Genius Meanings
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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 – Homecoming (Edit)
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[Part I: The Death of St. Jimmy] / [Intro: Billie Joe Armstrong] / My heart is beatin' from me / I am standin' all alone / Please call me only / If you are comin' home / Waste
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Green Day (Ft. John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, Stark Sands, Theo Stockman & Tony Vincent) – Homecoming (Broadway)
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The penultimate musical number of American Idiot sees Johnny take action against his addiction and cast away his alter ego St. Jimmy.
Will struggles with his loneliness and
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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 – St. Jimmy
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“St. Jimmy” abruptly cuts the previous song “Are We the Waiting”; it shows how Jesus of Suburbia has officially gone off the deep end. In his loneliness, Jesus of Suburbia now
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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 – 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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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 – American Idiot
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Starting off the album with a bang, “American Idiot” is a scathing takedown of American culture in the years following 9/11. Released as the first single from the album, it has
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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 – Give Me Novacaine
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“Give Me Novacaine” is about Jesus of Suburbia wanting to take drugs to relieve stress from his life and asking for reassurance from his alter ego St. Jimmy.
The instrumentality
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Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” sees the album’s main character, the Jesus of Suburbia, aimlessly roaming the city’s streets with nothing to do and nowhere to go. After leaving his
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Green Day – Whatsername
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Jesus, after being home and living in normality, still regrets losing Whatsername. It’s been so long, he can’t even remember her name. He wonders what happened to her. All he has
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Green Day – She's a Rebel
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“She’s a Rebel” introduces a new character in the American Idiot story arc: Whatsername. Here, Jesus of Suburbia meets this free-spirited, rebellious woman who he falls in love
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Green Day – Letterbomb
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“Letterbomb” is presented by Whatsername, which is apparent in the Broadway adaptation of the album. In the track, Jesus of Suburbia and Whatsername’s romance has ended; she left
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Green Day – Are We the Waiting
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Coming from the gloomy “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Are We The Waiting” is a soliloquy where Jesus of Suburbia meditates his current state. It is a slow paced song with pounding
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Green Day – Hitchin’ a Ride
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The second track and lead single from Green Day’s 1997 album, Nimrod. It tells the troubles of an alcoholic having trouble staying sober. The lyrics highlight Green Day at their
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Green Day – Too Much Too Soon
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This song was included as an iTunes bonus track for American Idiot, and as a B-side for the title track. Hence, the two characters described in the lyrics might be the two
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Green Day – Favorite Son
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This song is about George W. Bush. Blessed with his father’s name, he won his first election partially because people thought “his father was okay, maybe he’ll cope too”.
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Green Day – Welcome
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... Homecoming, or that the intro to Letterbomb was originally going to start the album. The latter is supported by the fact that the tracklist this song is ...
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Green Day – Extraordinary Girl
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“Extraordinary Girl” shows how Jesus of Suburbia has fallen in love with the rebelliousness and punk attitude of Whatsername, previously introduced in “She’s a Rebel”.
The track
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1] / Recorro un camino solitario / El único que he conocido en la vida / No sé a dónde lleva
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Green Day (Ft. Green Day, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, The Original Broadway Cast of American Idiot, Stark Sands & Tony Vincent) – American Idiot (Broadway) - Monologue Transcripts
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American Idiot / February 2nd / [JOHNNY] / February 2nd / I jerked off into oblivion last night and today I forgot to shower… again / Oh well. It doesn’t matter, because I’m just
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Green Day (Ft. John Gallagher Jr.) – When It's Time (Broadway)
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This song is about realizing that you are falling in love someone, and when is the right time to tell them you love them. It is a heartfelt song that Johnny sings to a sleeping
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Green Day – Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy
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“Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy” is yet another connection between two songs from the original American Idiot release for the deluxe version of the album. Here the track starts
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