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Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends

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
Makna nya :
Lagu ini menceritakan mengenai ayah Billie Joe Armstrong (Vocalist) yang
meninggal karena kanker 1 September 1982. Billie waktu itu berumur 10 tahun.
Pemakaman ayahnya terlalu menyakitkan bagi dia dan ia hancur dalam tangisan. Ia
meninggalkan pemakaman lebih dulu, berlari ke rumah dan mengunci dirinya di
kamarnya. Ketika sang ibu mengetuk pintu kamar billie Ia berteriak "Wake me up
when September ends." 

Di awal lagu billie menyebutkan 7 tahun, dia berbicara mengenai 7 tahun antara
kematian ayahnya dan pembentukan Green Day. Isi lain lagunya adalah ekspresi
rasa sakit Billie saat kehilangan ayahnya. 

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