Juliette Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Is the part at the beginning a quote from something ? "And we shall see how godless a nation we have become" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 good song. has got 'single' written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Zero. Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 This song is one of my top five favorite songs on the album My two most favorite parts are: Oh bless me lord for I have sinnedIt's been a lifetime since I last confessedI threw my crutches in "The riverOf a shadow of doubt"And I'll be dressed in my Sunday bestand...Don't test meSecond guess meProtest meYou will disappearThis song is just amazingly well written. The lyrics are pure genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'm really hoping this is the next single, the video would most definitely be epic.I concur with the above statement.This is what I don't understand. I know it's a great song, but I don't understand why everyone wants it to be a single. Doesn't it "ruin" the song? because then you have all those people who don't even really like Green Day, or at least not a very big fan, singing this song all the time and having it be "over played" as you people call it. pfft... there's no such thing as an "over played" Green Day song.I'm not saying it shouldn't be a single. It'd make a great one. I'm just saying I don't understand why everyone wants it to be one. I'm just thinking of how people will react when people that say they hate Green Day are walking down the street singing this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRocks and Coke Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 can anyone else hear another green day song at the begining of this when its going through the channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 can anyone else hear another green day song at the begining of this when its going through the channels?I already told you the answer. It's the "last" from the chorus of "Nice Guys Finish Last". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLozza! Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Still my favourite song on the album I hope it makes a single and gets a video, it would be pretty damned awesome if it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendaytone Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Still my favourite song on the album I hope it makes a single and gets a video, it would be pretty damned awesome if it did.I'm almost 100% sure they have this earmarked as a single.I already told you the answer. It's the "last" from the chorus of "Nice Guys Finish Last".Ahhh, i was wondering that too! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLozza! Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I'm almost 100% sure they have this earmarked as a single.Ahhh, i was wondering that too! Thanks.Brilliant! I hope so, and if so I can't wait till it's released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan. Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I think of my Granny when I hear this song She's all into being seen at church and into "rebuke"ing things. She just follows that church blindly. I hate that church. I had to go last year and I swore to God I would never go back. All they preach is salvation and accepting Jesus as your savior. What's the next step? They don't preach that. But structured religion just pisses me off. They aren't preaching how you can save yourself, just enough so the church higher-ups don't fire them. It's sad to see people follow religion like that. I hope they find a way away from that. :/That's ironic that you swore to God that you won't go to church. Hahaha! See I'm LDS and I get a lot of crap from people who hate my religion because we try to hard to convert new members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarmenPunkGirl Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 My favourite song! amazing guitar riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rUbreeN Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I do like the song!!!but in wikipedia read about this song is gonna be the third single, that's right¿?¿?¡¡¡¡¡ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94th nimrod. Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 This is one of my favorite songs from Green Day! I really like the part with "Don't test me..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastSoliloquy Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 this is the awesomest song on the CD, at least, in my opinioni like it because of how billie just hit the nail on the head on how alot of people feel about their religion, even though some people say that its only about christianity [i think even he said it? im not sure] oh bless me lord for i have sinnedit's been a lifetime since i last confessedi've thrown my crutches in "the river of a shadow of doubt"and ill be dressed up in my sunday besti interpret in many ways, but one in saying that he hasn't confessed because he just stopped caring, and he stopped trying to believe in something for comfort. raise your hands now to testifyyour confession will be crucifiedyour sacrificial suicidelike a dog thats been sodomizedi just love this it seems like if whatever you say it will kinda be turned down, and putitng that up with like how jesus had been killed, "sacrificial suicide" making it seem like if it was done on purpose... it's all my opinion... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose armstrong Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 can anyone else hear another green day song at the begining of this when its going through the channels?I thought it was desperate.also, I wanted to know what that asian bit is saying, even made a thread about it, the spanish bit says "last night on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daughter of Rage and Love Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I thought it was desperate.also, I wanted to know what that asian bit is saying, even made a thread about it, the spanish bit says "last night onI believe it's Japanese. I don't know what the first word means (still working on that), but the second word, "rajio," means "radio." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dookie93 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I was listening to EJN, and right at the first guitar part there is a whisper in the background. And no it's not the echo. To hear it it's at 00:12, and you have to have headphones on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daughter of Rage and Love Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 All I hear is the echo. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dookie93 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 All I hear is the echo. :/Really? In my left ear I hear, a faint whisper of something. Maybe it's just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daughter of Rage and Love Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I guess it's just you, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dookie93 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Haha must be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I love listening to this on the way to church. xD 21CB is in the car and I had to laugh because I did that last weekend!I'm officially an idiot for thinking that Billie sings "paint fanatics" in East Jesus Nowhere.Too bad it's not. Paint fanatics are cool. Kind of reminds me of Waking Contradiction's glue sniffers.Join the club! Yep - I think the danger presented by the blind, unquestioning faith of religious fanatics is exactly what he's going after here. It's not so much that religion itself is inherently evil or destructive, but a refusal to doubt, a refusal to question one's faith, is:Oh, bless me Lord, for I have sinnedIt's been a lifetime since I last confessedI threw my crutches in "The River ofa Shadow of Doubt"I interpret this verse to suggest that the "sin" is the person's act of extinguishing their doubt. To the fanatic, the result is healing or empowering (the metaphor for tossing away one's crutches during a faith-healing tent revival comes to mind), but to an outside, more balanced observer, it's a fault. For the fanatic to ask God to bless him for doing this is magnificent word play from Billie Joe and puts a perfect spotlight on the religious hypocrisy that's the focus of this track.Well said. I got in a discussion with a friend the other day about this song who went to Catholic school with me, and she kind of implied that I was a hypocrite for liking this song and the band. I inherently disagreed with her, because as you said, I do not feel this song or Billie are negatively judging people who believe in God. I don't believe you have to be religious to live a good life, and I don't let my Catholicism determine every single action or belief in my life, while there are some people who defend their faith's rules and practices so fervently that it clouds their judgement and their ability to make decisions for themselves. I don't mean to sound holier than thou (or in this case, non-holier? Haha), but I'd like to think I'm not one of those people Billie is describing. I do have a shadow of doubt about religion, and I don't have a big problem with that.Wow, sorry, semi-off topic personal rambling! Anyway, this isn't my favorite on the album, but I do enjoy it. The "don't test me, second guess me" line is irresistible, and I find myself doing my best impression of Billie's voice whenever it comes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minus52 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I was listening to EJN just before and you know that bit before the guitar intro? I reversed it and it says Don't Test Me, listen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eirik Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 ^Join the club... there's even a damned t-shirt for it, for god's sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I thought it was desperate.You mean Murder City? Yeah, I did, too. At first. but then I compared it to Nice Guys Finish Last and I confirmed it was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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