Once In A Lullaby

[Fuzz]

Once In A Lullaby

Written by Angeline (justcause).

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I'm not at the beginning, I'm somewhere in the midst of it. Lines from the lyrics - Gloria's banners - come floating up. Words that I already love forever - words that inspire me, 'I am a nation without bureaurocratic ties, deny the allegation as it's written, FUCKING LIES' - words that tear ragged edges in me, 'like refugees, we're lost like refugees' - words that make me fucking angry, which would be Restless Heart Syndrome as a whole - words that make me cry -

Billie Joe's vocal on 21 Guns - jesus, this is such a place that I'm crying before I even know why, maybe not even for him or for me, although that's in there too - but I realize that he's singing in the voice beyond the voice, the song beyond the song - his voice could be the wind on the reeds or the call of a wolf, it is, - and this song, this 21st Century song, is coming from a timeless place. It's the voice of loneliness.

My mind flashes to when I first put the cd in my dust-covered, beat-up radio/cd thing, and the electric noise, the bubbling channels that I just listen to while I work sometimes, segued into the start of the record, continued till out of it emerged this voice, Billie Joe singing a dark little lullaby to himself - lilting a nightmare, waging the war and losing the fight - no, here is the victory, because here is the song -

and it's such an eerie moment, the candleflame (always lit, for the muse), flickering, the dust-covered cd player, it feels like déjà vu, like this song is coming from past-present-future all at once - and it's clear to me that despite the constant riot, the sniper fire, and all the rest of it, he found the place - because, this song, all of these songs, are taking me there. I feel them like there's broken glass under my skin, I feel the suffocation, the anxiety, the weariness, the chaos, the needle-voices of mass hysteria. This is high art in a pair of Chuck Taylors, slinking its way under the radar like a renegade.

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Read the full editorial on GDA

[Angela.]

That was really great! I enjoyed reading it. And the last sentence made me laugh.

[Leisha-LUNA]

That was incredible, well done to the writer!

And I love the last line, "And this editorial is unlikely to be carried by Wal-Mart."

So simple, witty and appropriate.

Made me smile.

[Pineapple]

that was wonderful

[emmaILGD!]

That was fucking amazing.

[Greenday_Aussie]

Fucking hell, Id kill to be able to write like that! Great stuff!

[GreenDay4EverAndEver]

Good job Angeline, that was just amazing!

[Bastard of 1967]

Holy shit, that was good. Poetry describing poetry. What else can I say here other than: thank you, thank you, for sharing.

[.Militza.]

Great!

You're pretty much talented!

[piratepalmer]

I'm not good with words, so I'll just say - Angeline? Incredible

[blc]

Ohh brilliant, loved it. Well done.

[justcause]

Holy shit, that was good. Poetry describing poetry. What else can I say here other than: thank you, thank you, for sharing.

Your comment makes me very, very happy - thanx so much, and thanx to everyone else for their kind words, too.

[Brian]

Two chords, looping on the teaser - D and A. I don't have a fucking clue about chords, but I know sound - say it, and it comes out pretty much like DNA. Music as your being, and your reason for being. When the album comes, these chords are parentheses - inside of them is everything, heaven and hell, love and life.

This alone, blew my mind away! I seriously felt like I had an epiphany when i read that! No words can describe the overwhelming joy that you have brought to me in that article! You hit the proverbial nail on the head with that! Superb!

[justcause]

This alone, blew my mind away! I seriously felt like I had an epiphany when i read that! No words can describe the overwhelming joy that you have brought to me in that article! You hit the proverbial nail on the head with that! Superb!

I really don't have a fucking clue about which chord is which - when the teaser came, and people on here said they were D nd A, I just thought, oh, DNA, and it was such a cool thing. Then I was at my bro's one day and I said, 'show me how to play D and A', and he hasn't got a fucking clue why, but he shows me - y'know, I pick up a guitar like it's a holy instrument, it was fucking magic to me to get any kind of recognizible sound out of it, lol! I still felt like I had to be sure before I wrote it up - so, thanx to Marc C for confirming the chords for a Guitar Idiot. And thanx to you for your comment.

[beth hardy]

Does last night on earth not exist now?

[chellepop]

That was amazing

I teared up a little

haha

The wal-mart part was pure genius lol

[greendaytone]

Your articles always make my spine tingle. You can describe the sounds and meanings that come out of this record so well.

I loved the minority reference too.

And i totally agree with those two words 'Hey Gloria'. So much emotion in there.

[musse]

I loved it! Well written (:

[ashaushinka]

i just read your article Angeline, that means a lot, i have been trying to figured out the meaning of these songs on 21CB and your article really helps me.

one more thing, i always believe that Billie Joe is a very great in making lyrics... there always something inside the lyrics that he wrote.

thanks for writing this.

_{(fuihh.. this is my first post and i have been a Green Day fans for about 13 years)}

[Roxy.]

you got my eyes watering and my jaw on the floor.

that was fucking amazing. thanks for writing it in such a beautiful way.

[Agija]

That's so amazing. I enjoyed reading every single line of it.

Well done, Angeline.

[HoneyDo666]

Wow, you are a beautifully poetic writer! I can only write straight-forward analytical essays...but that just spun my head around!

Thanks so much for putting this stuff down in type, I totally agree with all of it!

[Heather!]

Wow, I loved it. The first to paragraphs hit me the hardest, but I stayed interested through the entire thing. Amazing job, Angeline.

[Nova-Caine]

Brilliant Angeline absolutely brilliant as always.

x

(You always manage to capture what my stupid brain struggles to get out)

[Musjel]

That was fucking unbelieveable! I could not take my eyes off of that, until I was done reading it. I was like "...wow..." the entire time. I love it, I love it, I fucking love it!