Song Details
Stop When The Red Lights Flash
  • Track #3 from ¡DOS!
  • Released 2012
    Green Day has played this song live 58 times
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    Song Meaning
    A maniacal character, maybe the narrator, is basically being given an opportunity to use his "evil" skills, so to speak. This may mean that he's only having thoughts of taking out his anger on someone, or that he's been asked to do so on behalf of another person (like a hitman would). Lines like "I'll kill it if you want me to" and "I'll trade you blood for dirty cash" support this thought. The character even enjoys this type of crazy behavior, and feels "at home." And once the dirty deed is done, he says, the targeted person will be "out of sight, out of mind."
    Lyrics
    Uncomfortable silence
    I'll kill it if you want me to
    I'm like ultraviolet
    I'll kill it if you want me to

    Out of sight, out of mind
    I'm not the hurting kind

    I'll make you surrender

    Stop when the red lights flash
    I'll trade you blood for dirty cash
    Life in the catacombs
    You make me feel like I'm at home

    Out of sight, out of mind
    Just give in one more time

    I'll make you surrender

    Out of sight, out of mind
    Just give me one more time

    I'll make you surrender
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