Green Day was one of my favorite bands
when I was younger and I have still always liked them because of their sound
and that I can just lay down and relax listening to some good ol Green Day. My
favorite song by them probably has to be Wake
Me Up When September Ends. I used to listen to that song non stop when I
was a little kid. Every day on the bus to school, on my way home from school,
and pretty much any time I could.
But since I was so young, I had no idea
what the actual meaning of the song really was. The lead singer of the band,
Armstrong, finally reveals his feelings about his dad who died in September of
1982 when he was just ten years old. However, this was not the only meaning
that the song bears. For most Americans when they think of the month of
September, they think of the terrible event of 9/11 and the loved ones that
suffered and lost their lives in this terrible happening.
The song Wake Me Up When September Ends is a song of wisdom and acceptance. "Drenched
in my pain again, becoming who
we are" is the realization of the fact that everything we go through, all
the pain and losses and suffering we go through in life happen for a reason and
they are meant to make us stranger and shape our personalities and who we are.
Wake Me Up When
September Ends is believed to be the
most detached song of the album because it mostly portrays the author's
personal feelings and is barely linked to the story of the album. But, it is
still one of the most moving songs of the entire album.
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