Released: May 12, 2009
Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer: Green Day Butch Vig
[Intro]
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
Of another place and time, where my family's 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...
[Verse 1]
(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love, a lost memory
From the end of the century
[Chorus]
Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
But when the sky is falling down
You burned your dreams into the ground
[Verse 2]
Christian's lesson's what he's been sold (Hey!)
We are normal and self-controlled (Hey!)
Remember to learn to forget (Hey!)
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
[Chorus]
Well I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up
I got so high, I can't stand up
Well, I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love, 'cause I'm a mess
[Bridge]
Like refugees (Ooh)
We're lost like refugees (Ooh)
Like refugees (Ooh)
We're lost like refugees (Ooh)
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from...
[Outro]
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
Of another place and time, where my family's 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...
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
Of another place and time, where my family's 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...
[Verse 1]
(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love, a lost memory
From the end of the century
[Chorus]
Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
But when the sky is falling down
You burned your dreams into the ground
[Verse 2]
Christian's lesson's what he's been sold (Hey!)
We are normal and self-controlled (Hey!)
Remember to learn to forget (Hey!)
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
[Chorus]
Well I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up
I got so high, I can't stand up
Well, I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love, 'cause I'm a mess
[Bridge]
Like refugees (Ooh)
We're lost like refugees (Ooh)
Like refugees (Ooh)
We're lost like refugees (Ooh)
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from...
[Outro]
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
Of another place and time, where my family's 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...
21st Century Breakdown (Preorder Edition)
- Horseshoes and Handgrenades
- ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
- Restless Heart Syndrome
- The Static Age
- American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World
- See the Light
- Song of the Century
- A Quick One While He’s Away
- That’s All Right
- Another State of Mind
- Murder City
- Last of the American Girls
- 21st Century Breakdown
- Know Your Enemy
- ¡Viva la Gloria!
- Before the Lobotomy
- Christian’s Inferno
- 21 Guns
- Peacemaker
- East Jesus Nowhere
- Last Night on Earth
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- American Idiot
- Holiday
- Basket Case
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
- 21 Guns
- Jesus of Suburbia
- Brain Stew
- Bang Bang
- Longview
- When I Come Around
- Homecoming
- She
- Whatsername
- Are We the Waiting
- Father of All...
- Letterbomb
- Still Breathing
- St. Jimmy
- Give Me Novacaine
- Welcome to Paradise
- 21st Century Breakdown
- Coming Clean