Suburban Home
Suburban Reflections: Nostalgia, Love Lost, and Changing Seasons
Lyrics
It's a fine like I should know
Expressing familiarity with a situation that should be known
Used to walk me out my door
Recalling a past routine of being escorted from home
On the block of my suburban home
Referring to the neighborhood of the singer's childhood home
And call you with the highest hopes
Attempting to reach out with high expectations or aspirations
Sweet September, where'd you go?
Questioning the disappearance of a pleasant time (September)
Thought I had it, now I don't
Once believed to have a situation under control, now uncertain
Were you too afraid to let me know?
Wondering if fear prevented communication about a situation
Never called me back
Not receiving a callback, indicating lack of communication
Never called me yours
Feeling not claimed or acknowledged by the person
You be the memory
Assigning the person as the memory causing emotional distance
That keeps me so cold
Describing the effect of the memory—feeling emotionally distant
And I'll be the weather
Offering to be a force (weather) that brings the person back emotionally
That takes you back home
Being the influence that draws the person back to a previous state
There's a side I used to show
Referencing a previously revealed side of oneself
Oh I showed you long long long ago
Emphasizing the time elapsed since revealing that side
Up the stairs of your suburban home
Recalling going up to the person's home in the past
I wonder would you recognize it anymore
Questioning if the person would still recognize or remember that experience
You be the memory
Reiteration of being a memory causing emotional distance
That keeps me so cold
Re-emphasizing the impact of the memory on emotional detachment
And I'll be the weather
Reiterating the willingness to be a force bringing the person back emotionally
That takes you back home
Continuing to be the influence that brings the person back to a previous state
Can you feel it?
Asking if the person can sense something
Do you feel me?
Inquiring about the person's ability to feel the singer's presence or emotions
Do you feel it?
Repeated inquiry about the person's emotional connection or return home
Do you feel like coming home?
Asking if the person feels inclined to return to a familiar emotional state
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