Jude O'Reilly Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Ha Ha You’re Dead is the closing song for Green Day’s B-Sides, rarities and miscellaneous, and covers compilation album entitled Shenanigans released 2002. The song’s lyrics were solely written by Mike Dirnt. It is the only original song from Shenanigans the other 13 tracks being covers, or b-sides to previous singles released by the band. The song is openly expressing Mike’s feelings of hate towards another individual. By breaking down the lyrics this person has obviously hurt many people. “You were an asshole” “How Many Feelings Can You Steal?” Mike’s hatred is strong enough to outweigh any feelings of guilt as he is openly laughing and enjoying this person's death literally or figuratively I am not sure. To me this song is just about being sick of dealing with someone elses shit and the feeling of them being gone is so strong and freeing. The song is also brutally honest and very relatetable to me.On a personal note this song is very important to me, there have been people in my life (and everyone else's at some point I am sure) that I have been hurt by to the point of hatred. This song at times has been almost an anthem of sorts for me to channel my feelings towards these certain people in my life. Now that I have moved on from high school in retrospect when I think back on them and how I have overcame them and how they have no affect on my life anymore and I'll probably never see them again my first thoughts are Ha Ha You're Dead. Ha Ha You’re Dead is one of only 3 Green Day songs to be solely written by Mike Dirnt the other two being J.A.R (Jason Andrew Relva) and Emenius Sleepus. (he has co-written others but these 3 he gets the sole credit for.) I believe it is a song that is often forgotten about and not given enough credit and should be in a lot more live setlists and its a high energy song that would be great performed live. Looked for a live video but came up with nothing to my knowledge no live recording has been recorded so settled for a lyric video.Lyrics How do you get your sleep at night? How did you get your noose so tight? Like chewing on tinfoil its so much fun Gonna be dead before your gone 'Cause look how things have gotten And I'll be happy so I wont pretend And I'll be cheering that you're going down And I'll be laughing, I'll be laughing How many feelings can you steal? Gotta be part of your appeal I can see through you cause you're wearing thin Like chewing on tinfoil once again 'Cause look how things have gotten And I'll be happy so I wont pretend And I'll be cheering that you're going down And I'll be laughing, I'll be laughing (CHORUS): Ha ha you're dead And I'm so happy In loving memory Of your demise When your ship is going down I'll go out and paint the town Ha ha you're dead Ha ha you're dead Ha ha you're dead (CHORUS) Ha ha you're dead The joke is over You were an asshole And now you're gone As your ship is going down I'll stand by and watch you drown Ha ha you're dead You're gonna be dead Just remember what I said Ha ha you're dead Ha ha you're dead Ha ha you're dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerpDerp44 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 It's a great song and you did a great job Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Nice OP. The anger and resentment behind this song makes it a tremendously satisfying listen when I'm in a foul mood. I also like your idea that the death may be metaphorical, in that the object of hatred is alive, but has simply been removed from your life. I'm sure that Mike wrote this song specifically for Tim Yohannan, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Panda Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 good job Jude!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsername-amy Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthehallwaynow Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 ohh yes! love this song.. great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude O'Reilly Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Nice! It's a great song and you did a great job Jude Nice OP. The anger and resentment behind this song makes it a tremendously satisfying listen when I'm in a foul mood. I also like your idea that the death may be metaphorical, in that the object of hatred is alive, but has simply been removed from your life. I'm sure that Mike wrote this song specifically for Tim Yohannan, though... good job Jude!! Awesome! ohh yes! love this song.. great job! Thanks guys I appreciate the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Punk Kid. Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I need to listen to this more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Nice OP. The anger and resentment behind this song makes it a tremendously satisfying listen when I'm in a foul mood. I also like your idea that the death may be metaphorical, in that the object of hatred is alive, but has simply been removed from your life. I'm sure that Mike wrote this song specifically for Tim Yohannan, though... Never thought of that, but I'm sure that's it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimpshrine Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 cool!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Reads very much like my submission. awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStrokes Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Great job judeykins you're a great writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyHandGrenade Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I think a mash up of this and Dead! by My Chemical Romance would sound amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPhil Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This will be my funeral song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhTheGuilt. Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 That's one of the songs that I wish I had written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I used to listen to that song a lot. I need to do it often it got amazing lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4KE IT SLE4ZY Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This is my favorite track from Shenanigans. There is so much pent up anger expressed in this song. Mike did a wonderful job lyrically, I very much enjoy the cynicism. Nice review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K!ngForADay Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 One of the best choruses they've ever written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankoz Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 listening to the song while writing this. it's a very green day-y song. the bass is soo strong. the song is so simple, yet so powerful.i think the solo is pretty childish, but in a good way in this ironic context. that's what i love about green day's music really, the irony, the gap between the happy music and the feelings lyrically expressed. now that i'm older, i realize, how this represents life, because things aren't black and white only, things are often green . although i think this gap may also be some kind of repression thing when you're younger, and you're not sure how to feel about, cause you're told to tell things apart in everything you're confronted with. i was also wondering, whether mike's/green day's hate represented in many songs is directed at maybe only a handful of the same people provoking the Topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desecrator09 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This will be my funeral song. Crazy funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I remember being 14 and hearing this song for the first time blew my mind. Used to imagine hijacking the speakers at George W Bush's funeral to play this song. I was a normal teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
! Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I hear Stay The Night when I'm listening to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankoz Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This will be my funeral song. you want to have this played "at your funeral"? I hear Stay The Night when I'm listening to this. i hear green day, so maybe there's a point in your words.the good kind of normal . I remember being 14 and hearing this song for the first time blew my mind. Used to imagine hijacking the speakers at George W Bush's funeral to play this song. I was a normal teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girly Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 For the longest time I didn't know any of the lyrics (or the name of the song for that matter) other than the corus. In fact I thought Billie was singing: "On holiday; and I'm so happy" so to me the song always had a very happy feel to it. Needless to say it was a bit shocked the first time I read the real lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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