Released: May 15, 2009
Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer: Green Day Butch Vig
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well I crossed the river, fell into the sea
Where the non-believers go beyond belief
Then I scratched the surface in the mouth of hell
Running out of service in the blood, I fell
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Verse 2]
Well I've been wasted, pills and alcohol
And I've been chasing down the pool halls
Then I drank the water from a hurricane
And I set a fire just to see the flame
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Well I crossed the desert, reaching higher ground
Then I pound the pavement to take the liars down
But it's gone forever, but never too late
Where the ever after is in the hands of fate
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Instrumental Outro]
[Verse 1]
Well I crossed the river, fell into the sea
Where the non-believers go beyond belief
Then I scratched the surface in the mouth of hell
Running out of service in the blood, I fell
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Verse 2]
Well I've been wasted, pills and alcohol
And I've been chasing down the pool halls
Then I drank the water from a hurricane
And I set a fire just to see the flame
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Well I crossed the desert, reaching higher ground
Then I pound the pavement to take the liars down
But it's gone forever, but never too late
Where the ever after is in the hands of fate
[Chorus]
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I, I don't want to lose my sight
Well I, I just want to see the light
And I need to know what's worth the fight
[Instrumental Outro]
21st Century Breakdown
- Horseshoes and Handgrenades
- See the Light
- American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World
- The Static Age
- Restless Heart Syndrome
- ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
- Murder City
- Last of the American Girls
- Last Night on Earth
- East Jesus Nowhere
- Peacemaker
- 21 Guns
- Christian’s Inferno
- Before the Lobotomy
- ¡Viva la Gloria!
- Know Your Enemy
- 21st Century Breakdown
- Song of the Century
- 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