 Genius Lyrics
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Green Day – In the End
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“In The End” was written from Billie’s point of view as he saw his mother date other men after his father’s death. He had grown tired of seeing his mom with them and got sick of
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Green Day – In the End (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / All brawn and no brains, yeah, and all those nice things, yeah / You finally got what you want / Someone to look good with and light your cigarette / Is this what you
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Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
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“Wake Me Up When September Ends” is the only song on American Idiot that has no direct connection to the album’s story arc.
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this
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Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
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Vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong wrote “Good Riddance” after a break-up with a girlfriend who moved to Ecuador.
Billie Joe said in Guitar World, “In the song, I tried
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Green Day – Basket Case (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I really don't know where this story began / My friend Houston had got himself a girl / Swank is her name, she's got the best of him / And he's got the best of her in
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Ken Carson – The End
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“The End” is the lead single to Ken Carson’s sophomore studio album, X. On the track, Carson discusses a one-sided relationship in which his love was not reciprocated by his
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Green Day – Peacemaker
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“Peacemaker” switches Green Day’s iconic punk sound to a fast-paced gypsy-rock tune that describes someone looking for vengeance.
Regarding the story of 21st Century Breakdown
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Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia
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“American Idiot” introduced the concept of an post 9/11 America in Green Day’s eyes, and this song present’s the album’s main character Jesus of Suburbia. Jesus of Suburbia is a
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Green Day – 80
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Green Day front man Billie Joe’s wife is named Adrienne, or Adie for short. Noting that “Adie” is pronounced similarly to “80” gives meaning to this song’s title. Interestingly
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Green Day – End Of The World
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[Verse 1] / I don't believe in the apocalypse / I don't believe in the end of time / I don't believe in the solar eclipse / I don't believe in valentines / [Chorus] / I don't
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Green Day – Holiday
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“Holiday” is an anti-war anthem that criticizes America’s war on Iraq, while at the same time reflecting and building up American Idiot’s main character. The track continues the
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Linkin Park – In the End
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“In the End” is mainly based on one person’s failure.
Its most possible meaning is that it’s about time wasted on trying to build a relationship with a girl who doesn’t want to be
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Green Day – Holy Toledo!
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This song was released as a single from the soundtrack of the comedy Mark, Mary & Some Other People, about a newlywed couple (Ben Rosenfield and Hayley Law) who decide to try an
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Green Day – Dreamcatcher
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“Dreamcatcher” is a demo of Green Day’s, possibly from their recycled/stolen album, Cigarettes & Valentines, which the band gave up on in favor of American Idiot. The only version
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Green Day – Homecoming
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The climax of the rock opera. Jesus decides to return home. This song has whole pieces written by each of the current members of the band: Billie Joe Armstrong (“The Death Of St
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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 – Last Night on Earth
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Singer Billie Joe Armstrong explained to Q magazine May 2009 that “‘Christian’s Inferno’ is like a subway ride to hell and you kind of end up in outer space with this” song
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Green Day – Paper Lanterns (Live at the Electric Factory, Philidelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / Now I rest my head from such an endless dreary time / A time of hopes and happiness that had you on my mind / Those days are gone and now it seems as if I'll get some
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Green Day – Going to Pasalacqua(Live At Chula Vista,California)
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[Verse] / Here we go again, infatuation / Touches me just when I / Thought that it would end / Oh but then again it seems / Much more than that but / I'm not sure exactly what you'
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Ph0ton – The End
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[Intro] / Love you, love you / Love you, love you / [Verse 1] / And now, the end is near / And so I face the final curtain / My friend, I'll say it clear / I'll state my case, of
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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 – Governator
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This B-side from the “American Idiot” single (also included as a bonus track on digital editions of the American Idiot album) is clearly about Arnold Schwarzenegger, the famous
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Green Day – Paper Lanterns [Woodstock 1994]
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[Intro] / Oww! / [Verse 1] / Now I rest my head from such an endless dreary time / A time of hopes and happiness that had you on my mind / Those days are gone and now it seems as
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Green Day – Ordinary World
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An acoustic ballad, written in the rhetorical style of folk classics such as Bob Dylan’s “Blowin' In The Wind” and Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” – which Green
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End Of Green – An Awful Day
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I hung my head, I'm feeling dead / I know that I am leaving / I spread my wings, can't see the things / This life has stopped to give / I know my end, I know I'm dead / I know that
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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 – Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
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Off of Kerplunk, Green Day’s second and last album from Lookout! Records before their major debut on Reprise, “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?” is a short punk song about everyone’s
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Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia (Radio Album Edit)
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[Verse 1: Billie Joe Armstrong] / I'm the son of rage and love / The Jesus of Suburbia / The bible of "none of the above" / On a steady diet of / Soda-pop and Ritalin / No one ever
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Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Live at the Electric Factory, Philidelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / Another turnin' point, a fork stuck in the road / Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go / So make the best of this test, and don't ask why / It's not a
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Green Day – Governator (Edited)
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Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / [Verse 1] / He's at it again and he's gonna win (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) / Gonna
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Green Day – We Are the Champions
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I've paid my dues / Time after time / I've done my sentence / But committed no crime / And bad mistakes / I've made a few / I've had my share of sand kicked in my face / But I've
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Green Day – Longview
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“Longview” describes intense boredom, with a title taken from a Washington town where it was first played. Lyrically, the song is about a day spent sitting around the house, doing
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Green Day – Last of the American Girls
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“Last of the American Girls” is about the increasing lack of American people willing to stand up for their ideals. The “last of the American girls” here refers both to Gloria—one
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Green Day – Worry Rock
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“Worry Rock” presents an arguing couple which their relationship has become stale. Similar to “Redundant”, the couple has been fighting for a while; and while they believe there is
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Green Day – Strange Days Are Here to Stay
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[Intro] / We stumble down the avenue / Like fairy dust, and ballyhoo / They promised us forever / But we got less / There's no such thing as promises / Just secret codes from
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Green Day – No One Knows
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In “No One Knows,” lead singer and lyricist Billie Joe Armstrong temporarily breaks away from Kerplunk’s otherwise energetic sound in order to deliver a somber reflection on the
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Green Day – Android
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https://twitter.com/bjaofficial/status/35031289195134977
And it was named after music executive, Andy Ernst.
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Fiddler's Green – A Bottle a Day
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At the end of the night, by the light of the day / Let's raise our glass to the sky! / A bottle a day keeps the doctor away / Let's raise our glass, drink your problems away / Come
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Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia (Live In Japan)
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A live version of “Jesus of Suburbia” recorded live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan on March 19, 2005. This was release on the second disc of the deluxe edition of the Japanese
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