 2] ♪ Smoke alarms and bro-ken home rules, [sarcastic laugh tone] ♪ Fri-day nights were our on-ly school. [pause, over-pronounce “school”] ♪ Neigh-bor-hood cops knew us by name, [snide nasal phrasing] ♪ Still we swore we’d nev-er change. [pause, held “change”] ⸻ [1:41 – 1:59 Pre-Chorus] ♪ We’re still here… ♪ Loud and clear… ♪ Ra-dio can’t kill what we made last year. ⸻ [2:00 – 2:24 Chorus 2] ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, ♪ Singin’ out like we still own the world. ♪ Ev-’ry fight, ev-’ry song, ev-’ry word, ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, nev-er un-heard. ⸻ [2:25 – 2:45 Bridge] [Music: Drop to toms + bass groove, guitars ring open.] ♪ O-ohhh, we don’t fade. [gang chant] ♪ O-ohhh, we still stay. [clipped, call & response] ♪ O-ohhh, it’s our way. [pause, shout on “way”] ⸻ [2:46 – 3:15 Final Chorus] [Music: Full drive, double-time drums, layered guitars.] ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, ♪ Singin’ out like we still own the world. ♪ Ev-’ry fight, ev-’ry song, ev-’ry word, ♪ We’re the kids of the sub-urbs, nev-er un-heard. ♪ Yeah, the kids of the sub-urbs, nev-er un-heard. [gang shout repeat] ⸻ [3:16 – 3:30 Outro] [Music: Guitar riff returns, drums fill every two beats, ends on cymbal crash + feedback tail.] ♪ Nev-er un-heard… [final sneer, cut hard]
