21st Century Breakdown
Song of the Century
Song Meaning
Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar Player, 2009): "I wanted to open the record with an acapella vocal part, but to make it sound kind of different we ran it through a radio transmitter and then we messed with the radio dial to make it sound like the signal was fading in and out. We liked how it sounded, so we used it as bookends for the album."
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Lyrics
Sing us a song of the century
That's louder than bombs
And eternity
The era of static and contraband
That's leading us to the promised land
Tell us a story that's by candlelight
Waging a war and losing the fight
They're playing the song of the century
Of panic and promise and prosperity
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me
That's louder than bombs
And eternity
The era of static and contraband
That's leading us to the promised land
Tell us a story that's by candlelight
Waging a war and losing the fight
They're playing the song of the century
Of panic and promise and prosperity
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me
Live History
Live History
- Total Plays
- 134 times / #47 most played
- Most Recent
- October 29, 2010 San Jose, Costa Rica
- Earliest Known
- April 14, 2009 Oakland, CA
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