green day is Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 sorry if someone already explained this one but i was going to post the same lyrics Pressure Cooker is slang for Therapist. He says Pressure Cooker in Stuck with Me as well.
minority_defeats_majority Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Like a bottle of your favourite poison. Would'nt you be dead after 1.
Burnout98 Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Like a bottle of your favourite poison. Would'nt you be dead after 1. Yeah me too! I've had a bit of trouble interpreting that one.
Pupulainen Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Like a bottle of your favourite poison. Would'nt you be dead after 1. I think "poison" here means alcohol or drugs, which are kind of poisonous but don't kill you immediately. So your favourite poison would be your favourite drink or drug, this is how I interpret it at least.
Ellenkc Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I think "poison" here means alcohol or drugs, which are kind of poisonous but don't kill you immediately. So your favourite poison would be your favourite drink or drug, this is how I interpret it at least. Yeah, poison is slang for alcohol. Like when someone asks "What's your poison?," they're asking what drink you want.
whatsername343 Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Well I've been wondering what exactly is meant with Skyscrapers and stargazers, In my head Does he mean stargazers as in people looking into the sky and the stars or does he mean stargazers as in the Flower? Both make sense to me somehow
fadi_7 Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 like a liar asking for forgiveness from a stone?!!! -this one have never made sense for my but i like so much cause it fit to the song
Ellenkc Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Well I've been wondering what exactly is meant with Skyscrapers and stargazers, In my head Does he mean stargazers as in people looking into the sky and the stars or does he mean stargazers as in the Flower? Both make sense to me somehow I'd say it'd be people looking at the sky. It's similar to skyscrapers, you're looking up. like a liar asking for forgiveness from a stone?!!! -this one have never made sense for my but i like so much cause it fit to the song That's been answered plenty of times in the thread if you look back.
A Killjoy from Detroit Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 This might be obvious, but i dont really get the line in that "Goodnight New York" song where he says "I'm alive like suicide" sounds like the contradiction of the century to me... and also, in 'Misery'... the part about Virginia... what's a "lot lizard"? and what does he mean by, "She had a compound fracture in the 'trunk'"?
green day is Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 This might be obvious, but i dont really get the line in that "Goodnight New York" song where he says "I'm alive like suicide" sounds like the contradiction of the century to me... and also, in 'Misery'... the part about Virginia... what's a "lot lizard"? and what does he mean by, "She had a compound fracture in the 'trunk'"? Lot Lizard is slang for a prostitute who hangs around truck stops. No idea about the trunk part, probably more slang. "I'm Alive Like Suicide" is just a contradiction. No deeper meaning.
StrayHeart911 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I am pretty sure that the compound fracture line is just a play on words. It could mean two different things. Trunk, when related to the body is like the torso. Or also she had someone with a compound fracture (presumably dead) in her trunk.
Little Girl Little One Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 This might be obvious, but i dont really get the line in that "Goodnight New York" song where he says "I'm alive like suicide" sounds like the contradiction of the century to me... and also, in 'Misery'... the part about Virginia... what's a "lot lizard"? and what does he mean by, "She had a compound fracture in the 'trunk'"? I think Billie just really likes using the word "suicide" in his songs.
Isabel Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I remember years ago when I first heard The Judge's Daughter, I was like "wtf is he on about?!" Today I kept on falling down I thought it was the street So I look down at my shoes They were on the wrong feet
green day is Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 I remember years ago when I first heard The Judge's Daughter, I was like "wtf is he on about?!" Today I kept on falling down I thought it was the street So I look down at my shoes They were on the wrong feet What's the part that doesn't make sense? He put his shoes on the wrong feet because he was too distracted by thoughts of a girl always in his mind.
Isabel Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 What's the part that doesn't make sense? He put his shoes on the wrong feet because he was too distracted by thoughts of a girl always in his mind. I guess I didn't understand that when I was 15...
Bastard of 1967 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I always thought of it as "looking for forgiveness you aren't going to get". There you go. Another way of phrasing it would be "you're going to be as successful with that as you'd be if you were to just stand there and bang your head against the wall." Both of the characters in 21 Guns are embedded in the phrase "like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone" -- the liar is Gloria (little girl, little girl you dirty liar), and Christian is the "stone," the hardened, unfeeling nihlist who's incapable of showing mercy. Deep, deep shit wrapped up in this song and it takes a lot of work to untangle the various meanings. I'm sure I haven't found all of them yet, tho I do try....
Hermione Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 This might be obvious, but i dont really get the line in that "Goodnight New York" song where he says "I'm alive like suicide" sounds like the contradiction of the century to me... and also, in 'Misery'... the part about Virginia... what's a "lot lizard"? and what does he mean by, "She had a compound fracture in the 'trunk'"? I think he could be referring to the St Jimmy character he's been playing in the musical with that line. When Johnny kills off the St Jimmy part of himself, St Jimmy's committed suicide but Johnny is very much alive (perhaps even more alive than before now that he's got past his demons). Could also be about the mixed feelings of leaving the musical - feeling fulfilled and alive and happy to have been in it, but sad to leave. I agree with the other explanations for Misery, and about trunk meaning ass rather than torso in this case haha.
Comedy & Tragedy Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Cigarettes and Valentines has kinda gotten me stuck "There's a siren screaming, "I'm alive," it cries." "Red alert is the colour of your paper valentines." "There's a car crashing deep inside my heart."
green day is Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 Cigarettes and Valentines has kinda gotten me stuck "There's a siren screaming, "I'm alive," it cries." "Red alert is the colour of your paper valentines." "There's a car crashing deep inside my heart." First one: I imagine he means "siren" as in those mythical things that would sing and attract sailors to them, not like the things on police cars. Second one: Red alert being red being the color of valentines. Third one: I have no idea.
Comedy & Tragedy Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I think you have to first look at all the lines together to make much sense out of it - I think here Billie is just describing the overwhelming feeling of love he has for the girl he's singing about. It's like one of those explosions of emotion you feel when you first fall in love with someone. So keeping that in mind, separately the lines are basically saying this amazing feeling of love feels like chaos inside his heart - sirens are going off all around him, which are the colour red for emergency and also the colour of her heart (which is what I think the paper valentines are supposed to symbolize), and cars are crashing all over making this huge commotion. I've not really read into these lyrics yet, but that's just what I got from those you posted. And I know this thread isn't technically about answering song meanings people are confused over, but I can't help it I love explaining them Of course, it's actually not that hard Thanks a million!
green day is Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 I think you have to first look at all the lines together to make much sense out of it - I think here Billie is just describing the overwhelming feeling of love he has for the girl he's singing about. It's like one of those explosions of emotion you feel when you first fall in love with someone. So keeping that in mind, separately the lines are basically saying this amazing feeling of love feels like chaos inside his heart - sirens are going off all around him, which are the colour red for emergency and also the colour of her heart (which is what I think the paper valentines are supposed to symbolize), and cars are crashing all over making this huge commotion. I've not really read into these lyrics yet, but that's just what I got from those you posted. And I know this thread isn't technically about answering song meanings people are confused over, but I can't help it I love explaining them Yes, it is about answering song meanings that have caused confusion.
Bastard of 1967 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I think you have to first look at all the lines together to make much sense out of it - I think here Billie is just describing the overwhelming feeling of love he has for the girl he's singing about. It's like one of those explosions of emotion you feel when you first fall in love with someone. So keeping that in mind, separately the lines are basically saying this amazing feeling of love feels like chaos inside his heart - sirens are going off all around him, which are the colour red for emergency and also the colour of her heart (which is what I think the paper valentines are supposed to symbolize), and cars are crashing all over making this huge commotion. I've not really read into these lyrics yet, but that's just what I got from those you posted. And I know this thread isn't technically about answering song meanings people are confused over, but I can't help it I love explaining them The giveaway in Cigs&Vals I think is the opening verse: "I don't wanna go back home/I don't wanna kiss goodnight/Let us paralyze this moment til it dies." I agree that it's overwhelming, mind-blowing, bring-you-to-your knees love he's singing about -- and that first verse in particular is about wanting to freeze that moment in time forever. Billie just tweeted the other day that the song is about Adie. No surprise there I suppose.
Kayfabe Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Since we've now found out that Platypus (I Hate You) was written about Tim Yohannan, I think some of the lyrics in it are starting to make more sense. "It's time to quit cause you aint worth the shit" I think he started up and used to run Gilman Street, if I understand his Wikipedia correctly, and Billie Joe is telling him it's time to go. "I heard you're sick, sucked on the cancer stick" Yohannan died of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in '98.
Hermione Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Since we've now found out that Platypus (I Hate You) was written about Tim Yohannan, I think some of the lyrics in it are starting to make more sense. "It's time to quit cause you aint worth the shit" I think he started up and used to run Gilman Street, if I understand his Wikipedia correctly, and Billie Joe is telling him it's time to go. "I heard you're sick, sucked on the cancer stick" Yohannan died of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in '98. It was already widely believed to be about Tim Yohannan. Billie had never actually said it before, but he had said the person it was about died and it was just kind of obvious. It was always assumed to be about him. But I agree it definitely makes sense. At the time Billie wrote the song he had cancer and he died of it a few months after it was released, so the lyrics of the song are pretty much literal.
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