Green Day

Released: October 7, 2016

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Part 1: "I'm Freaking Out"]

[Verse 1]
My name is Billie and I'm freaking out
I thought therefore I was, well, can't really figure it out
I sit alone with my thoughts and prayers
Scream out my memories as if I was never there

[Chorus]
Standing at the edge of the world
Is giving me the chills
Looking down the edge of the world
Lost in a tango, it's freaking me out
Burning lights and blackouts

[Post-Chorus]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah) From the edge of the world!
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah) From the edge of the world!

[Verse 2]
I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day
How the hell did I work so hard to be born this way?
I never learned to read or write so well (Freaking out)
But I can play the guitar until it hurts like hell

[Chorus]
Standing at the edge of the world
Is giving me the chills
Looking down the edge of the world
Lost in a tango, it's freaking me out
Burning lights and blackouts

[Post-Chorus]
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah) From the edge of the world!
(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah) From the edge of the world!

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Part 2: "A Better Way to Die"]

[Intro]
If this is what you call the good life (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
I want a better way to die
If this is what you call the good life (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
I want a better way to die

[Verse 3]
Oh, I don't want to think about tomorrow
Don't want to think about the old
It doesn't matter anyway
Oh, I, I wanna start a revolution
I wanna hear it on my radio
I'll put it off another day

[Outro]
I want a new conspiracy
And the silence of a thousand cries
So hurry up, I want a better way to die

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Part 3: "Somewhere Now" (Reprise)]

[Verse 4]
I'm running late to somewhere now
That I don't want to be
Where the future and promises
Ain't what it used to be
I never wanted to compromise
Or bargain with my soul
How did a life on the wild side
Ever get so full?

[Chorus]
(Ooh) Somewhere now
(Ooh) Somewhere now
(Ooh) Somewhere now
(Ooh) Somewhere now

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, I (Ooh, somewhere now)
Don't want to think about tomorrow
(Ooh, somewhere now)
Don't want to think about the old
(Ooh, somewhere now)
It doesn't matter anyway
(Ooh, somewhere now)
Oh, I (Ooh, somewhere now)
I wanna start a revolution
(Ooh, somewhere now)
I wanna hear it on my radio
(Ooh, somewhere now)
I'll put it off another day
(Ooh, somewhere now)

[Bridge]
Oh, I (Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
Don't want to think about tomorrow
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
Don't want to think about the old
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
It doesn't matter anyway
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
Oh, I (Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
I wanna start a revolution
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
I wanna hear it on my radio
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)
I'll put it off another day
(Ooh, somewhere now)
(I ain't gonna stand in line no more!)

[Guitar Solo]
Ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah

[Instrumental Outro]

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.

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