Song of the Week Walking Alone

[theeulogy]

Come together like a foot and a shoe...

Only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth..

a bit rude but sometimes I really feel just like that.

Amazing lyrics.Love the song:)

[J'net]

Sometimes I need to apologize.

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 I'm walking alone.

The same lyrics a lot of us are posting as being favorites. I relate to these a lot, and I think many people do. AS is illustrated by the amount of people posting them.

Amazing song, and a good choice.

I think the feeling in this song of feeling alone is just one about feeling a bit like you don't fit in. Just saying things you probably should not have said. It strikes me as very different from other Green Day songs about being alone, such as Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which kind of has more of a sense of hopelessness to it in some ways.

Hi!!! Good to see you .

[Agija]

I like this song quite a lot, however, it has never been one of my favorite ones. It's a great song to listen to when I'm feeling sad.

[Ila Reto]

guhh a Nimrod song

this song was very important to me a few years ago, and i think it still is.

at first, i had lost a large group of people when i was 86ed from band, and i was completely devastated.

this was my song that i would reflect about everything that happened and how it could have been different.

those days are long gone, but "sometimes i still feel im walking alone".

itnow means that even though i've got my boyfriend and my (fleeting) best friend,

i still feel like im alone most of the time because i can never see them.

i just love this entire album <3

[Maddy.]

I don't really like this one. Gets on me nerves a bit.

/blasphemy

[Annie, get your gun]

I LOVE THIS SONG REALLY MUCH... it's sad, but it's also so special!

The music,the way Billie sings... I feel completely identified with the lyrics.

They should have done the video.

[†...HAUSHINKA...†]

...this song has never made me feel lonely or isolated. The first line, “Come together like a foot in a shoe, only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth,” always amuses me and brings a smile to my face. Then as I listen to the rest of the song, I start to feel sad for the person singing it. The music has a very poignant sound, and that last line, “Too drunk to figure out they’re fading away,” seems so depressing. I love the song, though - maybe because it makes me realize each time I hear it that I’m not really alone.

I agree with these words!

This song is able to express how loneliness can be distressing and painful but at the same time I think it instils a sense of strenght to go on...I receive it on one side from it...

[Susan!]

Sometimes I need to apologize.

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 I'm walking alone.

I´m listening to Walking Alone at the moment and I haven´t done so for quite a long time. Beautiful song :whistling:

Reminds me of many situations in everyday life in which it´s better not to speak out what you´re thinking.

This exactly

[Katarina.]

I don't really like this one. Gets on me nerves a bit.

/blasphemy

Blasphemy, blasphemy! Haha, jk.

It's not one of my favorites songs (on Nimrod), but I love the lyrics <3

[Bastard of 1967]

This week’s Song of the Week is Walking Alone (when the GDC forum is down).

I once had a friend (key word: "once") who was the walking epitome of this song, particularly the verse:

Thinking out loud and acting in vain -

Knocking over anyone that stands in my way.

She tried too hard, loved too early, wore her heart on her sleeve, was needy with a capital N, and ultimately drove a lot of close friends away from her. To me, this song is all about self-discovery, the self-criticism that comes along with it, and the growth that comes with realizing that you just can't act that way anymore.

The music sets the scene of a quiet walk in the park as Billie Joe thinks about these issues (and others in the lyrics that I'm sure I've missed). He makes his usual wonderful use of double-meaning/double-speak wordplay ("Come together like a foot in a shoe/only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth"), and he's also brutally honest with himself ("Too drunk to figure out they've faded away"). Love, love, love the use of the sad, almost crying-sounding harmonica that punctuates the end of the chorus.

Great song, great pick.

[Brian]

I can sooo relate to this song right now...

[Tubbie Head]

This song is awesome!

One of my favorites from Nimrod

[Bryn]

Hi!!! Good to see you .

Good to see you too. Decided to hop back on board and join the discussions.

[J'net]

I once had a friend (key word: "once") who was the walking epitome of this song, particularly the verse:

Thinking out loud and acting in vain -

Knocking over anyone that stands in my way.

She tried too hard, loved too early, wore her heart on her sleeve, was needy with a capital N, and ultimately drove a lot of close friends away from her. To me, this song is all about self-discovery, the self-criticism that comes along with it, and the growth that comes with realizing that you just can't act that way anymore.

The music sets the scene of a quiet walk in the park as Billie Joe thinks about these issues (and others in the lyrics that I'm sure I've missed). He makes his usual wonderful use of double-meaning/double-speak wordplay ("Come together like a foot in a shoe/only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth"), and he's also brutally honest with himself ("Too drunk to figure out they've faded away"). Love, love, love the use of the sad, almost crying-sounding harmonica that punctuates the end of the chorus.

Great song, great pick.

This really relates closely to some of my thoughts about this song. It's not just about feeling lonely/isolated. It's about analyzing one's own actions (in a 'brutally honest' way) and finding that they've led to loneliness/isolation. And that is such a sad feeling. Yeah, that harmonica plucks at my heart strings .

[justcause]

I think this song has a lot of resentment in it. The first two 'sometimes' of the chorus are fairly grudging concessions, but by the third, the feeling of anger is clear in 'sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut' and the conclusion 'sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone' kind of throws it all up in the air again. Underneath it is 'why should I keep my mouth shut, why should I apologize, why doesn't anyone get that this is who I am?'

It has this two-phase thing going with the verses - like, the first one is where you have a big row with someone and then wander past the chorus into the second, the 'old stomping ground' for refuge, but even there, you're walking on eggshells, trying not to offend anyone. That turns on itself, you take a look at this place and who's left hanging around and question why you even want to be there anyway.

[alaniluau]

Walking Alone has always been a favorite from Nimrod. I really love the self-loathing, bitter aspect of it. I can relate to it a lot of times, but I can't articulate exactly how. It's just, I feel lonely and isolated when I know it didn't have to be that way,

[Isabel]

I understand what you mean. It's not as fast and pounding as a lot of their music. I think the first two lines just sucked me in, and after that, I was a goner! I really love it now for so many reasons.

Yeah, I really do appreciate the lyrics. I guess it's just the musical aspect that I'm not mad on. Even though it would make sense for it to have that slow, dreary feeling to it, given the meaning behind the song.

I really don't like the harmonica in it though.

I once had a friend (key word: "once") who was the walking epitome of this song, particularly the verse:

Thinking out loud and acting in vain -

Knocking over anyone that stands in my way.

She tried too hard, loved too early, wore her heart on her sleeve, was needy with a capital N, and ultimately drove a lot of close friends away from her. To me, this song is all about self-discovery, the self-criticism that comes along with it, and the growth that comes with realizing that you just can't act that way anymore.

The music sets the scene of a quiet walk in the park as Billie Joe thinks about these issues (and others in the lyrics that I'm sure I've missed). He makes his usual wonderful use of double-meaning/double-speak wordplay ("Come together like a foot in a shoe/only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth"), and he's also brutally honest with himself ("Too drunk to figure out they've faded away"). Love, love, love the use of the sad, almost crying-sounding harmonica that punctuates the end of the chorus.

Great song, great pick.

amazing observation!

[Guest Hayley]

I love it.

[J'net]

I think this song has a lot of resentment in it. The first two 'sometimes' of the chorus are fairly grudging concessions, but by the third, the feeling of anger is clear in 'sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut' and the conclusion 'sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone' kind of throws it all up in the air again. Underneath it is 'why should I keep my mouth shut, why should I apologize, why doesn't anyone get that this is who I am?'

It has this two-phase thing going with the verses - like, the first one is where you have a big row with someone and then wander past the chorus into the second, the 'old stomping ground' for refuge, but even there, you're walking on eggshells, trying not to offend anyone. That turns on itself, you take a look at this place and who's left hanging around and question why you even want to be there anyway.

Yes! I so feel this, too. I think the first part of the song is about a relationship with someone that you feel you should be able to count on - someone who should understand you - but when you let something out of your mouth that is truly you, their reaction shows that they don't really get you after all.

I think the word 'still' in the final line of the chorus is important, too. Kind of like saying, "Here I've finally gotten into a relationship with someone (wife/best friend/whatever) who should understand me, and sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone. I thought I wouldn't have to feel that way anymore."

And yes, resentment and anger toward that person are mixed with the underlying loneliness that won't go away.

And the second part of the song reinforces this inner struggle of ... 'why shouldn't I be able to be myself and be understood by my friends and loved ones' versus 'what's wrong with me that no one can understand me?' The resentment and the hurt are all wrapped up together in this song. And in my life, this song would lead to Minority .

[Just Kate]

it even happened that i cried listening to it. damn, it's just awesome song. BJ's really awesome songwriter. i kinda envy him

[Rae'n'shine]

Love this song, really one of my favorites of Nimrod. It's one of those songs for me when I hear it, every single line I can relate to completely and make me feel like I'm not walking alone after all.

Do you see what I did there?

[Rebel07]

i remember when i was addicted to this song. i haven't listened to it in so long, but i think i'm going to now

[Just Kate]

yeah, it makes me want to hear it now...

[Shirley']

Such a lovely song! Gotta love the harmonica parts

[Ally]

I used to love this song but I've gone of it recently, probably cos I ain't heard it properly in months. Might have to go listen to it now I think!