Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" and lyrical sequence

There are undoubtedly more concept albums that deal with love in a more obvious way that Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs". However, when thinking of a album to focus this Wildcard on, my mind just could not stray away to how this concept album affected my heart. I saw Arcade Fire debut this album in concert this summer and I have never had a more important musical experience. This album officially debuted in August of last year and just recently won the Grammy Award for "Best Album of the Year". I personally believe that it won this award because of its relate-ability. This album really brings to the surface the frustration, angst, and boredom of growing up in the Suburbs both lyrically and musically. This album made me feel like I wasn't alone in the feelings that I had growing up in a suburb of New York City. After all, the feeling of not being alone is exactly what many of the narrator's of this week's sonnets were searching for. Even though, the love I found within "The Suburbs" is more of a platonic love, I find it to be just as important

 The 1st track is also titled "The Suburbs" and is a great introduction to the album. My favorite verse is "So can you understand? Why I want a daughter while I'm still young. I wanna hold her hand. And show her some beauty. Before this damage is done. But if it's too much to ask, it's too much to ask
Then send me a son." This line brings to life the frustration and fear that occurs in adolescent suburb life.

My favorite song from the album (if it's possible to pick a favorite) is the 13th song on the track, "We Used to Wait" I found this song to be closely related to many of the sonnets we sang as there is a real relationship brewing here. My favorite verse is "It seems strange, How we used to wait for letters to arrive, But what's stranger still, Is how something so small can keep you alive". I related this verse to something that one could easily find in "Amoretti". The song is just a beautiful take on how love and other things race by when life starts to speed up.