Saviors
Dilemma
Song Meaning
Billie Joe Armstrong (Kerrang, 2024): "That's one of my favorite songs on the record. I think it really cuts to the core of drug addiction, alcohol addiction and mental health. The first line is, 'Welcome to my problems, it's not an invitation.' It almost sounds like Facebook within itself. It's like, 'Come feel sorry for me, come feel my pain.' But, you know, I don't have Facebook or Twitter, so I just do it in songs to where I think with melody it becomes more relatable, and people can interpret it in the different ways they want. It could be me just joking, but it could be dead fucking serious, too."
Billie Joe Armstrong (Vulture, January 2024): "There’s a song I did on the Longshot record called Chasing a Ghost, which talks about being lonely in sobriety. Dilemma is sort of connected to that. They’re the most honest lyrics I’ve ever written in my life. Straight up, the chorus is 'I was sober, now I’m drunk again.' I don’t think anybody is that honest with themselves about their cause of suffering and what kind of anxiety they’re going through. I think that song captures it."
Billie Joe Armstrong (Vulture, January 2024): "There’s a song I did on the Longshot record called Chasing a Ghost, which talks about being lonely in sobriety. Dilemma is sort of connected to that. They’re the most honest lyrics I’ve ever written in my life. Straight up, the chorus is 'I was sober, now I’m drunk again.' I don’t think anybody is that honest with themselves about their cause of suffering and what kind of anxiety they’re going through. I think that song captures it."
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Lyrics
Welcome to my problems
It's not an invitation
This is my dilemma
And it's my obsession
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
Welcome to my nightmare
Where dreams go to disappear
Sit around in rehab
Feeling like a lab rat
Strange days are here again
And it's getting weirder
Here's to all my problems
I just wanna drink the poison
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
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[Bridge]
Oh, why
When I fall asleep tonight
On the wing and prayer
Oh, why?
For despair and obsession on you?
You, yeah
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
It's not an invitation
This is my dilemma
And it's my obsession
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
Welcome to my nightmare
Where dreams go to disappear
Sit around in rehab
Feeling like a lab rat
Strange days are here again
And it's getting weirder
Here's to all my problems
I just wanna drink the poison
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
See Green Day Live
Get tickets as low as $51
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas Songs
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Green Day
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[Bridge]
Oh, why
When I fall asleep tonight
On the wing and prayer
Oh, why?
For despair and obsession on you?
You, yeah
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I was sober, now I'm drunk again
I'm in trouble and in love again
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
I don't wanna be a dead man walking
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Green Day - Making of Dilemma
Live History
Live History
- Total Plays
- 96 times / #60 most played
- Most Recent
- February 6, 2026 San Francisco, CA
- Earliest Known
- December 1, 2023 Los Angeles, CA
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