Dookie
1.
Burnout
Posted by Daulton on July 16 2009
To me, this whole song is just talking about having a general apathetic opinion towards life. "I declare i don't care care no more."
1/4
Posted by Tucker on June 05 2009
This song is about being a burnout, and not really giving two shits. But another thing I thought of was about it being a big fuck you to the people at 924 Gilman Street. Green Day was regarded as sellouts because they signed to a major label. The first line of the song is "I declare I don't care no more", do Billie Joe could be protesting in his own way.
2/4
Posted by some random stoner on June 03 2009
It's about how someone/Billie Joe doesn't care anymore about anything, and all they want to to is smoke weed and feel apethetic cause there's nothing better to do in life.
3/4
Posted by DetonateNow on June 02 2009
I think this song is basically about finding you have no energy, and that its not growing up, its just tiring out! 'I'm not growing up, i'm just burning out!'
4/4
Burnout
Posted by Daulton on July 16 2009
To me, this whole song is just talking about having a general apathetic opinion towards life. "I declare i don't care care no more."
Posted by Tucker on June 05 2009
This song is about being a burnout, and not really giving two shits. But another thing I thought of was about it being a big fuck you to the people at 924 Gilman Street. Green Day was regarded as sellouts because they signed to a major label. The first line of the song is "I declare I don't care no more", do Billie Joe could be protesting in his own way.
Posted by some random stoner on June 03 2009
It's about how someone/Billie Joe doesn't care anymore about anything, and all they want to to is smoke weed and feel apethetic cause there's nothing better to do in life.
Posted by DetonateNow on June 02 2009
I think this song is basically about finding you have no energy, and that its not growing up, its just tiring out! 'I'm not growing up, i'm just burning out!'
2.
Having A Blast
Posted by Maria Ramone on February 02 2010
I think that it means that he is ready to kill every mother fucker in the room and he doesn't care about any of them. I also think that it is about letting every little thing build up until you just have that one explosion where you press that self destruct button, but really theres no real major issue in your life.
1/6
Posted by Aus GreenDay Fan on August 03 2009
This song is about a terrorist that is about to kill a lot of people and he doesn't care about any of them because his life is fucked up.
2/6
Posted by Dylan Fasquel on June 08 2009
This song is about someone (likely Billie-Joe) getting so mad at someone for putting him through so much bad stuff, that he just wants to snap and get back at them, and everyone else around them. Or the literal version of the lyrics, could be him writing from the point of view of someone going into a building with explosives, and blowing everyone up without remorse.
3/6
Posted by Dookie on June 08 2009
This song is simply about having fun destroying things, and about being happy seeing things being ruined.
4/6
Posted by Randal Wright on June 03 2009
Someone who is just sick and tired of everyones bullshit and is ready to kill every fucker in the room.
5/6
Posted by KC on June 01 2009
I think it's about someone who has gone through a bunch of shit somewhere (school, work, home...etc) and they are just fed up and want everyone who has hurt them to feel the same pain or worse. It's not necessarily them actually doing the action but making himself/herself feel better by imagining all of the assholes dying without a chance to say sorry or have their last words.
6/6
Having A Blast
Posted by Maria Ramone on February 02 2010
I think that it means that he is ready to kill every mother fucker in the room and he doesn't care about any of them. I also think that it is about letting every little thing build up until you just have that one explosion where you press that self destruct button, but really theres no real major issue in your life.
Posted by Aus GreenDay Fan on August 03 2009
This song is about a terrorist that is about to kill a lot of people and he doesn't care about any of them because his life is fucked up.
Posted by Dylan Fasquel on June 08 2009
This song is about someone (likely Billie-Joe) getting so mad at someone for putting him through so much bad stuff, that he just wants to snap and get back at them, and everyone else around them. Or the literal version of the lyrics, could be him writing from the point of view of someone going into a building with explosives, and blowing everyone up without remorse.
Posted by Dookie on June 08 2009
This song is simply about having fun destroying things, and about being happy seeing things being ruined.
Posted by Randal Wright on June 03 2009
Someone who is just sick and tired of everyones bullshit and is ready to kill every fucker in the room.
Posted by KC on June 01 2009
I think it's about someone who has gone through a bunch of shit somewhere (school, work, home...etc) and they are just fed up and want everyone who has hurt them to feel the same pain or worse. It's not necessarily them actually doing the action but making himself/herself feel better by imagining all of the assholes dying without a chance to say sorry or have their last words.
3.
Chump
Posted by emmanuel stevens on November 05 2009
was the song about jealousy - because Billie Joe wanted a girl but she was with someone else and he did not know who but he hated that guy
1/4
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Adrienne had a previous engagement to another man before Billie Joe. When Billie ended up marrying Adrienne, the other man got mad at Billie and accused him of being fake and taking away his girl. He claimed that he helped Billie start his business in the music industry and that it was a bullshit move to take Adrienne away. Billie had never even met the man before, "I don't know you but I think I hate you."
2/4
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
It's about having pure hatred for someone who's making you miserable. They've done something and it's killing you. Is it dumb hating someone who you haven't even met? Are you being an idiot for letting them get to you so much? Maybe. But you still hate their guts.
3/4
Posted by St. Chump on May 27 2009
"It's about the stupidity of jealously and all that kind of crap." - Billie Joe during Gilman St. '93 concert
4/4
Chump
Posted by emmanuel stevens on November 05 2009
was the song about jealousy - because Billie Joe wanted a girl but she was with someone else and he did not know who but he hated that guy
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Adrienne had a previous engagement to another man before Billie Joe. When Billie ended up marrying Adrienne, the other man got mad at Billie and accused him of being fake and taking away his girl. He claimed that he helped Billie start his business in the music industry and that it was a bullshit move to take Adrienne away. Billie had never even met the man before, "I don't know you but I think I hate you."
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
It's about having pure hatred for someone who's making you miserable. They've done something and it's killing you. Is it dumb hating someone who you haven't even met? Are you being an idiot for letting them get to you so much? Maybe. But you still hate their guts.
Posted by St. Chump on May 27 2009
"It's about the stupidity of jealously and all that kind of crap." - Billie Joe during Gilman St. '93 concert
4.
Longview
Posted by Ben Cl. on December 26 2009
Being alone on your own, not having anything to do, and you're just so lazy. Smoking, television, and life itself is meaningless so the boring lines with hard riffage and rock emphasizes the boring lifestyle with hard breakage of moments trying to spark something. This timeless hit is the true essence of punk rock.
1/11
Posted by Jordi on December 21 2009
Its about how B.J. does nothing,and everyone tries to encourage him to get a job but he refuses.
2/11
Posted by RG on November 25 2009
Parts of this song are definitely about smoking weed and being so stoned you have no motivation, you can't get off your seat, "smoke my inspiration"...
3/11
Posted by kimberly on November 15 2009
this song is just about being bored and having nothing to do all day just sit home watch TV and watch the phone.. not about masturbation like everyone thinks... "this song isn't about masturbation i just used it as a figure of speech of having nothing to do... i didn't mean for people to take it literally"- Billie Joe Armstrong interview of '96
4/11
Posted by Marissa on November 10 2009
This song is about a pot head wasting his life away on the couch. He does absolutely nothing, besides masturbate, watch TV, and smoke pot. It's pretty obvious. Can't go into much more detail about it, because that's all it's really about.
5/11
Posted by KaitlynSophia on August 17 2009
I think it's just about having no life in general Just sitting around on the weekends constantly
6/11
Posted by ME!!! on August 14 2009
The song is about being so bored that you're constantly masturbating. there was a myth, most likely to try and keep teenage boys from masturbating *it didn't work* that if you jacked off too much you'd go blind. hence "i'm so damn bored im going blind" and "bite my lip and close my eyes. take me away to paradise" the rest is, of course, just about being bored out of your ever-lovin mind
7/11
Posted by Christine on June 08 2009
I think this song is about somebody having a day where they are very bored and they are pissed off because they have nothing to do with their life.
8/11
Posted by James on June 06 2009
Longview, although the lyrics are literally about boredom and masturbation, it's kind of a song about growing up. It's a song about realizing how you've wasted your potential just by sitting around and doing nothing.
"My mother says to get a job, but she don't like the one she's got."
On that note, he's saying he needs to get a job or hobby, OR he's saying his mother is a hypocrite.
9/11
Posted by Katherine on June 02 2009
This song is about sitting on the couch all day doing nothing, being bored, smoking weed and masterbating to the point where masterbating becomes boring ("When masterbation's lost its fun you're fucking lazy")
10/11
Posted by Niamh on May 27 2009
This song is about someone sitting at home all day masturbating and being bored, with no friends, no job and no girlfriend.
They're wondering what they're going to do with their life.
11/11
Longview
Posted by Ben Cl. on December 26 2009
Being alone on your own, not having anything to do, and you're just so lazy. Smoking, television, and life itself is meaningless so the boring lines with hard riffage and rock emphasizes the boring lifestyle with hard breakage of moments trying to spark something. This timeless hit is the true essence of punk rock.
Posted by Jordi on December 21 2009
Its about how B.J. does nothing,and everyone tries to encourage him to get a job but he refuses.
Posted by RG on November 25 2009
Parts of this song are definitely about smoking weed and being so stoned you have no motivation, you can't get off your seat, "smoke my inspiration"...
Posted by kimberly on November 15 2009
this song is just about being bored and having nothing to do all day just sit home watch TV and watch the phone.. not about masturbation like everyone thinks... "this song isn't about masturbation i just used it as a figure of speech of having nothing to do... i didn't mean for people to take it literally"- Billie Joe Armstrong interview of '96
Posted by Marissa on November 10 2009
This song is about a pot head wasting his life away on the couch. He does absolutely nothing, besides masturbate, watch TV, and smoke pot. It's pretty obvious. Can't go into much more detail about it, because that's all it's really about.
Posted by KaitlynSophia on August 17 2009
I think it's just about having no life in general Just sitting around on the weekends constantly
Posted by ME!!! on August 14 2009
The song is about being so bored that you're constantly masturbating. there was a myth, most likely to try and keep teenage boys from masturbating *it didn't work* that if you jacked off too much you'd go blind. hence "i'm so damn bored im going blind" and "bite my lip and close my eyes. take me away to paradise" the rest is, of course, just about being bored out of your ever-lovin mind
Posted by Christine on June 08 2009
I think this song is about somebody having a day where they are very bored and they are pissed off because they have nothing to do with their life.
Posted by James on June 06 2009
Longview, although the lyrics are literally about boredom and masturbation, it's kind of a song about growing up. It's a song about realizing how you've wasted your potential just by sitting around and doing nothing.
"My mother says to get a job, but she don't like the one she's got."
On that note, he's saying he needs to get a job or hobby, OR he's saying his mother is a hypocrite.
Posted by Katherine on June 02 2009
This song is about sitting on the couch all day doing nothing, being bored, smoking weed and masterbating to the point where masterbating becomes boring ("When masterbation's lost its fun you're fucking lazy")
Posted by Niamh on May 27 2009
This song is about someone sitting at home all day masturbating and being bored, with no friends, no job and no girlfriend.
They're wondering what they're going to do with their life.
5.
Welcome to Paradise
Posted by David Bryce on February 13 2010
The song is based on the band's experience moving out of their parents' houses and into an abandoned house in Oakland, CA where the band members, along with several others, lived without paying rent. The house was quite broken-down but to them it became home, and this sentiment is described in the song.
1/7
Posted by Raquel V. on February 05 2010
I think to Billie Joe and Mike this song was about being famous. Also for Mike it was also probably about graduating high school.
2/7
Posted by Ben Cl. on December 26 2009
Living on the streets, working the downright hard streets, and just making it to have your music heard. The band left home and they're on their own just to play and stay alive in their town. It can be considered lowlife, but it ends up being paradise to them and just what they needed.
3/7
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Billie wrote this song because he and Mike had moved out of his mother's home and were now living on their own.
4/7
Posted by whatsername on September 06 2009
This song is about someone finally leaving their home, and basically they are saying "fuck you" to their parents. I think "Paradise" is a sarcastic way of saying wherever that person is living now ('slums', 'broken homes').
5/7
Posted by nosie on August 17 2009
This song is about the ghetto. Yet...........you belong. It is paradise.
6/7
Posted by 4thWarmasterKais on June 01 2009
This song is about moving to a hellhole you hate, but growing to love it so much that when you have a chance to escape, you don't want to.
7/7
Welcome to Paradise
Posted by David Bryce on February 13 2010
The song is based on the band's experience moving out of their parents' houses and into an abandoned house in Oakland, CA where the band members, along with several others, lived without paying rent. The house was quite broken-down but to them it became home, and this sentiment is described in the song.
Posted by Raquel V. on February 05 2010
I think to Billie Joe and Mike this song was about being famous. Also for Mike it was also probably about graduating high school.
Posted by Ben Cl. on December 26 2009
Living on the streets, working the downright hard streets, and just making it to have your music heard. The band left home and they're on their own just to play and stay alive in their town. It can be considered lowlife, but it ends up being paradise to them and just what they needed.
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Billie wrote this song because he and Mike had moved out of his mother's home and were now living on their own.
Posted by whatsername on September 06 2009
This song is about someone finally leaving their home, and basically they are saying "fuck you" to their parents. I think "Paradise" is a sarcastic way of saying wherever that person is living now ('slums', 'broken homes').
Posted by nosie on August 17 2009
This song is about the ghetto. Yet...........you belong. It is paradise.
Posted by 4thWarmasterKais on June 01 2009
This song is about moving to a hellhole you hate, but growing to love it so much that when you have a chance to escape, you don't want to.
6.
Pulling Teeth
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About an abusive relationship where the guy is getting beat up by his girlfriend. The guy is feeling pretty pathetic but is scared to end the relationship in case she kicks his ass again. It's based on when Mike Dirnt broke both his arms in a pillow fight with his then-girlfriend.
1/3
Posted by Jacob Lankford on June 07 2009
This song is written about when Mike broke both of his arms in a pillow fight "I'm all busted up, broken bones and nasty cuts".
2/3
Posted by Giorgio on June 02 2009
Billie wrote this song when Mike broke both of his arms during a pilow fight with his ex-wife
3/3
Pulling Teeth
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About an abusive relationship where the guy is getting beat up by his girlfriend. The guy is feeling pretty pathetic but is scared to end the relationship in case she kicks his ass again. It's based on when Mike Dirnt broke both his arms in a pillow fight with his then-girlfriend.
Posted by Jacob Lankford on June 07 2009
This song is written about when Mike broke both of his arms in a pillow fight "I'm all busted up, broken bones and nasty cuts".
Posted by Giorgio on June 02 2009
Billie wrote this song when Mike broke both of his arms during a pilow fight with his ex-wife
7.
Basket Case
Posted by CivilRights on February 05 2010
This song is about Billie Joe's anxiety attacks (panic attacks) and how he feels that having an anxiety attack is like being stoned. You have no control over what you do, all you can do is sit back and ask yourself, whats wrong with me?
1/10
Posted by michel on November 19 2009
i think this song means that you're a whole like totally different person when you're stoned than when you're not, and i think that they're trying to express all the failure and pressure that's being brought on to them... and how you can be messed up and that's ok as long as you're good at it!! screw what others say! and the crazier you are the more fun you have!!!!
2/10
Posted by Jaques on September 18 2009
It's about being paranoid and having panic attacks - and as a teenager who has had very bad experiences with both (So bad I passed out) I can say it captures the feeling pretty well, right down to thinking you're going insane and mixing up words in your head. And the line "Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?" gives a good relation to how it feels like tripping when you're seriously stoned.
3/10
Posted by mathew long on September 14 2009
i think this song about having panic attacks and not knowing how to deal with them
4/10
Posted by Words-I-Might-Have-Ate on August 11 2009
This one's about Billie's OCD and anxiety. Having both of these things myself, this song's one of my favorites. You feel paranoid about everything with OCD and during panic attacks you feel like you're spinning out of control and you don't understand a thing. "Do you have the time, to listen to me whine, about nothing and everything all at once," describes a panic attack perfectly.
5/10
Posted by Julianna on June 03 2009
This song is about a paranoid person who is overwhelmed with trying to keep their sanity in place. And no matter what they do (going to a shrink) nothing really helps
6/10
Posted by Katherine on June 02 2009
This song was written about Billie Joe's anxiety problems.
7/10
Posted by Drea on June 02 2009
It's about Billie Joe's panic attacks. Before he found out what they were, he thought he was going insane.
8/10
Posted by Sharkie on June 02 2009
This song is about Billie Joe's panic attacks.
9/10
Posted by none of Your Business on May 27 2009
it's about trying to hold onto your sanity
10/10
Basket Case
Posted by CivilRights on February 05 2010
This song is about Billie Joe's anxiety attacks (panic attacks) and how he feels that having an anxiety attack is like being stoned. You have no control over what you do, all you can do is sit back and ask yourself, whats wrong with me?
Posted by michel on November 19 2009
i think this song means that you're a whole like totally different person when you're stoned than when you're not, and i think that they're trying to express all the failure and pressure that's being brought on to them... and how you can be messed up and that's ok as long as you're good at it!! screw what others say! and the crazier you are the more fun you have!!!!
Posted by Jaques on September 18 2009
It's about being paranoid and having panic attacks - and as a teenager who has had very bad experiences with both (So bad I passed out) I can say it captures the feeling pretty well, right down to thinking you're going insane and mixing up words in your head. And the line "Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?" gives a good relation to how it feels like tripping when you're seriously stoned.
Posted by mathew long on September 14 2009
i think this song about having panic attacks and not knowing how to deal with them
Posted by Words-I-Might-Have-Ate on August 11 2009
This one's about Billie's OCD and anxiety. Having both of these things myself, this song's one of my favorites. You feel paranoid about everything with OCD and during panic attacks you feel like you're spinning out of control and you don't understand a thing. "Do you have the time, to listen to me whine, about nothing and everything all at once," describes a panic attack perfectly.
Posted by Julianna on June 03 2009
This song is about a paranoid person who is overwhelmed with trying to keep their sanity in place. And no matter what they do (going to a shrink) nothing really helps
Posted by Katherine on June 02 2009
This song was written about Billie Joe's anxiety problems.
Posted by Drea on June 02 2009
It's about Billie Joe's panic attacks. Before he found out what they were, he thought he was going insane.
Posted by Sharkie on June 02 2009
This song is about Billie Joe's panic attacks.
Posted by none of Your Business on May 27 2009
it's about trying to hold onto your sanity
8.
She
Posted by Vicious on February 28 2010
To me this song shows a girl who has ideas to change to world and the things around her to make things a better place. Nobody will listen to her, and tells her she's wrong for so long that she can't stand it anymore. She hates the people around her telling her how to think.
1/9
Posted by Bob Knob on January 18 2010
This song was originally a poem that he wrote about a girlfriend and actually read to her. When they broke up he turned it into a song. This is the same girl that " Good Riddance is written about.
2/9
Posted by emmanuel stevens on November 05 2009
was the song about a girl that Billie Joe knew that was having problems in her life like abusive relationships and parents and like feeling alone and angry as she had no body to turn to but Billie Joe
3/9
Posted by Mariana Tello on September 20 2009
Most people think that this song is about a girl whose life is controlled by her parents, but I think that it talks about the life that the society creates for all of us. For me, this song is about a girl that realized that she can create her own future, her own life; she doesn't have to accept what the society imposes.
4/9
Posted by MadiOfSuburbia on September 01 2009
It's about a girl who doesn't know how to live her life, because people (mostly her parents) keep telling her what to believe in. "She, she's figured out, all her doubts were someone else's point of view." And people keep telling her what to do and how her life will end up. "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you/are you feeling like a social tool w/out a use...scream @ me, until my ears bleed/i'm taking heed just for you..."
5/9
Posted by emii on August 27 2009
This song is about someone who is tired of being ignored, trying to do something about it, but still being ignored. So she realizes she should just...break.
6/9
Posted by Seriousjin on July 18 2009
This song is about a girl who sees that her parents or perhaps someone else is/was fully controlling her.
7/9
Posted by Corey Ward on June 11 2009
This is your typical parent and kid relationship. Where you feel as if the world hates you and your parents aren't there to help the situation but just to make it worse.
8/9
Posted by Niamh on May 27 2009
This song is about a girl whose whole life is being controlled by her parents and family. She decides to take control of her life and do things her own way.
9/9
She
Posted by Vicious on February 28 2010
To me this song shows a girl who has ideas to change to world and the things around her to make things a better place. Nobody will listen to her, and tells her she's wrong for so long that she can't stand it anymore. She hates the people around her telling her how to think.
Posted by Bob Knob on January 18 2010
This song was originally a poem that he wrote about a girlfriend and actually read to her. When they broke up he turned it into a song. This is the same girl that " Good Riddance is written about.
Posted by emmanuel stevens on November 05 2009
was the song about a girl that Billie Joe knew that was having problems in her life like abusive relationships and parents and like feeling alone and angry as she had no body to turn to but Billie Joe
Posted by Mariana Tello on September 20 2009
Most people think that this song is about a girl whose life is controlled by her parents, but I think that it talks about the life that the society creates for all of us. For me, this song is about a girl that realized that she can create her own future, her own life; she doesn't have to accept what the society imposes.
Posted by MadiOfSuburbia on September 01 2009
It's about a girl who doesn't know how to live her life, because people (mostly her parents) keep telling her what to believe in. "She, she's figured out, all her doubts were someone else's point of view." And people keep telling her what to do and how her life will end up. "Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you/are you feeling like a social tool w/out a use...scream @ me, until my ears bleed/i'm taking heed just for you..."
Posted by emii on August 27 2009
This song is about someone who is tired of being ignored, trying to do something about it, but still being ignored. So she realizes she should just...break.
Posted by Seriousjin on July 18 2009
This song is about a girl who sees that her parents or perhaps someone else is/was fully controlling her.
Posted by Corey Ward on June 11 2009
This is your typical parent and kid relationship. Where you feel as if the world hates you and your parents aren't there to help the situation but just to make it worse.
Posted by Niamh on May 27 2009
This song is about a girl whose whole life is being controlled by her parents and family. She decides to take control of her life and do things her own way.
9.
Sassafras Roots
Posted by Vicious on February 28 2010
When I hear this song what comes to mind is two people in a relationship, one very passionate about the other but the other thinks they have better things to do and leaves the other one a lot for doing other things.
1/6
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
I think this is about two people in a relationship everybody else thinks is a waste of time. They both know this, but don't care because spending time together is better than sitting around alone. "Well I'm a waste like you, with nothing else to do, may I waste your time too?"
2/6
Posted by Drea on June 08 2009
This song is about being wasted, and just being in a relationship because they are wasted too.
3/6
Posted by Lucky on June 03 2009
It's about being bored all day, with nothing else to do and probably drinking root beer (the sassafras roots are the main ingredient of root beer). It's also about offering to waste someone else's time while you're wasting your own.
4/6
Posted by Benjamin on June 02 2009
This song is about wasting each others time in a relationship.
5/6
Posted by 4thWarmasterKais on June 01 2009
This song is about trying to end a relationship, because it is going nowhere and it's a waste of time.
6/6
Sassafras Roots
Posted by Vicious on February 28 2010
When I hear this song what comes to mind is two people in a relationship, one very passionate about the other but the other thinks they have better things to do and leaves the other one a lot for doing other things.
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
I think this is about two people in a relationship everybody else thinks is a waste of time. They both know this, but don't care because spending time together is better than sitting around alone. "Well I'm a waste like you, with nothing else to do, may I waste your time too?"
Posted by Drea on June 08 2009
This song is about being wasted, and just being in a relationship because they are wasted too.
Posted by Lucky on June 03 2009
It's about being bored all day, with nothing else to do and probably drinking root beer (the sassafras roots are the main ingredient of root beer). It's also about offering to waste someone else's time while you're wasting your own.
Posted by Benjamin on June 02 2009
This song is about wasting each others time in a relationship.
Posted by 4thWarmasterKais on June 01 2009
This song is about trying to end a relationship, because it is going nowhere and it's a waste of time.
10.
When I Come Around
Posted by Words-I-Might-Have-Ate on August 11 2009
Billie wrote this after he and his wife had a fight, telling her that he just needed some time to "come around."
1/2
Posted by Kristen on May 28 2009
To me, this song is about 2 people who are taking a break from each other after having an argument. Billie Joe needs some time to "come around", clear his mind of what's bothering him.
2/2
When I Come Around
Posted by Words-I-Might-Have-Ate on August 11 2009
Billie wrote this after he and his wife had a fight, telling her that he just needed some time to "come around."
Posted by Kristen on May 28 2009
To me, this song is about 2 people who are taking a break from each other after having an argument. Billie Joe needs some time to "come around", clear his mind of what's bothering him.
11.
Coming Clean
Posted by Sara K on November 11 2009
It is about Billie Joe's bi-sexuality, and his struggle with it, mainly due to worry over his parents' reactions, and the narrow minded-ness of society. In Billie's own words:
"I think I’ve always been bisexual. I mean, it’s something that I’ve always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of Oh, I can’t. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing. I’ve never really had a relationship with another man. But it is something that comes up as a struggle in me. It especially came up when I was about 16 or 17. In high school people think you have to be so macho. People get attacked just because someone insinuates something about their sexuality. I think that’s gruesome."
1/8
Posted by Jenn on September 21 2009
Billie said this song was about coming out of the closet. Not him personally, but just in general. What it's like to be 17 and confused about your sexuality.
2/8
Posted by Sinjin on September 11 2009
I think personally this song is about him getting off of a drug or letting it "go" so to speak. "17 and coming clean for the first time." And the whole "mom and dad will never understand" was them not getting him having to get off the drug in the first place.
3/8
Posted by dig on August 14 2009
I always thought this song was about coming out with your true sexuality and figuring out if you're straight, gay, or bi. I also think it's about figuring out yourself. Also, how each generation is different, "mom and dad will never understand."
4/8
Posted by Ryan on June 09 2009
A lot of people say this song is about Billie Joe's bisexuality, and many of them have quotes so i believe that was the intended reason (not only this website).
However, at first i believed that this song was about deciding to become a professional musician; if you apply it to this song everything makes sense.
5/8
Posted by Emily (Green Day Fab) on May 30 2009
Although this song is most commonly thought of as about coming clean in regards to sexuality, it can also be thought of as coming clean in general. The very first line of the song is, "Seventeen and strung out on confusion". Seventeen can be a confusing time for one, and you don't always know what path you want to take in life. You are learning, and experencing things for the first time. Because of this new found knowledge and experience, thought and emotions from the past may resurface. You think that no one will understand how you feel, and you think that you are the only one who feel and thinks this way. You think that, "Mom and Dad will never understand what's happening to me". In the end, although you think that you've figured yourself out, you still think that no one understands how you feel. So, you deside to "Come clean" or own up to these feelings. You still feel alone, but you try to let someone in, and hope for the best.
6/8
Posted by Moonbeam on May 28 2009
It's about finally accepting yourself for who you are even if other people don't understand it. "Mom and Dad will never understand, what's happeninig to me." It's Billie Joe talking about being bisexual openly. "I've finally figured out myself for the first time."
7/8
Posted by Lyndsey McNitt on May 27 2009
"Coming Clean" is about coming out and admitting something. Whether something big or small, you're admitting something. For Billie it was admitting or realizing he was bi-sexual, it could be about numerous other things he, Mike, or Tre had to admit.
8/8
Coming Clean
Posted by Sara K on November 11 2009
It is about Billie Joe's bi-sexuality, and his struggle with it, mainly due to worry over his parents' reactions, and the narrow minded-ness of society. In Billie's own words:
"I think I’ve always been bisexual. I mean, it’s something that I’ve always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of Oh, I can’t. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing. I’ve never really had a relationship with another man. But it is something that comes up as a struggle in me. It especially came up when I was about 16 or 17. In high school people think you have to be so macho. People get attacked just because someone insinuates something about their sexuality. I think that’s gruesome."
Posted by Jenn on September 21 2009
Billie said this song was about coming out of the closet. Not him personally, but just in general. What it's like to be 17 and confused about your sexuality.
Posted by Sinjin on September 11 2009
I think personally this song is about him getting off of a drug or letting it "go" so to speak. "17 and coming clean for the first time." And the whole "mom and dad will never understand" was them not getting him having to get off the drug in the first place.
Posted by dig on August 14 2009
I always thought this song was about coming out with your true sexuality and figuring out if you're straight, gay, or bi. I also think it's about figuring out yourself. Also, how each generation is different, "mom and dad will never understand."
Posted by Ryan on June 09 2009
A lot of people say this song is about Billie Joe's bisexuality, and many of them have quotes so i believe that was the intended reason (not only this website).
However, at first i believed that this song was about deciding to become a professional musician; if you apply it to this song everything makes sense.
Posted by Emily (Green Day Fab) on May 30 2009
Although this song is most commonly thought of as about coming clean in regards to sexuality, it can also be thought of as coming clean in general. The very first line of the song is, "Seventeen and strung out on confusion". Seventeen can be a confusing time for one, and you don't always know what path you want to take in life. You are learning, and experencing things for the first time. Because of this new found knowledge and experience, thought and emotions from the past may resurface. You think that no one will understand how you feel, and you think that you are the only one who feel and thinks this way. You think that, "Mom and Dad will never understand what's happening to me". In the end, although you think that you've figured yourself out, you still think that no one understands how you feel. So, you deside to "Come clean" or own up to these feelings. You still feel alone, but you try to let someone in, and hope for the best.
Posted by Moonbeam on May 28 2009
It's about finally accepting yourself for who you are even if other people don't understand it. "Mom and Dad will never understand, what's happeninig to me." It's Billie Joe talking about being bisexual openly. "I've finally figured out myself for the first time."
Posted by Lyndsey McNitt on May 27 2009
"Coming Clean" is about coming out and admitting something. Whether something big or small, you're admitting something. For Billie it was admitting or realizing he was bi-sexual, it could be about numerous other things he, Mike, or Tre had to admit.
12.
Emenius Sleepus
Posted by cletrab45 on December 27 2009
This song is about growing up, and meeting a childhood friend who has taken a turn for the worse, and realizing how much they've changed. Reminds me of my uncle, Jesse.
1/4
Posted by anonymous on December 21 2009
This song perfectly describes how i feel about all my friends right now. After we all went to college, we promised not to change. Ive just seen some of them over winter break, and i just cant stand them. They used to be like me now they are completely different. Pretty sad song even though it sounds upbeat.
2/4
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About meeting someone who you haven't seen in a while. They've changed so much but for the worse and you're sad and disgusted to see them this way. You don't know what went wrong after you lost track because not so long ago you used to be just like each other. What happened to the little kid you knew? Has the person just grown up? You don't know, and you wanna get away from them as quick as you can.
It could also be about how that person you're so sick of could've just as easily been you.
3/4
Posted by Tommy Ten Fingers on May 28 2009
Emenius Sleepus is a song that describes what it's like to meet up with someone you used to know, and see how much they've changed for the worst. There is a noticeable difference between the two personas in the song, and it is summed up by the childish phrase "Now I think I'm sick and I wanna go home."
4/4
Emenius Sleepus
Posted by cletrab45 on December 27 2009
This song is about growing up, and meeting a childhood friend who has taken a turn for the worse, and realizing how much they've changed. Reminds me of my uncle, Jesse.
Posted by anonymous on December 21 2009
This song perfectly describes how i feel about all my friends right now. After we all went to college, we promised not to change. Ive just seen some of them over winter break, and i just cant stand them. They used to be like me now they are completely different. Pretty sad song even though it sounds upbeat.
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About meeting someone who you haven't seen in a while. They've changed so much but for the worse and you're sad and disgusted to see them this way. You don't know what went wrong after you lost track because not so long ago you used to be just like each other. What happened to the little kid you knew? Has the person just grown up? You don't know, and you wanna get away from them as quick as you can.
It could also be about how that person you're so sick of could've just as easily been you.
Posted by Tommy Ten Fingers on May 28 2009
Emenius Sleepus is a song that describes what it's like to meet up with someone you used to know, and see how much they've changed for the worst. There is a noticeable difference between the two personas in the song, and it is summed up by the childish phrase "Now I think I'm sick and I wanna go home."
13.
In the End
Posted by GreenDayHolly on August 10 2009
its billie joe talking to his mum about his step-dad who billie doesn't like, and billie's worried about his mum 'How long will he last, before he's a creep in the past, and you're alone once again?'
1/3
Posted by Rachel on June 02 2009
It's about someone who doesn't want to be with a person anymore because they've changed so much.
2/3
Posted by Jake on June 01 2009
It is about a girl who always goes for the wrong guys and when that guy leaves her so feels lonely and goes back to her "backup plan guy". The girl does not want to be an outcast and have no boyfriend.
3/3
In the End
Posted by GreenDayHolly on August 10 2009
its billie joe talking to his mum about his step-dad who billie doesn't like, and billie's worried about his mum 'How long will he last, before he's a creep in the past, and you're alone once again?'
Posted by Rachel on June 02 2009
It's about someone who doesn't want to be with a person anymore because they've changed so much.
Posted by Jake on June 01 2009
It is about a girl who always goes for the wrong guys and when that guy leaves her so feels lonely and goes back to her "backup plan guy". The girl does not want to be an outcast and have no boyfriend.
14.
F.O.D.
Posted by kai on September 11 2009
This song is about not giving a fuck anymore. It's about being ready to see how disgusting this person is to you and how you're finally done and ready to "Nuke this bridge we've torched two thousand times before." You're fed up and its time tell this person to fuck off and die.
1/3
Posted by diego on September 09 2009
It's about you having a relationship with someone you hate, and you just want to tell them to fuck off and die!
2/3
Posted by dallasthemenace on May 26 2009
finally figuring out a toxic relationship in your life and destroying it and effectively removing the person or situation from your life. and telling them just how to fuck off. literally.
3/3
F.O.D.
Posted by kai on September 11 2009
This song is about not giving a fuck anymore. It's about being ready to see how disgusting this person is to you and how you're finally done and ready to "Nuke this bridge we've torched two thousand times before." You're fed up and its time tell this person to fuck off and die.
Posted by diego on September 09 2009
It's about you having a relationship with someone you hate, and you just want to tell them to fuck off and die!
Posted by dallasthemenace on May 26 2009
finally figuring out a toxic relationship in your life and destroying it and effectively removing the person or situation from your life. and telling them just how to fuck off. literally.
15.
All By Myself
Posted by (: on March 04 2010
Tre wrote this song about a girl he liked. So he went into her house, but no one was there so he went to plan B: masturbation.
1/6
Posted by Kenny James (K.J) on February 27 2010
Y'know....This song brings out what we all think is what liking a girl means, sneaking into her house.....and masturbating. :D All you need to do is hear it and then you will get what "True Love" means, right there!!
2/6
Posted by Kyena on January 15 2010
Tre wrote it about breaking into a girls room and masturbating.
3/6
Posted by elliott on June 03 2009
Trè Cool's tribute to the five nuckle shuffle
4/6
Posted by Benjamin on June 02 2009
Trè wrote this song about masturbating when your all alone and nobody looks.
5/6
Posted by Kaz on May 27 2009
This song is about masturbation.
6/6
All By Myself
Posted by (: on March 04 2010
Tre wrote this song about a girl he liked. So he went into her house, but no one was there so he went to plan B: masturbation.
Posted by Kenny James (K.J) on February 27 2010
Y'know....This song brings out what we all think is what liking a girl means, sneaking into her house.....and masturbating. :D All you need to do is hear it and then you will get what "True Love" means, right there!!
Posted by Kyena on January 15 2010
Tre wrote it about breaking into a girls room and masturbating.
Posted by elliott on June 03 2009
Trè Cool's tribute to the five nuckle shuffle
Posted by Benjamin on June 02 2009
Trè wrote this song about masturbating when your all alone and nobody looks.
Posted by Kaz on May 27 2009
This song is about masturbation.
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