I tried listening to Wild One today. It did not go well. I just... I can't. It's actually physically painful. I've only ever had that feeling for one other song before, and that was a goddamn war requiem.
This line has been in my head all day.
Say your prayers and light a fire, we're going to start a war
His voice is so damn good on it I get chills every time I hear it, and then the strings that swoop in after. Damn.
It really is. I can almost imagine if Green Day ever released some sort of re-issue of Dookie, like re-recorded or something, they might use something like that for a cover. It's a nice way of representing the past and the present at the same time