Talk about yourself using Green Day songs

[deleteduser7593]

You favourite ones, I mean. Those songs that mean something for you.

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''Disappearing Boy'' (39/Smooth, 1990)

It's where my internet nickname came from. When I started feeling like a ghost. Slowly slipping away from everything I thought was real. ''Am I in my room with my toys?'' as youth's anthem. But also of alienation. Like there's no where else to go. Just yourself. Your disappearing self. ''Don't call me up, 'cause I'm not home''. Actually, my telephone is a 1956 model and I'm quite happier when it's out of charge. And off. No, I don't have Whatsapp.

''Welcome to Paradise'' (Kerplunk!, 1991)

Billie Joe Armstrong left home close to his 20s. I left home when I was only 13. So I learned to live through difficult, embarassing and out-of-the-world situations. Day 1: I left mom and dad, in tears, then I took a piece of paper and wrote the whole song's lyrics on it. I never made a living out of bad happenings, anyway. But ''Welcome to Paradise'' will always be my freedom lonely ballad. It still makes sense to me, while things got even worse. It's a wasteland that, by the way, I like to call my home. It's a mess, not a home. And it hurts like hell. I like to call it paradise, playing E, D and A chords, trying to hit the guitar string as hard as I can, hoping to die young before the songs comes to an end (talking 'bout ma' g-g-generaSCIon).

''Basket Case'' (Dookie, 1994)

When I was 12 and listening to Dookie, I thought it was cool, punk, rebel to name stuff like ''panic'', ''anxiety'' and ''attacks''. Then, as I grew up, all those things turned into real issues. Now, that I'm in my 20s, I can't help but struggle everyday with that s**t. Help, Billie Joe, isn't cool, punk or rebel anymore. I like how those words sound, not what they really mean, meh. Oh, and it's the song that made me obsessed for Green Day, of course, in 2004.

''Stuart and the Ave.'' (Insomniac, 1995)

I don't have any real belongings to this song. I have feelings stick to the full Insomniac album. But I like the sarcastic dark-humourish verve in this one. Wich makes it my favourite off the LP. I've always feel weird. And I'm pretty sure it 'll never change. I was born to feel like a fool, standing in the corner fo Stuart and the Avenue. And we're all fucked up, of course.

''Scattered'' (Nimrod, 1997)

This song is dedicated to a girl from Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California. 'Cause when all my songs 've been erased and my life lost its meaning, she came to me saying that I was alright, ''It could be alright'', that I had still tons of love to give. And I gave it all to her. And I'm still giving. And she's listening. And it's a wonderful story through present day scattered pictures.

''Waiting'' (Warning, 2000)

This song doesn't make sense, to me. But it's one of those Green Day songs able to put out feelings off my chest. And I'm the shy-est person ever. This songs makes me happy. And I wish I could be happy, one day, singing it. For real, this time. ''Wake up!''.

BONUS: ''Youngblood'' (Revolution Radio, 2016)

See ''Scattered''. I like this one. I sing it changing Minnesota to Santa Monica and Oakland to Los Angeles. And it makes me happy.

 

[Liam]

It's Fuck Time - I'm sure you can all work this one out

[TreCoolmemes]

Chump and longveiw

35 minutes ago, Liam said:

It's Fuck Time - I'm sure you can all work this one out

Thats awesome

[deleteduser7593]

50 minutes ago, Liam said:

It's Fuck Time - I'm sure you can all work this one out

Well, considered how much we are all ''sexualized'' in 2018.. yeah, it makes sense, Lol

[pacejunkie punk]

The songs I identified with hard that made me fall in love with Green Day....

1. Restless Heart Syndrome: It wasn’t about drugs for me, but about childhood trauma and isolation —

I think they’ve found another cure,

for broken hearts and feeling insecure,

you’d be surprised what I endure

what makes you feel so self assured?

 

2. 21 Guns: when you realise you can’t repair what is broken, sometimes it’s time to recognize when it’s time to surrender and walk away —

When it’s time to live and let die,

And you can’t get another try,

something inside this heart has died,

you’re in ruins

 

3. Jesus of Suburbia: that realization that you are just different from everyone around you and will never fit in to the place you come from —

It says home is where your heart is

but what a shame

cuz everyone’s heart doesn’t beat the same

It’s beating out of time

 

4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams: I know it’s their most emo song, but it’s how I’ve always felt until Green Day put it into words and found me.  Even though I have family and friends, I still feel different from everyone and that feels lonely sometimes. I walk alone, I walk alone —

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me,

Til then I walk alone

 

5. Minority: this song was where I finally got the message that it’s okay to not fit in, it can even be awesome, and I should be proud to be different no matter what anyone says —

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

💚💚💚

[WhiteTim]

Bab’s Uvula Who

 

”I got a knack for fucking everything up my temper snaps and I get myself all wound up” 

the whole song just fits me 

[Montclare]

Armatage Shanks- "I must insist on being a pessimist, I'm a loner in a catastrophic/claustrophobic mind"

Castaway- "A conscientious objector to the war that's in my mind"

Having a Blast- "Do you ever build up all the small things in your mind to make one problem that adds up to nothing"

And The Grouch.  Just in general. 

 

 

[Jrem]

Android "It makes me wonder when. I grow to be that age. Will I be walking down the street begging for your spare change? Or will I grow that old? Will I still be around? The way I carry on I'll end up six feet underground" - My worries about the future

Basket Case and Panic Song - in general  sums up all my experiences with anxiety and Panic attacks

Somewhere Now  "I'm running late to somewhere now, that I don't want to be" - Me everyday with work

Armatage Shanks  "My own worst friend and my own closet enemy" or Restless Heart Syndrome "I am my own worst enemy" - Yep

Stuck with Me "I'm not part of your elite I'm just alright" - True stuff

Last Ride In - Most relatable lyrics ever

[duckez]

Not nessesarily my favourite songs.. but the most relatable to me are:

16, Road To Acceptance, 409 In Your Coffeemaker, Christie Road, Android, Longview, Walking Alone, Boulevard of Broken Dreams

I pretty around all day thinking about getting old one day or things that don't matter (which I shouldn't do but lol)

[UNICORN VOMIT]

2 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

Bab’s Uvula Who

 

”I got a knack for fucking everything up my temper snaps and I get myself all wound up” 

the whole song just fits me 

Yeah but you are the most improved

[pouty bitch]

I Want To Be Alone - I just feel like everybody around me is smothering me and I can't catch a  break. People keep bothering me and I just want them to fuck off.

She - "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?" Yes. Before I was even born, it was decided that my life would be going to school everyday during childhood, and then getting a job and going to work everyday until I retire/die. And that's fine for some people, but people like me don't do plans and routines. That's not something I can comply with, so it shouldn't be expected of me. But it is. And I feel trapped in life as a result of that.

Having A Blast - I can massively relate to every single word in that song, but I don't wanna get into the gory details, so I'll just pick one part. "I'm losing all my happiness, the happiness you pinned on me, loneliness still comforts me." It kinda ties in with what I said about She and I Want To Be Alone - I hate the life I'm being forced into, that everybody expects me to be happy about. I'm not happy about it, it makes me sick. As a result, the only time I'm ever truly happy is when I'm totally alone.

Armatage Shanks - Again, pretty much the whole song is me, but especially "I perfect the science of the idiot" because fucking things up is the only thing I'm good at.

Stuck With Me - Just because "I know I'm not alright."

Bab's Uvula Who, The Grouch, Platypus, Let Yourself Go, Loss of Control - Basically any of the songs that represent intense anger or hatred or insanity are a pretty good description of me.

Minority - I don't mean this in a political sense the way Billie did, but in most cases I tend to naturally gravitate towards being in the minority and having unpopular opinions etc. I tend to like stuff that the majority of other people don't like and vice versa.

[j3sus0fsuburbia]

I want to reply to this, but unfortunately at this point in my thinking I'm gonna have to break it down album to album, the amount of my life now infused with Green Day Lore is very deep. 

 

I suppose the easiest summary is AI as a whole, followed by International Superhits! Since those were my first two albums.

[Sarcasm]

I'm all by myself

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

4 minutes ago, Sarcasm said:

I have an erection

 

[Alan86]

Espionage 

It’s all in the lyrics, I’ve quoted my favorites below.

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[WhenIsaacComesAround]

There are too many of these for me... but here goes.

When I Come Around 

Jesus Of Suburbia 

Homecoming

Lazy Bones

Holden Caulfield

Having A Blast 

and pretty much every song Green Day has written 

[Miko]

Maybe way too personal to even post this, but if there is one song that is about me, it's Lazy Bones. Let's look at the important lyrics.

''I’m too mental to go crazy
I’m too drunk to be pure
And my mind is playing tricks on me
And I can’t sleep tonight ’cause I’m so tired

''I can’t take it anymore
With all the liars''

''It’s good to see you but I really must admit
There’s an odor in the air and I think you look like shit
I can’t stand from falling down.
I’m too sick to throw up.
Everyone keeps talking and they can’t shut the fuck up
‘Cause I’m so tired.''

Over a year ago I cut my ties with every single people that I knew because of friends hurting me many times in a short period. Living in a small town and developing depression again in my life, I no longer felt like needing someone in my life anymore. I grew tired of bullshit and I found happiness by just drinking alone rather than with others. Over a year later, I havent been thinking even once to actually meet some people again. Its just not for me. Who knows how long this situation is going on, but at the moment I dont feel like I miss something by having friends.

 

[gaslight13]

I could easily think of a bunch of lines and even full songs that I relate to in a big way but here's just a few that immediately come to mind..

Restless Heart Syndrome - "So what ails you is what impales you" + "I am my own worst enemy"
 Basket Case - "Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me"
-----As someone with a panic and anxiety disorder I connect very closely with these songs. The way Billie talks about mental health is more relatable (for me) than any other artist I can think of. 

 Still Breathing - "Just shine a light into the wreckage" +  "are you scared to death to live?"  
 Forever Now  - "If this is what you call the good life, I want a better way to die"
-----I don't know how to describe the feeling that these songs evoke (to me) but it's where you're not feeling as hopeless and broken as you were, but you're also not really "better" yet. Sort of like surviving a major storm but you're only just starting to rebuild in the wake of that destruction. Exhausted but hopeful. Which is how I am a lot of the time at this point, having made a lot of progress with my innner demons but still having a long way to go.

[MagicGraGraDaFan39]

Probably minority because i feel like i have always been different from other people in a sence like i dont fit “the mold”. I am actually a straight A student but i feel like adults expect different things out of me because of that. I always feel like I am being pressured to be this perfect student because i have good grades but i have been suffering from ADHD all of my life so things like focuing in class and being quiet are hard things for me. Because of that i also relate to basket case because sometimes i just feel like i am losing my mind. I also find minority rallying because i am also different from the kids at my school. I dont have any social media cuz i think its kinda stupid and i have all of the trash that they call music and sometimes i just feel like i want to be my own person and not just follow every stupid trend or fad that comes my way.

[jengd]

On ‎7‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 3:31 PM, MagicGraGraDaFan39 said:

Probably minority because i feel like i have always been different from other people in a sence like i dont fit “the mold”. I am actually a straight A student but i feel like adults expect different things out of me because of that. I always feel like I am being pressured to be this perfect student because i have good grades but i have been suffering from ADHD all of my life so things like focuing in class and being quiet are hard things for me. Because of that i also relate to basket case because sometimes i just feel like i am losing my mind. I also find minority rallying because i am also different from the kids at my school. I dont have any social media cuz i think its kinda stupid and i have all of the trash that they call music and sometimes i just feel like i want to be my own person and not just follow every stupid trend or fad that comes my way.

Honestly, the older I get I am not convinced that anyone in the whole world really feels like "they belong" or "they fit"  and I think it's just great to just be you.  In the words of Dr Suess, why try to blend in when you are born to stand out".

[deleteduser7593]

12 hours ago, jengd said:

Honestly, the older I get I am not convinced that anyone in the whole world really feels like "they belong" or "they fit"  and I think it's just great to just be you.  In the words of Dr Suess, why try to blend in when you are born to stand out".

I'll turn 25 in a few weeks (AHHHH) but I guess that ''I don't fit'' thing is something strictly related to adolescence. I don't want to say that it's a sort of mood, or something someone can hide in, even if I met different people who were actually doing that. I mentioned me turning 25 to tell that, looking back at the 13 years old me, that ''I don't fit'' thing was - unconsciously - part of that mood, of those days. I'm not grown up and I guess I'll never be, but growing up you realize lots of things. And I also think that, thinking about those peeps I mentioned, most of ''it'' was mistaken. Green Day have never been that pseudo-emo (pseudo-emo, 'cause I love emo, the Get Up Kids, at least, Lol) whining about the non-action and the non-fitting. Green Day made fun of them and ourselves in their older records, in a good way, than, later, represented that minority telling us to get up and fight for our values, no matter if sarcasm of a place, somewhere. Thank God, I've never been like that, so, to my point of view, I never used Green Day music to say ''f**k you'' to someone who didn't deserve it. I always felt they spoke to my heart for those reasons I explained. Like, ''No matter if I'm a mess, I'll be honest and go into the world trying to be the kindest mess in town'', in the good sense of the term. Billie Joe said something similiar, funnily, with that famous quote you all know. To finish this sentence, ironically, growing up I realized that I don't fit, but maybe for different reasons than those one I used to believe in when I was 14. Honestly, thinking back again, I never went around singing, ''I don't fit'', 10 years ago, but yes, I felt unique (ego, meh) showing around that charme of being un-common, just 'cause I was listening to Crimpshrine, a band that, in the area I was living and going to school in that period, was not unknown, but non-existent. Sorry for this long take, I'm not always online, here, except for a few episodes with tons of mixed/messed up characters jumping here and there. I found your statement interesting, that's why. I agree, anyways, there's no way to fit, no one can ever fit in, totally. You should have 7890 personalities. And it wouldn't feel good at all. And trust me, I have ''only'' 2, 3 of 'em and it's already a struggle, haha 🙂