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State of ShockGreen Day

Released: April 19, 2014

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

[Verse 1]
I'm going into a state of shock
I can twist, I can hardly walk
And I'm holding on for life, should I be concerned?
My eyes are rolling in the back of my head
I'm black and blue and I'm in the red
And the silence is so loud, should I be concerned?

[Chorus]
We want to go to heaven
But no one wants to die
Defy your judgement and demons
And save your last goodbye

[Verse 2]
My tears are putting out my cigarette
And I'm singing out the alphabet
The way I remember, should I be concerned?
Make a mess from my amnesia
I'm going under anesthesia
And I'm holding on for life, should I be concerned?

[Chorus]
We want to go to heaven
But no one wants to die
Defy your judgement and demons
And save your last goodbye

[Bridge]
We want to go to heaven
But no one wants to die (No one wants to die)
We want to go to heaven
But no one wants to die (No one wants to die)

[Chorus]
We want to go to heaven
But no one wants to die
Defy your judgement and demons
And save your last goodbye

[Outro]
Yeah

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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