 Genius Meanings
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Green Day – Geek Stink Breath
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“Geek Stink Breath” is about methamphetamine usage. This song does not glorify meth, instead detailing the profoundly negative consequences that addiction carries for a user’s
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Green Day – Geek Stink Breath - Live in Prague
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[Verse 1] / I'm on a mission, I've made my decision / Lead a path of self-destruction / A slow progression, killing my complexion / And it's rotting out my teeth / [Chorus] / I'm
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Green Day – You Irritate Me (Demo)
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[Verse] / You, you irritate me / Like a tick on a dog's dick gnawing at my veins / I can't stand your face / You're an ugly motherfucker that's taking up too much space / [Chorus
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Green Day – Don’t Wanna Fall In Love
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This song was featured on the Geek Stink Breath single.
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Green Day – Alison (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, it's so funny now me seeing you after so long / But the way you look, I understand that you were not impressed / Well, I heard you let that little friend of mine
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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 – Hitchin’ A Ride (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / Hey, mister, where you headed? / Are you in a hurry? / Need a lift to happy hour? Say, "Oh, no" / Do you brake for distilled spirits? / I need a break as well / The
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Green Day – The Grouch (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I was a young boy that had big plans / Now I'm just another shitty old man / I don't have fun, and I hate everything / The world owes me, so fuck you / Glory days don't
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Green Day – Jinx (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I fucked up again, it's all my fault / So turn me around and face the wall / And read me my rights and tell me I am wrong / Until it gets into my thick skull / A slap
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Green Day – Hitchin' a Ride (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / Hey, mister, where you headed? / Are you in a hurry? / Need a lift to happy hour? Say, "Oh, no" / Do you brake for distilled spirits? / I need a break as well / The
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Green Day – Brain Stew (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / Hey! / 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 / [Refrain] / On my
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Green Day – 2000 Light Years Away (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / I sit alone in my bedroom / Starin' at the walls / I've been up all damn night long / My pulse is speedin', my love is yearnin' / [Chorus] / I hold my breath and close
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Green Day – The Grouch (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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[Intro] / This song's for you, this song's called "The Grouch" / [Verse 1] / I was a young boy that had big plans / Now I'm just another shitty old man / I don't have fun and I
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Green Day – When I Come Around (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / Well, I heard you crying loud / All the way across town / You've been searching for that someone and it's me out on the prowl / As you sit around feeling sorry for
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Green Day – Black Eyeliner (Demo)
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A demo recorded during the Nimrod sessions, featuring two guitar tracks– one with reverb, the other using an E-Bow.
Almost all of the lyrics on this song would be replaced, and a
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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 – When It’s Time (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Words get trapped in my mind / Sorry I don't take the time to feel the way I do / 'Cause the first day you came into my life / My time ticks around you / [Chorus] / But
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Green Day – Tre Polka (Demo)
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[Instrumental]
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Green Day – Desensitized (Demo)
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[Refrain] / Clenching my teeth tight / I think I'm getting off / Spinning much too fast / [Chorus] / So I'm gonna get off / And lose myself in space / Observing the Earth / And
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Green Day – Knowledge (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / I know things are getting tougher / When you can't get the top off the bottom of the barrel / Wide open road of my future now / It's looking fucking narrow / [Chorus
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Green Day – 2000 Light Years Away (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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[Verse 1] / I sit alone in my bedroom / Starin' at the walls / I've been up all damn night long / My pulse is speedin', my love is yearnin' / [Chorus] / I hold my breath and close
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Green Day – Chain Saw (Demo)
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[Intro] / (One, two, three, four) / Oh, woah-oh / Woah-oh / Woah, woah, woah-oh / Oh, oh / Yeah-oh / Woah, woah, woah / [Verse 1] / Sitting here with nothing to do / Sitting here
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Green Day – She (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / She, she screams in silence / A sullen riot penetrating through her mind / Waiting for a sign / To smash the silence with the brick of self-control / [Chorus] / Are you
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Green Day – Reject (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Who the hell are you to tell me / What I am and what's my master plan? / What makes you think that it includes you? / Self-righteous wealth, stop flattering yourself
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Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Nice guys finish last / When you are the outcast / Don't pat yourself on the back, you might break your spine / Sometimes you're at your best / When you feel the worst
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Green Day – Armatage Shanks - Live in Prague
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[Verse 1] / Stranded, lost inside myself / My own worst friend and my own closest enemy / I'm branded, maladjusted / Never trusted anyone, let alone myself / [Chorus] / I must
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Green Day – Prosthetic Head (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / I see you down on the front line / Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover / Plastic eyes lookin' through a numbskull / Self-effaced, what's his face, you
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Green Day – Jaded
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A really fast-paced song which is directly connected to the previous song in the album — “Brain Stew” — to the point the single / music video / live performances have both together
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Green Day – Walking Contradiction (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / Do as I say, not as I do / Because the shit's so deep, you can't run away / I beg to differ on the contrary / Agree with every word that you say / Talk is cheap and
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Green Day – Place Inside My Head (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Here I go, I don't know where to go again / And I think of myself as my only friend / All I know is I wish the thoughts would end / So I grind my teeth until I'm numb
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Green Day – Minority (BBC Live Session)
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[Chorus] / I wanna be the minority / I don't need your authority / Down with the moral majority / 'Cause I wanna be the minority / [Verse 1] / I pledge allegiance to the underworld
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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 – Redundant (BBC Live Session)
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[Verse 1] / We're living in repetition / Content in the same old shtick again / Now the routine's turning to contention / Like a production line going / Over and over and over
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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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Green Day – Green Day: Rock Band Setlist
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The Fox Theater – Oakland / Set 1 / "Song of the Century" / "21st Century Breakdown" / "Last Night on Earth" / "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)" / "Restless Heart Syndrome" / Set 2
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Green Day – Brain Stew - Live in Prague
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[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 / [Refrain] / On my own
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