Alright, so we all know 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' - it's one of Green Day's most popular songs, and you're bound to know it whether you're a devoted fan of Green Day or not. Of course, most people don't take the time to look for the meaning behind it, and when September ends every year, they joke about it. I wasn't one of those people, though I have seen some getting frustrated about it. I looked for the meaning behind the song, and and would like to contribute my point of view on how people treat it and how they joke about it every October 1st.

Now, I'm not sure if this article has...

IV'E GOT A REALLY BAD DISEASE

ITS GOT ME BEGGING ON MY HANDS AND KNEES

TAKE ME TO THE EMERGENCY

CAUSE SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE MISSING

SOMEBODY TAKE THE PAIN AWAY

IT'S LIKE AN ULCER BLEEDING IN MY BRAIN

SEND ME TO THE PHARMACY

SO I CAN LOSE MY MEMORY

I'M ELATED

MEDICATED

LORD KNOWS I TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO RUN AWAY

I THINK THEY FOUND ANOTHER CURE

FOR BROKEN HEARTS AND FEELIN INSECURE

YOU'D BE SUPRISED WHAT I ENDURE

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SO SELF-ASSURED

I NEED TO FIND A PLACE TO HIDE


YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD BE WAITING OUTSIDE

THE ACCIDENTS THAT YOU COULD FIND

IT'S SOME KIND OF SUICIDE

SO WHAT AILS YOU IS WHAT IMPALES...

DREAMING

I AM ONLY DREAMING

OF ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME

WHERE MY FAMILYS FROM

SINGING

I CAN HEAR THEM SINGING

WHEN THE RAIN HAD WASHED AWAY

ALL THESE SCATTERED DREAMS

DYING

EVERYONE'S REMINDED

HEARTS ARE WASHED IN MISERY

DRENCHED IN GASOLINE

LAUGHTER

THERE IS NO MORE LAUGHTER

SONGS OF YESTERDAY

NOW LIVE IN THE UNDERGROUND

LIFE BEFORE THE LOBOTOMY

CHRISTIANS SANG THE EULOGY

SIGN MY LOVE A LOST MEMORY

FROM THE END OF THE CENTURY

WELL IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SICK

TO CAST A STONE AND THROUGH A BRICK

WHEN THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN

IT BURNED YOUR DREAMS INTO THE GROUND

CHRISTIAN'S LESSON

IS WHAT HE'S BEEN SOLD

WE ARE NORMAL...

Staring out of my window
Watching the cars go rolling by
My friends are gone
I've got nothing to do
So I sit here patiently
Watching the clock tick so slowly
Gotta get away
Or my brains will explode

Give me something to do to kill some time
Take me to that place that I call home
Take away the strains of being lonely
Take me to the tracks at Christie Road

See the hills from afar
Standing on my beat up car
The sun went down and the night fills the sky
Now I feel like me once again
As the train comes rolling in
Smoked my boredom gone
Slapped my brains up so high

Give me something to do to kill some time
Take me to...