Father of All Motherfuckers
Father of All...
Song Meaning
Billie Joe Armstrong (Kerrang, 2019), on the title: "It's just a badass title. I think it was Kerry King of Slayer - they had an album called God Hates Us All, and someone asked, 'Do you really believe God hates us?' And he said, 'I don't know! It's just a badass title!' As soon as the title came around, we were like, 'Oh man, this is cool.'"
Billie Joe Armstrong (NME, 2020): "It's coming from a place of feeling like you're out of control, and you're not in charge of your own body anymore... people in America have become very desperate with their situations. There's factories being shut down, gentrification..."
The title track is the album in microcosm: garage-rock, falsettos, hand claps, and lyrics about paranoia and poison. The lyrics seem to be about internal chaos-love, relationships, and even good moments feel tangled up with something toxic, feeding paranoia and pressure instead of stability. The "riot inside us" sums it up: constant inner conflict, wanting connection but not trusting anything, while everything around it feels fake or messed up.
Billie Joe Armstrong (NME, 2020): "It's coming from a place of feeling like you're out of control, and you're not in charge of your own body anymore... people in America have become very desperate with their situations. There's factories being shut down, gentrification..."
The title track is the album in microcosm: garage-rock, falsettos, hand claps, and lyrics about paranoia and poison. The lyrics seem to be about internal chaos-love, relationships, and even good moments feel tangled up with something toxic, feeding paranoia and pressure instead of stability. The "riot inside us" sums it up: constant inner conflict, wanting connection but not trusting anything, while everything around it feels fake or messed up.
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Lyrics
I woke up to a message of love
Choking up on the smoke from above
I'm obsessed with the poison and us
What a mess 'cause there's no-one to trust
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Huh-uh, count your money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
There's a riot living inside of us
I got paranoia, baby
And it's so hysterical
I'm crackin' up under the pressure
Looking for a miracle
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Uh-huh, yeah
I'm impressed with the presence of none
I'm possessed from the heat of the sun
Hurry up 'cause I'm making a fuss
Fingers up 'cause there's no one to trust
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Huh-uh, count your money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
There's a riot living inside of us
I got paranoia, baby
And it's so hysterical
I'm crackin' up under the pressure
Looking for a miracle
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Uh-huh, yeah
Choking up on the smoke from above
I'm obsessed with the poison and us
What a mess 'cause there's no-one to trust
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Huh-uh, count your money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
There's a riot living inside of us
I got paranoia, baby
And it's so hysterical
I'm crackin' up under the pressure
Looking for a miracle
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Uh-huh, yeah
I'm impressed with the presence of none
I'm possessed from the heat of the sun
Hurry up 'cause I'm making a fuss
Fingers up 'cause there's no one to trust
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Huh-uh, count your money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
There's a riot living inside of us
I got paranoia, baby
And it's so hysterical
I'm crackin' up under the pressure
Looking for a miracle
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Huh-uh, come on, honey
Lyin' in a bed of blood and money
Huh-uh, what's so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us
Uh-huh, yeah
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- Total Plays
- 20 times / #146 most played
- Most Recent
- November 7, 2023 Milan, Italy
- Earliest Known
- September 10, 2019 Hollywood, CA
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