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November 5, 2009
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November 10, 2009
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November 22, 2009
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 song meanings
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This section allows our visitors to share their interpretions of Green Day song meanings. Our thanks for everyone who's submitted something. Details on how to add your own can be found here.
Dookie
1. Burnout
Posted by Daulton on July 16 2009
To me, this whole song is just talking about having a general apathetic opinion towards life. "I declare i don't care care no more."

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2. Having A Blast
Posted by Aus GreenDay Fan on August 03 2009
This song is about a terrorist that is about to kill a lot of people and he doesn't care about any of them because his life is fucked up.

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3. Chump
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Adrienne had a previous engagement to another man before Billie Joe. When Billie ended up marrying Adrienne, the other man got mad at Billie and accused him of being fake and taking away his girl. He claimed that he helped Billie start his business in the music industry and that it was a bullshit move to take Adrienne away. Billie had never even met the man before, "I don't know you but I think I hate you."

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4. Longview
Posted by KaitlynSophia on August 17 2009
I think it's just about having no life in general Just sitting around on the weekends constantly

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5. Welcome to Paradise
Posted by Amanda on September 11 2009
Billie wrote this song because he and Mike had moved out of his mother's home and were now living on their own.

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6. Pulling Teeth
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About an abusive relationship where the guy is getting beat up by his girlfriend. The guy is feeling pretty pathetic but is scared to end the relationship in case she kicks his ass again. It's based on when Mike Dirnt broke both his arms in a pillow fight with his then-girlfriend.

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7. Basket Case
Posted by Jaques on September 18 2009
It's about being paranoid and having panic attacks - and as a teenager who has had very bad experiences with both (So bad I passed out) I can say it captures the feeling pretty well, right down to thinking you're going insane and mixing up words in your head. And the line "Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?" gives a good relation to how it feels like tripping when you're seriously stoned.

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8. She
Posted by Mariana Tello on September 20 2009
Most people think that this song is about a girl whose life is controlled by her parents, but I think that it talks about the life that the society creates for all of us. For me, this song is about a girl that realized that she can create her own future, her own life; she doesn't have to accept what the society imposes.


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9. Sassafras Roots
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
I think this is about two people in a relationship everybody else thinks is a waste of time. They both know this, but don't care because spending time together is better than sitting around alone. "Well I'm a waste like you, with nothing else to do, may I waste your time too?"

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10. When I Come Around
Posted by Words-I-Might-Have-Ate on August 11 2009
Billie wrote this after he and his wife had a fight, telling her that he just needed some time to "come around."

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11. Coming Clean
Posted by Jenn on September 21 2009
Billie said this song was about coming out of the closet. Not him personally, but just in general. What it's like to be 17 and confused about your sexuality.

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12. Emenius Sleepus
Posted by Cat C on June 14 2009
About meeting someone who you haven't seen in a while. They've changed so much but for the worse and you're sad and disgusted to see them this way. You don't know what went wrong after you lost track because not so long ago you used to be just like each other. What happened to the little kid you knew? Has the person just grown up? You don't know, and you wanna get away from them as quick as you can.
It could also be about how that person you're so sick of could've just as easily been you.

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13. In the End
Posted by GreenDayHolly on August 10 2009
its billie joe talking to his mum about his step-dad who billie doesn't like, and billie's worried about his mum 'How long will he last, before he's a creep in the past, and you're alone once again?'


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14. F.O.D.
Posted by kai on September 11 2009
This song is about not giving a fuck anymore. It's about being ready to see how disgusting this person is to you and how you're finally done and ready to "Nuke this bridge we've torched two thousand times before." You're fed up and its time tell this person to fuck off and die.

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15. All By Myself
Posted by elliott on June 03 2009
Trè Cool's tribute to the five nuckle shuffle

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