Favourite Line from a Green Day Song

[Ila Reto]

^ lyrically and [melody?], the whole nimrod album is definately a favorite.

building on hermione and my do da da lyric mystery, what the heck is

"moving on and i always thought i realized you've imagined"

supposed to mean?

it's one of those songs where you can't figure it out yet somehow you know exactly what they mean by it.

and from Uptight

"perfect picture of bad health, another notch scratched on my belt"

"Future just ain't what it used to be"

and "Future's in my living room"

that song pretty much summed up this past spring for me.

[sarita]

One of my favorites off of Nimrod is Walking Alone..

"Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut or only say hello

Sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone."

I identify cuz sometimes I really should learn to keep my mouth shut!

[Ally]

"do you ever think back, to another time, does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind" from having a blast seems to be my favourite at the moment, it just sums everything up nicely in my life. lol

and "what the fuck did i get myself into, with you" from pieces of truth, reminds me of my ex...

[J'net]

One of my favorites off of Nimrod is Walking Alone..

"Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut or only say hello

Sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone."

I identify cuz sometimes I really should learn to keep my mouth shut!

I love that song, too!

"come together like a foot in a shoe, only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth ..."

Also, from Insomniac, I love Bab's Uvula Who ... "I've got a knack for fucking everything up, my temper flies and I get myself all wound up!" Billie has a knack for singing any song perfectly to fit the mood and the lyrics and everything together into a single perfect experience.

[sarita]

I love that song, too!

"come together like a foot in a shoe, only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth ..."

Also, from Insomniac, I love Bab's Uvula Who ... "I've got a knack for fucking everything up, my temper flies and I get myself all wound up!" Billie has a knack for singing any song perfectly to fit the mood and the lyrics and everything together into a single perfect experience.

I like the part where he sings "Spontaneous combustion panic attack.."

And yes, Billie is truly gifted when it comes to songwriting and getting across whatever mood the song conveys

[sharon mitchell]

From Walking Alone - Walk on eggshells on my old stomping ground.

Major revision time - can I just say that every lyric of every song on Nimrod owns me, heart and soul. Whatever place Billie was at when he wrote the stuff for that album, I hope he went there again to write the new album.

[Hermione]

^I couldn't agree more. There's just something about Nimrod that gets right under my skin.

I love Scattered,

"Loose ends tied in knots

Leaving a lump down in my throat

Gagging on a souvenier

Lodged to fill another year"

and

"If you got on one and I've got no place to go

Would it be alright? Could it be alright?"

Yeah actually the whole song

[chickin'pickin']

I've been to the year 3000,

not much has changed but they live underwater,

and your great great great granddaughter,

is pretty fine

[Hermione]

I lol'd

[Lady Liberty]

I do not mind if this goes on

Cause now it seems I'm too far gone

I must admit that I enjoy myself

80 please keep taking me away

[J'net]

"If you got on one and I've got no place to go"

If you got on which one?

I LOVE funny typos!

I LOVE this song, too! The first lines

"I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor,

Reminds me of the times we've shared,

Makes me wish that you were here."

He sounds so wistful when he sings that, and it gives me this strong nostalgic feeling for all (well some) of my past ...

[Break of Day]

If you got on which one?

I LOVE funny typos!

I LOVE this song, too! The first lines

"I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor,

Reminds me of the times we've shared,

Makes me wish that you were here."

He sounds so wistful when he sings that, and it gives me this strong nostalgic feeling for all (well some) of my past ...

"It's all I've got and I'm giving it to you"

My fav live from that song. Scattered is one of my favorite green day songs.

Worry Rock

"yelling at brick walls and punching windows made of stone"

"where do we go from here and what did you do with the directions?

promise me no dead end streets and i'll guarantee we'll have the road."

Also one of billie's best solos. So amazing.

[sarita]

"I was head over heels when I hit the manhole cover

Kathleen walked up, said you alright?

No I'm in pain, duh"

Is Kathleen a Billie song or an Aaron song?

[J'net]

"It's all I've got and I'm giving it to you"

My fav live from that song. Scattered is one of my favorite green day songs.

Worry Rock

"yelling at brick walls and punching windows made of stone"

"where do we go from here and what did you do with the directions?

promise me no dead end streets and i'll guarantee we'll have the road."

Also one of billie's best solos. So amazing.

I love those lines, too, and Worry Rock is such an awesome song.

"Fucked without a kiss again, dragged it through the mud."

So bleak. So .... real life.

"I was head over heels when I hit the manhole cover

Kathleen walked up, said you alright?

No I'm in pain, duh"

Is Kathleen a Billie song or an Aaron song?

According to the CD and All Music Guide, it's an Aaron song.

"I was head over heels when I hit the manhole cover

Kathleen walked up, said you alright?

No I'm in pain, duh"

Is Kathleen a Billie song or an Aaron song?

And, BTW, I love that song, too. I also love the lines:

"In my proud boy dumbness

Half drunk, half sexed,

Half conscious

Lenny had said, "Shouldn't you check it?"

I said, checking is for wimps"

and

"She said, "Just show me where it hurts"

I said, you can pick me up and take me home

Or just join me on the ground"

[sarita]

According to the CD and All Music Guide, it's an Aaron song.

And, BTW, I love that song, too. I also love the lines:

"In my proud boy dumbness

Half drunk, half sexed,

Half conscious

Lenny had said, "Shouldn't you check it?"

I said, checking is for wimps"

and

"She said, "Just show me where it hurts"

I said, you can pick me up and take me home

Or just join me on the ground"

Thank you! I wasn't sure who wrote it. I've been on a Pinhead Gunpowder kick lately

"Help me back to last year, now that was something else

Give me something to escape from besides myself."

[Hermione]

If you got on which one?

I LOVE funny typos!

Ahaha, now all I can think of is possible dirty meanings of my typo.... Must've been my subconscious mind that caused it

I'm sure I've already quoted pretty much every line from Redundant, but,

"Choreographed and lack of passion

Prototypes of what we were

Whet full circle til I'm nauseous

Taken for granted now I waste it, faked it, ate it, now I hate it"

I love how he descibes that frustrated feeling, especially with the way he sings the last line.

The song seems so sad and reflective, yet still so full of hope. The way he expresses those raw emotions in such a beautiful, delicate way is amazing to me,

"I love you's not enough, I'm lost for words"

[Ila Reto]

i listened to nimrod in class today and i forgot how much i loved that album.

Walking Alone is such a wonderful song, it's like admiting your wrong and realizing that you have to know when to throw in the towel.

"Sometimes i need to apoligise, sometimes i need to admit that i ain't right

sometimes i should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello

sometimes i still feel im walking alone".

Scattered will forever be in my overall top 10.

but sometimes i dont understand what the lyrics mean. yet i still get what they're saying. lol

[Hermione]

^Nimrod is the best

[Pineapple]

i don't particularly have a favourite because i like all Green Day song's but if i had to chose;

"stepped out of the line, like a sheep runs from the herd"

its amazing, and it has such a good meaning behind it, to be an individual and such

love it

[xXGreenDayStreetXx]

right now it's

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me from Blvd of broken dreams

[Jack96]

you better run or your fucking life from letterbomb. i just love how he sings it.

[Ingrid]

I realized this morning that I really love the line 'I listen to reason if the reason is true' from The Pedestrian, because that is so true.

[sharon mitchell]

I had Letterbomb on in the car earlier -

So strike a fucking match to light this fuse..........

It's not so much the words but the way that he sings them

[Starbug]

From Walking Alone - Walk on eggshells on my old stomping ground.

Major revision time - can I just say that every lyric of every song on Nimrod owns me, heart and soul. Whatever place Billie was at when he wrote the stuff for that album, I hope he went there again to write the new album.

I agree. I nimrod and it's got some of their most cleverly written lyrics. It's an awesome album.

[sarita]

"Do you have the time to listen to me whine?"

Basket Case just came on the radio at work! That's the song that made me fall in love with Green Day back in the day