Song Details
Jaded
  • Track #11 from Insomniac
  • Released 1995
    Green Day has played this song live 511 times
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    Song Meaning
    From Insomnia to intense activity. The difference between this song and the one that comes before is almost a metaphor for bi-polar disorder; from depression to mania in two seconds flat, segueing smoothly from one to the other. The song talks about how we have to live in the here and now, make our decisions fast and stick by them, before it's too late.
    Lyrics
    Somebody keep my balance
    I think I'm falling off
    Into a state of regression
    The expiration date
    Rapidly coming up
    It's leaving me behind to rank
    Always move forward
    Going "straight" will get you nowhere
    There is no progress
    Evolution kill it all
    I found my place in nowhere
    I'm taking one step sideways
    Leading with my crutch
    Got a fucked up equilibrium
    Count down from 9 to 5
    Hooray! We are gonna die!
    Blessed into our extinction
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