Song Details
Haushinka
  • Track #12 from Nimrod
  • Released 1997
    Green Day has played this song live 4 times
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    Song Meaning
    In this song, the narrator discusses his feelings for a girl (Haushinka) that he met in his past. At the time, he had strong feelings for her, but didn't reveal them to her. The narrator is left with unresolved conflicts within himself. He failed to communicate more deeply with her, and now regrets this. He doesn't know what she feels now or felt in the past. The narrator is left wondering about what could've been.
    Lyrics
    Haushinka is a girl with a peculiar name.
    I met her on the eve of my birthday.
    Did she know.
    Did she know, before she went away,
    Does she know?
    But its too damn late

    This girl has gone far away. Now she's gone.

    All I have now is a memory to date.
    A cheap hat and cigarettes, and a peculiar name.
    I didn't know. I didn't know, before she went away.
    I know now. I know now, and it's too damn late.

    Will she ever find her way?
    I'm too damn young to be too late, but am I?
    Yet again I'm kicking myself, and I'll be here in battle scars,
    waiting for you.
    Waiting for you now.
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