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Prosthetic HeadGreen Day

Released: October 14, 1997

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Green Day Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
I see you, down on the front line
Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover
Plastic eyes, lookin' through a numbskull
Self-effaced, what's his face, you've erased yourself, so shut up
You don't let up

[Pre-Chorus]
You have a growth that must be treated
Like a severed severe pain in the neck
You can smell it, but you can't see it
No explanation identified cause

[Chorus]
You don't know, you don't say that you got no reply

[Verse 2]
Hey you, where did you come from?
Got a head full of lead, you're an inbred bastard son
All dressed up, red blooded, a mannequin
Do or die, no reply, don't deny that you're synthetic
You're pathetic

[Pre-Chorus]
You have a growth that must be treated
Like a severed severe pain in the neck
You can smell it but you can't see it
No explanation identified cause

[Chorus]
You don't know, you don't say that you got no reply
You don't know, you don't say that you got no reply

[Bridge]
I see you, down on the front line
Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover

[Chorus]
You don't know, you don't say that you got no reply
You don't know, you don't say that you got no reply

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.

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