본 앨범은 미국에서만 트리플 플레티넘을 기록하며 4번째 싱글 < WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS >를 발표한 그린 데이의 인터네셔널 스페셜 에디션 세상에 대한 가장 속 시원한 경고 의식있는 노랫말과 꽉 짜여진 음악성으로 무장한 그린 데이는 이제 진정한 록 밴드의 반열에 올라서 앨범 발매 전부터 빌보드차트 모던록 2위에 올라있는 첫 싱글 < AMERICAN IDIOT >을 필두로 < BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS >, < HOLIDAY >, 전쟁과 남녀의 사랑을 그린 그린 데이 역사상 가장 장중한 M/V를 위시한 < WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS > 등, 질주하는 펑크의 비트와 더없이 감미로운 팝 스타일의 트랙, 9분이 넘는 웅장한 대작 트랙들이 골고루 수록된 그린 데이의 10년 역사를 응축해 놓은 결산 편이라고 말할만한 음반. .... ....
Do you wanna be an American idiot. Do you want a nation that under the new media. And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mindfuck America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For thats enough to argue.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda. And sing along in the age of paranoia.
Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For thats enough to argue.
Do you wanna be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information nation of hysteria. It's going out to idiot America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For thats enough to argue.
I'm the son of rage and love The Jesus of suburbia From the bible of "none of the above" On a steady diet of soda pop and ritalin No one ever died for my sins in hell As far as I can tell At least the ones I got away with
But there's nothing wrong with me This is how I'm supposed to be In a land of make believe That don't believe in me
Get my television fix Sitting on my crucifix The living room in my private womb While the Mom's and Brad's are away To fall in love and fall in debt To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane To keep me insane and doing someone else's cocaine
But there's nothing wrong with me This is how I'm supposed to be In a land of make believe That don't believe in me
[Part 2 - City Of The Damned]
At the center of the earth In the parking lot Of the 7-11 where I was taught The motto was just a lie
It says - home is where your heart is But what a shame Cause everyone's heart Doesn't beat the same We're beating out of time
City of the dead At the end of another lost highway Signs misleading to nowhere City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today No one really seems to care
I read the graffiti In the bathroom stall Like the holy scriptures in a shopping mall And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much But it only confirmed that The center of the earth Is the end of the world And I could really care less
City of the dead At the end of another lost highway Signs misleading to nowhere City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today No one really seems to care
[Part 3 - I don't care]
[x4] I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't care
Everyone Is So Full Of Shit! Born and raised by hypocrites Hearts recycled but never saved From the cradle to the grave We are the kids of war and peace From anaheim to the middle east We are the stories and disciples of The Jesus Of Suburbia
Land of make believe And it don't believe in me Land of make believe And I don't believe And I don't care!
[Part 4 - Dearly beloved]
Dearly beloved, are you listening? I can't remember a word that you were saying Are we demented? or am I disturbed? The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy can you please fill the void? Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed? Nobody's perfect and I stand accused For the lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse
[Part 5 - Tales of another broken home]
To live and not to breathe Is to die in tragedy To run, to run away To find what you believe And I leave behind This hurricane of fucking lies I lost my faith to this This town that don't exist
So I run I run away
To the light of masochists And I leave behind This hurricane of fucking lies And I walked this line A million and one fucking times But not this time
I don't feel any shame I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go Running away from pain When you've been victimized Tales from another broken home
Hear the sound of the falling rain, Coming down like and Armageddon flame, The shame, The ones who died without a name, Hear the dogs howling out of key, To a hymn called "Faith and Misery", And bleed the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ, From the hollow lies, This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time, Another protester has crossed the line, To find the money's on the other side, Can I get another Amen? There's a flag wrapped around the score of men, A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ, From the hollow lies, This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday
The representative from California has the floor
Zieg Heil to the president gas man, Bombs away is your punishment, Pulverize the Eiffel towers, Who criticize your government, Bang, Bang goes the broken glass, Kill all the fags that don't agree, Trials by fire setting fire, Is not a way that's meant for me, Just cause, Just cause because we're outlaws, yeah!
I beg to dream and differ, From the hollow lies, This is the dawning of the rest of our lives, I beg to dream and differ, From the hollow lies, This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Starry nights City lights Coming down over me Skyscrapers Stargazers in my head
Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting unknown This dirty town Was burning down in my dreams Lost and found City bound in my dreams
And screaming Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting And screaming Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting
Forget-me-nots Second thoughts Live in isolation Heads or tails Fairytales in my mind
Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting unknown The rage and love The story of my life The Jesus of Suburbia is a lie And screaming
Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting And screaming Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting unknown Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting And screaming Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting unknown Are we? We are Are we? We are the waiting unknown
Take away the sensation inside Bitter sweet migraine in my head It`s like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind And I can`t take this feeling anymore Drain the pressure from the swelling This sensation`s overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everything will be alright Tell me that I won`t feel a thing So give me Novacaine Out of body and out of mind Kiss the demons out of my dreams I get the funny feeling that’s alright Johnny says it`s better than here I’ll tell you what Drain the pressure from the swelling This sensation`s overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright Tell me that I won`t feel a thing So give me Novacaine Aaah Novacaine ... Drain the pressure from the swelling This sensation`s overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everything will be alright Tell me that I won`t feel a thing So give me Novacaine Give Me Novacaine by American Idiot Cast and Green Day
She's an extraordinary girl in an ordinary world And she can't seem to get away He lacks the courage in his mind, like a child left behind Like a pet left in the rain
She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes Some days she feels like dying She gets so sick of crying
She sees a mirror of herself, an image she wants to sell To anyone willing to buy He steals the image in her kiss from her heart's apocalypse From the one called Whatsername
She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes Some days he feels like dying She gets so sick of crying
She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes Some days he feels like dying, some days it's not worth trying Now that they both are finding she gets so sick of crying
She's an extraordinary girl An extraordinary girl An extraordinary girl An extraordinary girl
Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last wake me up when september ends
like my fathers come to pass seven years has gone so fast wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again falling from the stars drenched in my pain again becoming who we are
as my memory rests but never forgets what I lost wake me up when september ends
summer has come and passed the innocent can never last wake me up when september ends
ring out the bells again like we did when spring began wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again falling from the stars drenched in my pain again becoming who we are
as my memory rests but never forgets what I lost wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last wake me up when september ends
like my father's come to pass twenty years has gone so fast wake me up when september ends wake me up when september ends wake me up when september ends
My heart is beating from me, I am standing all alone Please call me only if you are coming home Waste another year flies by, waste a night or two You taught me how to live
In the streets of shame Where you've lost your dreams in the rain There's no signs of hope The stems and seeds of the last of the dope
There's a glow of light The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night Bearing gifts and trust A fixture in the city of lust
What the hell's your name? What's your pleasure, what is your pain? Do you dream too much? Do you think what you need is a crutch?
In the crowd of pain St. Jimmy comes without any shame He says we're fucked up but we're not the same And mom and dad are the ones you can blame
Jimmy died today He blew his brains out into the bay In the state of mind It's my own private suicide
Part II: East 12th Street
Well, nobody cares, well, nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares? Well, nobody cares, well, nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares?
Jesus filling out paperwork now At the facility on East 12th Street He's not listening to a word now He's in his own world and he's daydreaming
He'd rather be doing something else now Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly He's life's on the line with anxiety now She had enough and he had plenty
Somebody get me out of here Anybody get me out of here Somebody get me out of here Get me the fuck right out of here
So far away, I don't want to stay Get me out of here right now I just wanna be free, is there a possibility? Get me out of here right now
This lifelike dream ain't for me
Part III: Nobody Likes You
I fell asleep while watching Spike TV After ten cups of coffee and you're still not here Dreaming of a song, but something went wrong And you can't tell anyone 'cause no one's here
Left me here alone And I should have stayed home After ten cups of coffee, I'm thinking Where'd you go?
Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Having fun
Everyone left you Nobody likes you They're all out without you Having fun
Where'd you go?
Part IV: Rock 'n Roll Girlfriend
Jeez...
I got a rock and roll band I got a rock and roll life I got a rock and roll girlfriend And another ex-wife
I got a rock and roll house I got a rock and roll car I play the shit out of the drums And I can play the guitar
I got a kid in New York I got a kid in the Bay I haven't drank or smoked nothing in over twenty-two days So get off of my case, off of my case, off of my case
Part V: We're Coming Home Again
Here they come marching down the street Like in desperation, murmur of a heartbeat Coming back from the edge of town Underneath their feet
The time has come and it's going nowhere Nobody ever said that life was fair now Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear In the summer heat
The world is spinning around and around, out of control again From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down So send my love a letterbomb and visit me in hell We're the ones going...
Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again
I started fucking running As soon as my feet touched ground We're back in the barrio And to you and me that's Jingletown
That's home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again
Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again Home, we're coming home again
Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Having fun
Thought I ran into you down on the street Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs She went away and then I took a different path I remember the face but I can't recall the name Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
Seems that she disappeared without a trace Did she ever marry old Whatshisface?
I made a point to burn all of the photographs She went away and then I took a different path I remember the face but I can't recall the name Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
Remember whatever It seems like forever ago Remember whatever It seems like forever ago
The regrets are useless in my mind She's in my head, I must confess The regrets are useless in my mind She's in my head from so long ago, go, go, go
And in the darkest night If my memory serves me right I'll never turn back time Forgetting you but not the time
She's always living like she's running out of time Too much just ain't enough to keep her satisfied Her plastic heart is filled with nothing comes to mind It's now her occupation that she's overqualified
The looks are always so deceiving The truth is always misconstrued to you
Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you too
He's talking shit about how it's better way back when He lives every waking moment as means to an end We are, we are, but I'm not, I never used to be So god bless your fucking past and to hell with your glory
The looks are always so deceiving The truth is always misconstrued to you
Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you too
Too bad, too bad this is goodbye And bon voyage Farewell, see you in hell I hope you rest in pieces
Fuck you!
Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued Too much too soon, too late and now it sucks to be you too
Shoplifter, you'll never learn When you comitt the crime Shoplifter, you're getting burned And now you gotta do the time
It's a 1 2 3 on the felony Well not everything is free Now that you serve the community It's the life of a pety thief
It's not considered stealing Unless you're getting caught But Jimmy caught stealing Tryin' to take something you haven't got
Shoplifter, you'll never learn What lies behind your back Not a burgler or a bankrobber But a cleptomaniac
It's not considered stealing Unless you're getting caught But Jimmy caught stealing Tryin' to take something you haven't got
Shoplifter, you'll never learn When you comitt the crime Shoplifter, you're getting burned And now you gotta do the time And now you gotta do the time And now you gotta do some time
He's at it again and he's gonna win Gonna take it for a hell ride anyway He's on your side, gonna throw you aside And let the vultures pick apart what's left
Seems like everything Was just a fraction of a second from being okay So run and hide 'cause we're all gonna die And let the vultures pick apart what's left
I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back
He's at it again He's at it again And it makes great television watching the world end
He's at it again, he's gonna win Gonna take you for a joyride anyway You're standing in line, better make up your mind And let the bastard pick apart what's left of you
Seems like everything Was just a fraction of a second from being a dream So run and hide 'cause we're all gonna die And let the government decide what's left
I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back
He's at it again He's at it again And it makes great television watching the world end
I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back
Walk around I see million possibilities Well, I know nowhere to go And I can't comprehend, things this real seems so pretend I know I don't know
But I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back
And it makes great television watching the world end
I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back I'll be back
And it makes great television watching the world end I'll be back