GreenDayTheory Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 So I accompanied my dad to the airport because he had to work on another country and after 5 minutes, I unknowingly sang Still Breathing. That moment made me make this thread.I realised Still Breathing has a very relatable meaning(Only heard it once).Other song that I can relate is Restless Heart Syndrome (Not really me, It was my mom) She has anxiety and many more health problems that she has to take care then she has this medicine that makes her fall asleep so we cannot talk to her always.Then there is Forever Now lyric that says (If this is what you call the good life,I want a better way to die).That line deals almost with all my suicide thoughts. Kill the DJ's "Hold him underwater till that mother****** drown" always makes me smile Note: I just posted it here because i don't know where to put it.
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 Good idea for a thread! Umm can't think about anything atm I usually realize that I can relate to lyrics when I listen to a song and I'm like "yeah, me too!". That always happens with Burnout
GreenDayTheory Posted July 4, 2017 Author Posted July 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Jane Lannister said: Good idea for a thread! Umm can't think about anything atm I usually realize that I can relate to lyrics when I listen to a song and I'm like "yeah, me too!". That always happens with Burnout Same happens to me also with Having a Blast
Thatsername Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 There are just too many GD songs that have a personal meaning to me, it's impossible to write them all down. Still Breathing is such a wonderful song because I think a lot of people can relate to it in so many ways. The lyrics are so simple and clear on the one hand, but at the same time they leave a lot of room for interpretation and for your own, deeply personal life story. That's one thing I love most about Green Day songs, they seem simple on the outside, but are very, VERY deep once you dig in. So Still Breathing feels like it was basically written about my own life, it's scary Another one that haunts me because it perfectly describes my situation right now is "Gotta make a plan, gotta do what's right Can't run around in circles if you wanna build a life But I don't want to make a plan for a day far away While I'm young and while I'm able, all I wanna do is..." from J.A.R. So. Fucking. Perfect. Another one that has been bothering me for years because the meaning it has for me and my life seems to change every time I listen to it is "Cause I'm thinking about a brand new hope The one I've never known Cause now I know It's all that I wanted" from Macy's Day Parade. I could write down 1,000 more examples... Oh and one last thing off topic, if you really have suicide thoughts @GreenDayTheory you should talk to someone and find help. There's always a solution, no matter how hopeless your situation might seem. I know it from own experience. You can also PM me if you like
pacejunkie punk Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 I remember the first time I really listened to the lyrics of She "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?" and I just had this feeling of omg 😲. I love my life but sometimes I wonder if my path was really my choice and Billie just summed it right up with that song. I also come from a messed up family background and Jesus of Suburbia really resonated with me as it does with so many people. So many of their songs speak to me that way. It's one of the things I love about this band -- they seem to know the things I think about, worry about, where I come from, but instead of getting all depressed about it they say, "Hey us too! Now let's be friends and have fun!" GD taught me it's okay to be messed up and still have a good time.
GreenDayTheory Posted July 4, 2017 Author Posted July 4, 2017 18 minutes ago, MMwhatsername said: There are just too many GD songs that have a personal meaning to me, it's impossible to write them all down. Still Breathing is such a wonderful song because I think a lot of people can relate to it in so many ways. The lyrics are so simple and clear on the one hand, but at the same time they leave a lot of room for interpretation and for your own, deeply personal life story. That's one thing I love most about Green Day songs, they seem simple on the outside, but are very, VERY deep once you dig in. So Still Breathing feels like it was basically written about my own life, it's scary Another one that haunts me because it perfectly describes my situation right now is "Gotta make a plan, gotta do what's right Can't run around in circles if you wanna build a life But I don't want to make a plan for a day far away While I'm young and while I'm able, all I wanna do is..." from J.A.R. So. Fucking. Perfect. Another one that has been bothering me for years because the meaning it has for me and my life seems to change every time I listen to it is "Cause I'm thinking about a brand new hope The one I've never known Cause now I know It's all that I wanted" from Macy's Day Parade. I could write down 1,000 more examples... Oh and one last thing off topic, if you really have suicide thoughts @GreenDayTheory you should talk to someone and find help. There's always a solution, no matter how hopeless your situation might seem. I know it from own experience. You can also PM me if you like The line from Still Breathing "I'm like a son that is raised without a father" sums up my life. We'll I'm ok now..
AimieeSmith Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 I can relate alot to songs which Billie wrote about his mental health problems / hard times . Their are too many too list but Still Breathing and Private Ale are some good ones !
Hermione Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 "Hallelujah I found my soul under the sofa pillows/Congratulations I found myself, somewhere now" in Somewhere Now (and just the whole song in general) resonated with me more strongly than any other GD lyric has. I made a couple of positive changes right around when it came out and it's just a perfect, beautiful, positive lyric. For me it's usually more about being impressed or entertained by lyrics than directly relating to them, even with Green Day who've written more lyrics I can relate to or at least somewhat relate to/nod my head and say wow they get it to than most, so when one comes along that really resonates like that it hits me hard. That song means so much to me.
BucksCoEric Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 I've dealt with anxiety problems for the last 7-8 years or so, specifically social anxiety. And while a lot of people think of basket case when someone says anxiety/panic attacks, for me i related a lot to jesus of suburbia. "There's nothing wrong with me, this is how i'm supposed to be. In a land of make believe, that don't believe in me." and.. "It says home is where your heart is but what a shame cause everyones heart doesn't beat the same. Its beating out of time."
M0n3y Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 Too many to list Pretty much every Green Day song has something that relates to me. But if I have to pick the real special ones it would be these ones: Paper Lanterns: Story of my life for my entire lovelife. Like, literally every single word of it is something I've felt aswell. Sometimes I have the feeling that this song, which was made loong before I was born, is really special to me because it is so unbelievabley relateable. Like Billie knew how I would feel 20-or-so years later The lines that reflect the most of all is the complete second verse: As the days go on I wonder will this ever end/I find it hard to keep control when you're with your boyfriend/I do not mind if all I am is just a friend to you/All I want to know right now is if you think about me too. Android: I always waste my time on/My chemical emotions/It keeps my head spinning around. This in endless amounts. I always overthing my feelings towards someone, and after a while I'm too scared to talk about it with them because I just don't know what to say anymore. It drove me crazy, and I'm very lucky to have someone who noticed that and talked about it Minority: Exactly the way I think and live my life. I do it my way, end of story. I look at how others do things but I only take over what fits my way. And then I develop it some more. The myric that fits me best here would be Stepped out of the line/Like a sheep runs from the herd:Marching out of time/To my own beat now/The only way I know. Nice Guys Finish Last: The past few years I've noticed the coldness, greed and ungratefullness in this world. It's such a frustration of mine and this song reflects on that perfectly. Taking what you need/Bite the hand that feeds/You lose your memory and got no shame.
kkpojpojpj Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 All of JOS but especially this part when I moved away from home: And I, leave behind This hurricane of fucking lies And I, walked this line A million and one fucking times But not this time These lyrics from Lazy Bones I really relate to when it comes to mental health issues: I don’t want your sympathy I don’t want your honesty I just want to get some peace of mind"My beating heart belongs to you" from Last Night On Earth, WMUWSE, Poprocks & Coke, Scattered, Whatsername, J.A.R and Brutal Love reminds me of my best friend who passed away. Still Breathing because my life basically fell apart in 2015, and I didn't start feeling okay again until right about the time when that song came out and I was just so thankful to be alive. Lol sorry for a fairly depressing post. There's plenty more songs that I relate to of course but these are the most important ones that immediately comes to mind.
unextraordinarygirl Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Still Breathing are the ones I relate to most.
pacejunkie punk Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 I'm sure a lot of us can relate to Minority. In a weird way it's what unites many of us. I'm sure most GD fans have felt different at one time or another (or all the time like in my case).
pouty bitch Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 There's so many GD songs with so much meaning. I can relate to most of their songs in some way. "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?" from She is the first lyric I found I could relate to. I literally feel like my entire life was planned before I was born. I'm forced to waste 13 years of my life in school, learning things that have no relevance in later life. I'm forced to take exams for at least 9 different subjects, and then expected to pass every single one of them with flying colours. I'm then forced to either go into further education or get a job. People always say to me "get a job you will enjoy", however there is not one single job in the entire world that I find remotely interesting, therefore it is impossible to find a job that I will enjoy. And it pisses me off that pretty much every single person on Earth is born into this life aswell. I feel like there is no freedom in today's society. I feel trapped. We are just expected to live these lives doing the same thing every day, and we don't have a choice because we can't choose if we are born or not. "I declare I don't care no more, I'm burning up and out and growing bored" from Burnout is another lyric I really relate to at the moment. I've only been alive for 16 years and I already feel like I've done everything I want to do in life (apart from seeing a GD show). There's just nothing left for me to do. I feel like I put everything I have into everything I do, and I never get anything back. Therefore, I've just given up on everything. I'm bored of life. I can also relate to every single lyric in Bab's Uvula Who? One minute, I can just be a normal person, and the next minute I'll just lose my shit at somebody for no reason. Sometimes I'll just be talking to somebody, and then ten minutes later they'll say something to me and I'm just like "Shut the fuck up. I can't deal with hearing your voice right now." I don't know why, but sometimes I just hate it when people talk to me. I can relate to "I must insist on being a pessimst" from Armatage Shanks, and most lyrics from The Grouch. I just feel really bitter at everything right now. I'm negative about almost everything (apart from GD. GDC is my happy place. ). I'm constantly angry at something or other. Spoiler Wow, now I've made myself sound like a right bitch!
pacejunkie punk Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: There's so many GD songs with so much meaning. I can relate to most of their songs in some way. "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?" from She is the first lyric I found I could relate to. I literally feel like my entire life was planned before I was born. I'm forced to waste 13 years of my life in school, learning things that have no relevance in later life. I'm forced to take exams for at least 9 different subjects, and then expected to pass every single one of them with flying colours. I'm then forced to either go into further education or get a job. People always say to me "get a job you will enjoy", however there is not one single job in the entire world that I find remotely interesting, therefore it is impossible to find a job that I will enjoy. And it pisses me off that pretty much every single person on Earth is born into this life aswell. I feel like there is no freedom in today's society. I feel trapped. We are just expected to live these lives doing the same thing every day, and we don't have a choice because we can't choose if we are born or not. "I declare I don't care no more, I'm burning up and out and growing bored" from Burnout is another lyric I really relate to at the moment. I've only been alive for 16 years and I already feel like I've done everything I want to do in life (apart from seeing a GD show). There's just nothing left for me to do. I feel like I put everything I have into everything I do, and I never get anything back. Therefore, I've just given up on everything. I'm bored of life. I can also relate to every single lyric in Bab's Uvula Who? One minute, I can just be a normal person, and the next minute I'll just lose my shit at somebody for no reason. Sometimes I'll just be talking to somebody, and then ten minutes later they'll say something to me and I'm just like "Shut the fuck up. I can't deal with hearing your voice right now." I don't know why, but sometimes I just hate it when people talk to me. I can relate to "I must insist on being a pessimst" from Armatage Shanks, and most lyrics from The Grouch. I just feel really bitter at everything right now. I'm negative about almost everything (apart from GD. GDC is my happy place. ). I'm constantly angry at something or other. Hide contents Wow, now I've made myself sound like a right bitch! I suppose this is a good time to ask whether it helps knowing you're not alone, and that Billie wrote these lyrics because he feels the same way and they've amassed the following they have because so many people can relate. I know it helps me knowing that. ❤️
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 I know it's a cliché but WMUWSE sums up my my own past in a sad way. My father died 7,5 years ago, so the line "Like my fathers come to pass/Seven years has gone so fast" is something I can really relate to. It's more like "Wake me up when December ends" in my case. It kind of hurts to realize that time goes by and all that remains are memories. But even these memories start to fade. I guess that's not the most unusual song to relate to, but that's ok for me
pouty bitch Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 15 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said: I suppose this is a good time to ask whether it helps knowing you're not alone, and that Billie wrote these lyrics because he feels the same way and they've amassed the following they have because so many people can relate. I know it helps me knowing that. ❤️ Yes, it definitely helps me. Although I don't always understand it myself, I know that there are others out there that would understand me. It's comforting to know that I'm not alone.
unextraordinarygirl Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 1 hour ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: There's so many GD songs with so much meaning. I can relate to most of their songs in some way. "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?" from She is the first lyric I found I could relate to. I literally feel like my entire life was planned before I was born. I'm forced to waste 13 years of my life in school, learning things that have no relevance in later life. I'm forced to take exams for at least 9 different subjects, and then expected to pass every single one of them with flying colours. I'm then forced to either go into further education or get a job. People always say to me "get a job you will enjoy", however there is not one single job in the entire world that I find remotely interesting, therefore it is impossible to find a job that I will enjoy. And it pisses me off that pretty much every single person on Earth is born into this life aswell. I feel like there is no freedom in today's society. I feel trapped. We are just expected to live these lives doing the same thing every day, and we don't have a choice because we can't choose if we are born or not. "I declare I don't care no more, I'm burning up and out and growing bored" from Burnout is another lyric I really relate to at the moment. I've only been alive for 16 years and I already feel like I've done everything I want to do in life (apart from seeing a GD show). There's just nothing left for me to do. I feel like I put everything I have into everything I do, and I never get anything back. Therefore, I've just given up on everything. I'm bored of life. I can also relate to every single lyric in Bab's Uvula Who? One minute, I can just be a normal person, and the next minute I'll just lose my shit at somebody for no reason. Sometimes I'll just be talking to somebody, and then ten minutes later they'll say something to me and I'm just like "Shut the fuck up. I can't deal with hearing your voice right now." I don't know why, but sometimes I just hate it when people talk to me. I can relate to "I must insist on being a pessimst" from Armatage Shanks, and most lyrics from The Grouch. I just feel really bitter at everything right now. I'm negative about almost everything (apart from GD. GDC is my happy place. ). I'm constantly angry at something or other. Hide contents Wow, now I've made myself sound like a right bitch! I absolutely get what you're saying because I've felt the same way. Angry, bored, bitter. Yup. Life can be hard but you just have to keep going somehow. 51 years of experience talking here. Also dealing with Depression, Anxiety and suicidal thoughts. That's why I can relate to Still Breathing so much. I don't always want to keep going but I still do.
Caroline Truong Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 22 minutes ago, Clayish said: Whatsername is an extremely accurate breakup song. or lost love.. I don't really related to any of Billie's lyrics at all..but I thought Whatsername,she,She's a Rebel and Christine Road?. those songs, it make me stronger and confident as woman and good time w/your best friend.
The Grohl Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 I know it's cliche but Still Breathing. Last year was pretty hard for me and my family and there were times where I wondered if we were going make it through these tough times. But somehow, we survived and that's what Still Breathing is all about. Also, Coming Clean. I felt I was repressed in the sexuality area for most of high school and it wasn't until later when I was struggling to find out who I was that I figured it out and this song helped me out a lot.
Albelint Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 14 hours ago, GreenDayTheory said: That line deals almost with all my suicide thoughts. Whatever it is don't think about it. I suggest to you this lines, always look on the bright side of life..and..it's not over till you're underground. Anyway for me a lot of early Green Day songs were really important once, At the Library is like when you instantly fall in love with a complete stranger on a train, or in a library of course, then you realize you're not going to see her ever again. Very relatable with the 15 or 16 years old shy me. Only of You was another, Many nights awake I lie I only wish that you could see... Also 80, in few words all this songs were "part" of my first relationship long ago, from when i was too shy to even text her to be with her for real. Everything she does questions my mental health It makes me loose control I just can't trust myself And then when it ended. She said, I can't take this place I'm leaving it behind Well she said, I can't take this town I'm leaving you tonight It seems like forever ago I'll never turn back time Forgetting you, but not the time
whatsmyname_jimmy Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 Oh god I could write a long list of Green Day lyrics that hold special meaning to me But more recently, Still Breathing is the main one. It's just that kinda song that gets you and you find yourself really connecting to the lyrics. I was going through a pretty stressful time back in March/April and listening to this just gave me that boost I needed to get through the crappier days.
St. Jonny Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 I find just about ALL the lyrics meaningful and personal to me. Some more than others but all mean something.
walking_c0ntradicti0n Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 Alright let's see here I relate a shit ton to this part of Fell For You now: I had a dream that I kissed your lips and it felt so true/Then I woke up as a nervous wreck and I fell for you The fell for you part is a bit debatable but everything else fits "I must insist on being a pessimist" from Armatage Shanks is me af Walking Alone I didn't really hear much until last year but that one sounds like me sometimes Still Breathing got leaked back in September and I was still pretty miserable back then. I also showed it to my best friend sometime after that so now it's basically "our song"
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