 Genius Lyrics
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Green Day – At the Library
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“At the Library” narrates how Billie Joe tries to talk to a girl, in this case, at the library. He is seen indecisive and shy, he’s trying to make himself finally talk to her, but
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Green Day – 21 Guns
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“21 Guns”, the second single off 21st Century Breakdown, is a power ballad that questions war and shows a narrator looking for peace. When taken on its own out of the 21st Century
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Green Day – 1,000 Hours
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“1,000 Hours” is the first song on the 1,000 Hours EP, Green Day’s debut album. The song is supposedly about being overwhelmed by the enigmatic perceptions of love. When in a
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Green Day – Don't Leave Me
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“Don’t Leave Me” sees Billie desperate, bewildered, and aroused by the news that someone he deeply cares about is leaving him. He stands shocked as he’s unable to comprehend the
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Green Day – I Was There
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“I Was There”, the only song ever written by John Kiffmeyer, shows a narrator looking back in retrospect and presenting the audience how he feels about the past. Though he dislikes
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Green Day – 16
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One of Green Day’s quintessential early songs about the teenage fear of adulthood and all of its responsibilities. Full of questions and doubts. Features a killer rubbery bassline
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Green Day – Rest
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“Rest” is one of the slowest songs Green Day wrote in their early years. It shows a narrator who’s anxious and wants to get the attention of someone else (Angel); sadly, this
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Green Day – C Yo Yus
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You don't look at me no more / And I don't look at you / Well, that's all right, pretty baby / 'Cause I'm just looking for something to do / You're telling me that you don't feel
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Green Day – Road to Acceptance
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Through “Road to Acceptance” Billie Joe talks about how much he’s always wanted to be accepted by people around him and how much he would sacrifice for this acceptance. This issue
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Green Day – The Judge's Daughter
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The Judges Daughter was written by Billie Joe Armstrong during his high school years about the feeling of love, and how it can be terrifying or debilitating the first time it
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Green Day – Going to Pasalacqua
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Typical of Green Day’s early music, “Going to Pasalacqua” expresses anxiety and longing for someone just out of reach. It is often regarded as the strongest track on Green Day’s
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Green Day – Paper Lanterns
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A song about the aftermath of love and a feeling now buried in the back of the narrator’s heart. Despite just being friends, there is still something left and he still has ‘
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Green Day – Only of You
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This is a song about love at first sight. The singer has been in love with this person since he first saw them. He wants to tell them, but can’t, he is too nervous.
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Green Day – Green Day
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This self-titled song is about a day spent getting high and smoking weed, a “green day.” Things usually normal, like insects, suddenly become interesting. Billie begins to question
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Green Day – Why Do You Want Him?
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Billie Joe wrote this song when he was 14 , he is addressing his mother who started dating another man when his father died , asking her why she wants him because he and his
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Green Day – Dry Ice
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“Dry Ice” is about a teenager trying to get with one of his friends. He has dreams of her and he starts to get worried because she might reject him. He tries to write to her but
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Green Day – Knowledge
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Green Day’s cover of “Knowledge” originally performed by Operation Ivy.
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Green Day – Disappearing Boy
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Billie Joe, as the youngest of a family of 6, he can sometimes feel as if he’s not getting enough attention from his family, and it’s as if he’s invisible. His shyness and
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Green Day – The One I Want
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“The One I Want” is a song where the narrator is unable to comprehend why he and the girl he likes aren’t together. He already knows how she feels about him – she made him feel
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Green Day – 409 in Your Coffeemaker
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A song about dropping out of school. Formula 409 is a cleaning fluid that we can confidently assume tastes terrible with coffee. Moreover, the song says that school doesn’t always
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Green Day – Brain Stew
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A song where Billie Joe Armstrong sings about insomnia from methamphetamine usage. Armstrong admitted to using speed for writing most of the band’s early songs. The symptoms
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Green Day – All By Myself (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I was alone / I was all by myself / No one was lookin' / I was thinkin' of you / Oh yeah, did I mention / I was all by myself? / All by myself / All by myself / All by
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Green Day – Brain Stew/Jaded
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[Part I: Brain Stew] / [Verse 1] / I'm having trouble trying to sleep / I'm counting sheep, but running out / As time ticks by, still I try / No rest for cross-tops in my mind / [
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