Song Details
Let Yourself Go
  • Track #4 from ¡UNO!
  • Released 2012
    Green Day has played this song live 29 times
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    Song Meaning
    This song bluntly expresses frustration with annoying people. The people targeted by the narrator are those who don't know when to shut up. The narrator even says that he'd "rather get punched in the face" than continue to listen to pointless jabber. He "lets himself go," so to speak, because he feels that if he doesn't rid his mind of thoughts about these people, he'll explode.
    Lyrics
    Shut your mouth 'cause you're talking too much
    And I don't give a damn anyway
    You always seem to be stepping in shit
    And all you really do is complain

    It's your lie, tell it how you like
    Small minds tend to think alike
    Shut your mouth 'cause you're talking too much
    And I don't give a fuck anyway

    Let yourself go
    Gotta let it go

    Cut the crap 'cause you're screaming in my ear
    And you're taking up all of the space
    You're really testing my patience again
    And I'd rather get punched in the face

    You're getting on my very last nerve
    Everything you've said I've already heard
    I'm sick to death of your every last breath
    And I don't give a fuck anyway

    Let yourself go
    Gotta let it go

    Always fuck fuckin' with my head now
    Always fuck fuckin' with my head now
    Always fuck fuckin' with my head now
    Always fuckin' with my head and I gotta let it go

    Let yourself go
    Gotta let it go
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