Song Details
The American Dream Is Killing Me
Green Day has played this song live 69 times
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Song Meaning
From Billie Joe: "That song is more about being a stressed-out American. Our politics are so divided and polarized right now. We had an insurrection. We have homeless people in the street. We have so many issues, and they come onto your algorithm feed at such a pace. It just stresses you out, the anxiety of being an American and how it becomes so overwhelming. I think it was easier to satirize George Bush because we didn’t have social media. It was before all the tech bros came in. Now you have these billionaires who would rather shoot a rocket into space than deal with the infrastructure we have here."
Lyrics
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of conspiracy
The American dream is killing me
Send out an SOS
It's getting serious
Bulldoze your family home
Now it's a condo
We are not home
Are we not home?
Goddamn, I am so grateful
Forever faithful to
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
People on the street, unemployed and obsolete
Did you ever learn to read the ransom note?
Don't want no huddled masses
TikTok and taxes
Under the overpass
Sleeping in broken glass
We are not well
Are we not well?
Cracked up into the wild
We're pedophiles for
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
The American dream is killing me
Say
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
From sea to shining sea
Whitewashed upon the beach
My country under siege
On private property
We are not home
Are we not home?
Kiss me, I'm dead inside
Who needs suicide when
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of conspiracy
The American dream is killing me
Send out an SOS
It's getting serious
Bulldoze your family home
Now it's a condo
We are not home
Are we not home?
Goddamn, I am so grateful
Forever faithful to
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
People on the street, unemployed and obsolete
Did you ever learn to read the ransom note?
Don't want no huddled masses
TikTok and taxes
Under the overpass
Sleeping in broken glass
We are not well
Are we not well?
Cracked up into the wild
We're pedophiles for
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
The American dream is killing me
Say
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh
From sea to shining sea
Whitewashed upon the beach
My country under siege
On private property
We are not home
Are we not home?
Kiss me, I'm dead inside
Who needs suicide when
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
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