Released: October 10, 1995

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
Standing on the corner of Stuart and the avenue
Ripping up my transfer and a photograph of you
You're a blur of my dead past and rotting existence
As I stand laughing on the corner of insignificance

[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up

[Verse 2]
Seasons change as well as minds and I'm a two-faced clown
You're mommy's little nightmare driving daddy's car around
I'm beat down and half brain dead, the long lost king of fools
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you

[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up
We’re all fucked up
You’re all fucked up

Green Day

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.