Green Day

excite; gather

Against your urgency

So rally up the demons of your soul (oh-eh, oh-eh)

Do you know the enemy?

argument; a point asserted as part of an argument

Content in the same old shtick again

Now the routine's turning to contention

work together; work together on a common enterprise of project

She's a runaway of the establishment incorporated

She won't cooperate, well, she's the last of the American girls

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early model; a standard or typical example

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Prototypes of what we were

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guarantee; make certain of

You can rest

Assured that all my love's for you

My beatin' heart belongs to you

moody; showing a brooding ill humor

She, she screams in silence

A sullen riot penetrating through her mind

Waiting for a sign

unplanned; happening or arising without apparent external cause

Testing my nerves out on the boulevard

Spontaneous combustion on the corners of my mind

I'm leaving in the lurch, and I'm taking back what's mine

thorough; characterized by extreme care and great effort

Of no return and no looking back or down

A conscientious objector to the war that's in my mind

I'm leaving in the lurch, and I'm taking back what's mine

praise; a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently

Life before the lobotomy

Christian sang the eulogy

Signed, "My love, a lost memory

destruction; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Almost only really counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

Demolition and self-destruction

Want to annihilate this age-old contradiction

agreement; a middle way between two extremes

Will you go with me on Friday night?

If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise

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opposite to; very opposed in nature or character or purpose

The shit's so deep, you can't run away

I beg to differ, on the contrary

I agree with every word that you say

training; develop (children’s) behavior by instruction and practice

Thank you, sir, strike up another mandolin

Of discipline

Throw me to the dogs

speak firmly; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

Never trusted anyone, let alone myself

I must insist on being a pessimist

I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind

wealth; an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

They're playing a song of the century

Panic and promise and prosperity

Tell me a story into that goodnight

disaster; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

All we want is money and guns

A new catastrophe

Here comes nothing, there's nothing to lose

disagree; withhold assent

I don't wanna live in the modern world

Well, I'm the class of '13 in the era of dissent

A hostage of the soul on a strike to pay the rent

extensive; widely circulated or diffused

On the brink of self-destruction

Widespread panic

Broken glass inside my head

corresponding; the relation between things with respect to their quantity or degree

Loss of control, and I get myself all wound up

Blown out of proportion again

My temper snaps, and I get myself all wound up

live in; make one’s home in a particular place or community

Taking a ride to my old haunt

She's in my blood, I reside in my nightlife

My favorite color's candy apple, girl

tightness; (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

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Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alien nation

responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something

Roaming 'round your house, wasting your time

No obligation, just wasting your time

So why are you alone wasting your time?

hopeful, positive; expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals

I had a young and optimistic point of view

Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals

entertain; occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

So go ahead and kill yourselves

It all amuses me

For I'll be damned to spend my life in hell

strong belief; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Be careful what you're offering

Your breath lacks the conviction

Drawing the line in the dirt

situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

Mixing up with a violent mind

A circumstance that doesn't make much sense

Or maybe I'm just dumb

unsettle; move deeply

Everything you know

It disturbs me so

Oh, I'm an outsider outside of everything

poisonous; of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison

The thorns shred my finger tips

And drips toxic blood

Kiss me one last time

difficult; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

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

harm; make worse or less effective

May impair your ability to operate machinery

Can't quite tell just what it means to me