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Before The Lobotomy


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Y'know, I just realized that the lyrics never made it into the OP. Here they are:

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

Life before the lobotomy

Christian sang the eulogy

Sign my love a lost memory

From the end of the century

Well it's enough to make you sick

To cast a stone and throw a brick

When the sky is falling down

It burned your dreams into the ground

Christian's lessons what he's been sold

We are normal and self-controlled

Remember to learn to forget

Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes

Well I'm not stoned

I'm just fucked up

I got so high I can't stand up

I'm not cursed cause I've been blessed

I'm not in love cause I'm a mess

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

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
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it's depression set to music

I *love* that description.

Have you noticed: here we have echoes of Wake Me Up When September Ends: "Here comes the rain again / falling from the stars / drenched in my pain again / becoming who we are." The rain that falls in Lobotomy, the rain that washes away your dreams, is the same rain that falls in WMUWSE. Maybe "Lobotomy's" rain takes a different form and causes a different pain than WMUWSE's, or perhaps not. But one thing is certain, it just...keeps...coming. To the point where the boundary between yourself and it disappears. You carry it with you forever no matter what you do to try to squelch it, to try to medicate it away, or to pretend it doesn't exist -- it, indeed, becomes who you are; and conversely, you become it. At the same time, "Lobotomy" illustrates society's prescription for the cure: "remember to learn to forget", but WMUWSE shines the harsh light of truth on that statement: "As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost" -- my memory may fade over time, but I cannot, and will not, forget.

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I love how many new things these threads make me see in songs. Thank you all for being so god damn clever! :sherlock:

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I really do love how the song starts out soft and mellow and then it explodes into this mass of guitars and then it goes back to the mellowness, but with more agression behind it because the guitars are added in. It's a great song and it reminds of how I missed class the day the album came out to get it! And I rushed back to my dorm to listern to it and I was so proud of the band for creating another kick ass album.

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I love the way the song begins, especially when Billie hits those high notes! Excellent vidoe , I hadn't heard them talk about the song before.

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This song is just so amazing. The build-up, the loudness, the comedown, I can't deal with how many different emotions I face while listening to it. I love the lyrics, I love Billie's voice on it. Fuck, I don't know what else to say about it.

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I love it when SotW gets all deep and stuff :happy:

Feed us good meat and we shall make meatballs out of it!

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FINALLY!

One of my favorite songs off of 21st Century Breakdown, and personally a very underrated song. :wub:

I really have a hard time expressing how much this song means to me and how it makes me feel but this should sum it up pretty well.

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I will be kicking myself in the ass for using a Swift gif.

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This has to be one of my absolute favorite songs from 21st Century Breakdown, if not my absolute favorite Green Day song. I remember a few years back, when GDA was first posting leaks to some songs from the upcoming album, and I was listening to them while I was at the local library. Once I clicked on the link for 'Before the Lobotomy,' my heart broke. It was only a 30-second preview, but from the first lines, "Dreaming, I was only dreaming, of another place and time where my family's from," I was sitting there trying to keep my composure and not full-blown bawl in front of everyone. The soft melody and gentle strumming just completely resonated the entire character of the song deep in my heart, and it spoke to the loneliness of a fellow idle, wandering mind; and I was itching to hear more. It always annoyed me when people claimed that certain songs were written about them, or that they had an "anthem," but for the first time, I completely understood what that meant. After we bought the album and I was able to listen to the song in its entirety, that was officially the point where I dedicated a substantial portion of my soul to Green Day. Certain lines seemed like they were picked right out of my life and my thoughts, "I'm not cursed cause I've been blessed. I'm not in love cause I'm a mess." and it made me feel that much more connected to the rest of the world, because someone else was able to describe all the conflicting emotions and outright frustration with everything that I was feeling at that time.

Then, back in August of 2009, me and my sister got to attend our first-ever live Green Day show in Phoenix, Arizona, and I was beyond excited. There were endless amounts of possibilities for the night, and even more clouds of energy filling the entire stadium. I knew which songs to expect as staples of the live show, as well as the usual crowd-pleasers, and I was anxious to hear each one of them, as well as feeling too privileged to finally be a part of this multi-nationwide family that is the Green Day tour fanbase. What I was definitely NOT expecting in the middle of the show though, was for the opening tell-tale strumming of the song that had become the apex of my life soundtrack. The stadium lights dimmed, out came the "disco lighting", and I turned to my sister in complete shock and, dare I say, fear. She looked back at me and we exchanged a look that clearly said "Hold on," as Billie Joe grabbed the mic and walked down the catwalk to stand right in front of us for his solo. I desperately clutched my sister's arm and raised the other to wave and sway that much closer, hoping to physically connect with the voice that crooned over the thousands of blue faces. Right then, he paused to finish the line "Songs of yesterday now live.... in Arizona," I didn't realize until later how perfect that line was, but at that moment I joined in with the crowd cheering the blatant plugging of our state/town/etc. I lost all restraint and shyness as I jumped and openly bawled and sang along, and I remember at one point, when I looked my most unrestrained and wrecked as described in the song, I caught Billie's gaze for half a second, and I selfishly felt that he knew somehow, how much this song meant to me.

I felt that, as much as this song applied to my life and everything I had been thinking, the live version completely encompassed my whole being and laid it in front of thousands. Instead of feeling exposed though, I stamped out my anger and hopelessness and I threw anxiety and caution to the wind that night. I was whole and perfect and thousands-strong that night, and no one can take that away from me.

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I felt that, as much as this song applied to my life and everything I had been thinking, the live version completely encompassed my whole being and laid it in front of thousands. Instead of feeling exposed though, I stamped out my anger and hopelessness and I threw anxiety and caution to the wind that night. I was whole and perfect and thousands-strong that night, and no one can take that away from me.

Love. Your. Post.

Secret: I tend to get all squeeee'd-up when they play 21CB and Welcome to Paradise. I suspect that most if not all of us have at least a song or two that makes us go ape-shit crazy when we hear it live.

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I adore this song. And BJ is totally right, you can connect with it no matter what your emotional state is; If I'm feeling down or depressed, I stick this on and suddenly I feel less lonely with my problems, If I'm angry I give this a play and it dissipates my aggression through the wonderful lyrics ("Enough to make you sick, to cast a stone or throw a brick"). If I'm happy? It's just a brilliant song in that case.

Definitely one of the best on 21CBD, and I love every song on that album

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Ahhhhh, my going blind song :) I blacked out during this at the 02 Dublin in 2009. Was standing there panicking cause I couldn't see! Song ended and then I could see again :lol: It was really weird...

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Man, I love this song :wub: Definitely one of my favourites off of 21st Century Breakdown. I absolutely love the lyrics.

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