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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Lead Vocals
Mike Dirnt
Background Vocals
Tré Cool
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Songwriter
Frank Edwin Wright III
Composer
Michael Pritchard
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Green Day
Producer
Andrew Schubert
Additional Engineer
Brad Kobylczak
Additional Engineer
Brad Townsend
Additional Engineer
Joe McGrath
Additional Engineer
Keith Armstrong
Assistant Engineer
Nik Karpen
Assistant Engineer
Wesley Seidman
Assistant Engineer
Chris Dugan
Recording Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge
Mixing Engineer
Butch Vig
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time where my family's from
Singing
I can hear them singing
When the rain had washed away all these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminded
Hearts are washed in misery, drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday now live in the underground
[Verse 1]
Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love, a lost memory
From the end of the century
[Chorus]
Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
But when the sky is falling down
It burned your dreams into the ground
[Verse 2]
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
We are normal and self-controlled
Remember to learn to forget
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
[Chorus]
Well, I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up
I got so high, I can't stand up
Well, I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess
[Bridge]
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from
[Outro]
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time where my family's from
Singing
I can hear them singing
When the rain had washed away all these scattered dreams
Dying
Everyone's reminded
Hearts are washed in misery, drenched in gasoline
Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday now live in the underground
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool