Song Details
Walking Alone
  • Track #13 from Nimrod
  • Released 1997
    Green Day has played this song live 1 time
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    Song Meaning
    This song tells of a character who has been outcast, and now feels the consequences for his actions. He "stuck his foot in his mouth," which leads us to believe that he made a mistake (or series of mistakes) that got people around him to change their opinions about him. These ideas are represented when the narrator tells of returning to his "old stomping ground," and not finding anyone to welcome him. He is now walking alone through his past.
    Lyrics
    Come together like a foot in a shoe
    Only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth
    Thinking out loud and acting in vain
    Knocking over anyone that stands in my way

    Sometimes I need to apologize
    Sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right
    Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello
    Sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone

    Walk on eggshells on my old stomping ground,
    Yet there's really no one left, that's hanging around
    Isn't that another familiar face?
    Too drunk to figure out they're fading away
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