The Disappearing Boy Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 one of the most underrated songs. better way to end the album than 21 guns
toaster_poodle Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 It was a fabulous song to end the album. The song itself isn't one of my favorites, but it had brilliant lyrics.I agree. As a "just a song" it doesn't really hold it's own and leaves a lot to be desired, but in the context of 21CB it fits right in. This album didn't need a stand-alone single type song to end it, but it did need a certain type of song. See the Light gets the job done perfectly. Maybe not quite as well as Whatsername did for AI, but it's the same type of thing.
dumbell2424 Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 Theres just something about the song that i can't help but love, can't pinpoint what it is though!Agreed. This song is simply amazing. There's no other way to describe it.
Tiffx Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 This is slowly becoming one of my favourite Green Day songs. Very underrated song.
Mar Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 Billie's comment about See the Light was:“This record is like the way American culture is right now, where a different week is a different crisis depending on where you’re getting your news from, but there’s also this feeling of hope that goes throughout the record. Life, I guess. And it ends up with See the Light.”He seriously said nearly exactly what I was going to say!While I'm not an optimist by nature, this song really makes me feel happy. I like "21 Guns", but I disagree with what MTV.com said, because I feel like it's a "drop your weapons" (literally) song that would leave their story unfulfilled. Christian and Gloria seem to be stronger than that, and "American Eulogy" and "See The Light" end their story in a more realistic, yet positive manner.When I listen to it with the rest of the album, I think of it as an epilogue to the story of Christian and Gloria long after the events in the rest of the album, in which things can turn around and there can be a bright side to everything. It may not be perfect, but something good may result from current struggles.
Freeny Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 when I first heard this song, I honestly have to say I hated it. It sent unpleasent chills up my spine and I couldn't listen to it.Now I don't think it's that bad anymore. I really love the lyrics.
Angela. Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 The lyrics to this song are great. It's an underrated song on this album.
-Billiejoezee- Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 This song is okay,but it gets me pissed off. I guess it's because it's the last song on the album. and the last part where it ends like the album started,gets me sad.
Hermione Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 I just want to see the lightI don't want to lose my sightI just want to see the lightI need to know what's worth the fightI love that as the final lyric of the album. He wants to see the light, but he can't actually even see it yet. So much more than just a simple 'light at the end of the tunnel' message to end the album, it leaves me with both positive and negative feelings. It sums up the whole album for me, desperately wanting the positive but always with that underlying darkness and the sense of huge obstacles in the way. Along with that guitar repeated from the beginning and fading out it's a perfect ending.It's hard to get my head around this album, it produces strong emotions in me and it's difficult to talk about such complex songs in the simple way I'd talk about them. But the album is fascinating and wonderful to me and I can't get enough of it.
JohnnyNapalm Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 love this baby, one of my faves. its a great ending for the album!
chatnoir Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Although I love the beginning of the song and the lyrics, the chorus seems boring and uninspired to me. It's one of my least favourite songs on the album.
Jimmy Strummer Posted August 15, 2009 Posted August 15, 2009 It IS a good song, but after reading the lyrics to both this and American Eulogy, and all the stuff I had heard from articles about the album, I expected something a lot lighter and ethereal. My vision of the song? Keep all the lyrics, chord progression, arrangement, and melody, but cut the guitars, bass, backing vocals, and drums. Continue the beginning music throughout the whole song and have Billie be the lone vocals in the song. "Why do this?" you may ask. Well, go listen to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall Part III" and "Goodbye Cruel World" back-to-back. That's the kinda effect to the end of an album (or in that case, disc) that I wish 21st Century Breakdown had with American Eulogy and See The Light.
BillieJoe727 Posted August 28, 2009 Posted August 28, 2009 I always seem to get confused between the beginning of this song and '21st Century Breakdown'...but anyway, I really like this song a lot
Sarahnade. Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 This song is becoming one of my favorites off the album.I love how they used the simple beginning guitar part, and based the whole song on it. They created something epic out of something dull. And the lyrics are really great. I think it's very enlightening, and the best closure the album could have had.I love how the end has a quick bass line, and a heavy drum beat. It makes me think that every member is getting one last burst of energy before the album ends. And I love how the end drowns out. I love it because the album ends the same way it started.I just think it's a pretty spiffy song.
colour_me_stupid_ Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 I adore this song so much, I go round singing it! And I never go round singing!
Reject All American Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 IMO, this is the worst song on the album..... :down:
.Militza. Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 ^NO!The intro is almost the same as the one in 21CB.
Red Lights Flash Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 It's a great song, and while it's not the album's best, the way it interacts with the "21st Century Breakdown" intro is awesome. It really amused me the first time I heard the album from start to end!
RogueBreakdown Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 IMO, this is the worst song on the album..... :down:uh-uhKnow Your Enemy is the least best on the album. Just compared to all the other epic songs on the record it could have been betterSee the Light is starting to grow on me... I LOVE how well it ties with the beginning of the record
Sarahnade. Posted August 31, 2009 Posted August 31, 2009 IMO, this is the worst song on the album..... :down:Noooo. No, no, nope, no.I think See the Light is the most underrated song on 21CB. It deserves a lot more recognition than it's been getting.
Reject All American Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Noooo. No, no, nope, no.I think See the Light is the most underrated song on 21CB. It deserves a lot more recognition than it's been getting. wanna talk about underrated? how bout "Song of the Century"? It's EPIC.
LibertyBelle. Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 See the light's probably my favourite song, not only is it insanely catchy in my opinion, but I can relate to the lyrics so well. I can actually relate a lot of different things to the lyrics... For example; Politics, Religion, being 15. All things that bother me a lot pretty much daily. It's the perfect finish to the album, both the lyrics, and the way it's almost got this epic feel to it, like the end of something but the beginning of something new and possibly brilliant, like a revolution. Summing up the confusion that's felt by a good majority of the population now, and what I feel 21st Century Breakdown is about.
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