Elena Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I thought stray heart was about him and Adrienne. They always (not sure if they still do) used to have a fight right before Billie has to prepare to go on tour. He'll be far away for quite some time and it just isn't very easy to miss someone you really love a lot. Maybe the song is kind of a promise from Billie that his career won't take it's toll on their marriage but while he is away they want to be together really bad, but "I just can't have you". Long distant relationships are hard to maintain, but lucky for them it is only temporary. But that's how I see it.. yeah that'd make sense...thanks Great explanation! I always wondered about if it's about himself and Adie (or another loved one from his early days like Amanda. Maybe he couldn't really say godbey to her as she left him and he thought about they could never part but in the end they did.. or something like that.) or if it was about something completely different in live - or maybe there is a concept again, I thought. But now I'm pretty sure it is about him and Adie There are always different kinds interpreting lyrics. Only the narrator himself can say what the song is about in detail. So yeah, I'm looking forward for the next interviews, I really hope they'll tell us a little more about the new record(s) and Tour since we didn't hear much for almost one month now. same here yeah and that's what i love...i still try to interpretate something more into the lyrics of AI and 21CB and i hope they have some genius lyrics on their next albums where i can try to interpretate sth into them as well, but i'm sure there'll be ...i just love thinking about the songs and thinking about what the lyrics could mean (besides the obvious things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Daze Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yep^ I think sometimes it even feels like a little success if you can find out something more what you haven't recognized yet in a song. Especially as somebody whose first language isn't english I often try to understand especially the old songs.. idk, I'm just SO into 'em. And with that trying-to-find-out-sonething-more-about-that-song and being active on GDC makes my english so much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Seems weird though if it is about Adie and him ...the line "i'll never stray again from you" and another about im where i belong or something. Or your without a home...i cant really remember exactly. Either way the line "i'll never stray again from you" makes me think maybe of an affair/cheating hence the word stray not something you would associate with touring. The other lines too made me think, when i was reading it, that he was either writing to a secret lover (a lot of the lines suggrsted to me he was saying i want you but its impossible because of blah so we have to forget it but i will hold onto your heart now get back to your life) or apologising for having had an affair...though of course he may be using characters again not talking about himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yep^ I think sometimes it even feels like a little success if you can find out something more what you haven't recognized yet in a song. Especially as somebody whose first language isn't english I often try to understand especially the old songs.. idk, I'm just SO into 'em. And with that trying-to-find-out-sonething-more-about-that-song and being active on GDC makes my english so much better yeah same here...everytime when i find out what something could mean that i haven't thought of before, i start smiling and if anyone's around, i think they start thinkin "why the hell is she so happy now, what happened? she just sat there and did nothing" and yeah my english sucked before i was a GD fan and before i went on GDC ...srsly my english teacher and my parents should thank green day for that, it made my grades better (my parents now even say i should stop reading and writing so much in english and more focus on german, cos my german gets worse now ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyDirnt Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yep^ I think sometimes it even feels like a little success if you can find out something more what you haven't recognized yet in a song. Especially as somebody whose first language isn't english I often try to understand especially the old songs.. idk, I'm just SO into 'em. And with that trying-to-find-out-sonething-more-about-that-song and being active on GDC makes my english so much better Yes, exactly. Thanks to Green Day my English ahs improved a lot! Now, it seems weird to me that Stray Heart is about Billie and Addie. It talks about some kind of heart-break and I don't think they are breaking up or anything. So I don't think it is about Addie and Billie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Daze Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 yeah same here...everytime when i find out what something could mean that i haven't thought of before, i start smiling and if anyone's around, i think they start thinkin "why the hell is she so happy now, what happened? she just sat there and did nothing" and yeah my english sucked before i was a GD fan and before i went on GDC ...srsly my english teacher and my parents should thank green day for that, it made my grades better (my parents now even say i should stop reading and writing so much in english and more focus on german, cos my german gets worse now ) Haha, my German isn't the best either Okay. Back on toppic. Sorry Seems weird though if it is about Adie and him ...the line "i'll never stray again from you" and another about im where i belong or something. Or your without a home...i cant really remember exactly. Either way the line "i'll never stray again from you" makes me think maybe of an affair/cheating hence the word stray not something you would associate with touring. The other lines too made me think, when i was reading it, that he was either writing to a secret lover (a lot of the lines suggrsted to me he was saying i want you but its impossible because of blah so we have to forget it but i will hold onto your heart now get back to your life) or apologising for having had an affair...though of course he may be using characters again not talking about himself. ..wouldn't be that great if he really had an affair. But could be possible, as well. We'll see what the song is really about soon. As I already said: only the narrator himself knows what it is about exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Haha, my German isn't the best either Okay. Back on toppic. Sorry ..wouldn't be that great if he really had an affair. But could be possible, as well. We'll see what the song is really about soon. As I already said: only the narrator himself knows what it is about exactly. haha ...well, it's just weird, my grammar and spelling is good, but i just can't write stories or anything in german...stuff that i can do in english, it's just weird xD ..and now it starts that i mix up german with english, like i e.g. say "ya know" in german sentences or think german and sometimes ask what an english word means in german ok, sorry for being off topic xD i somehow doubt that he had an affair, but who knows, as you said: just the narrator knows what the song is really about...unless he'll tell us about it...and well, maybe we'll know about it very soon, but maybe Billie doesn't say anything about what the songs are about...haha just imagine Billie saying "Oh yeah now i could say a lot about what this songs are about, but it's funnier to see/read what people think about it, so i just won't say anything now" ...but i hope he'll say sth to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Daze Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yes, exactly. Thanks to Green Day my English ahs improved a lot! Now, it seems weird to me that Stray Heart is about Billie and Addie. It talks about some kind of heart-break and I don't think they are breaking up or anything. So I don't think it is about Addie and Billie. Breaking up wouldn't be that great either. But if you think about what Sixtrix said with touring and stuff? Being away from the one you love for a long time sometimes feels like you had to brake up with him/her. haha ...well, it's just weird, my grammar and spelling is good, but i just can't write stories or anything in german...stuff that i can do in english, it's just weird xD ..and now it starts that i mix up german with english, like i e.g. say "ya know" in german sentences or think german and sometimes ask what an english word means in german ok, sorry for being off topic xD i somehow doubt that he had an affair, but who knows, as you said: just the narrator knows what the song is really about...unless he'll tell us about it...and well, maybe we'll know about it very soon, but maybe Billie doesn't say anything about what the songs are about...haha just imagine Billie saying "Oh yeah now i could say a lot about what this songs are about, but it's funnier to see/read what people think about it, so i just won't say anything now" ...but i hope he'll say sth to it Same here simply xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Same here simply xD ...and i mean that i start thinking in english, not in german and thanks for giving me my 444. like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Seems weird though if it is about Adie and him ...the line "i'll never stray again from you" and another about im where i belong or something. Or your without a home...i cant really remember exactly. Either way the line "i'll never stray again from you" makes me think maybe of an affair/cheating hence the word stray not something you would associate with touring. The other lines too made me think, when i was reading it, that he was either writing to a secret lover (a lot of the lines suggrsted to me he was saying i want you but its impossible because of blah so we have to forget it but i will hold onto your heart now get back to your life) or apologising for having had an affair...though of course he may be using characters again not talking about himself. Well I have to agree you do have a good point there. But (once again) in my interpretation - it might differ from what Billie is intending to say with that song - "I'll never stray again from you" might be a promise he is trying to make to Adie while being away from her, because he then feels how much he misses her. But when back home he does miss the touring as well, it is hard to say you will never leave again when you are both committed 100% to your family at home and to your career. "you're not alone" or "you're all alone", I am not sure which is the right lyric, might be something like she's all alone at home but he is with her in her thoughts and in her heart and he's always thinking if her. "now I'm where I belong" could be Billie trying to say that touring is a part of what he enjoys to do. Playing his music to millions of people is what he does and it is where he belongs when he is not at home. I don't think it is about Billie's secret love, unless he uses his band and the touring as his secret love in the song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Daze Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 ...and i mean that i start thinking in english, not in german and thanks for giving me my 444. like Haha Everytime I want to do exercises in my french class and I don't know something a word, the english word comes to my mind. >.< You're welcome ..okay we better stop with that off-topic stuff Well I have to agree you do have a good point there. But (once again) in my interpretation - it might differ from what Billie is intending to say with that song - "I'll never stray again from you" might be a promise he is trying to make to Adie while being away from her, because he then feels how much he misses her. But when back home he does miss the touring as well, it is hard to say you will never leave again when you are both committed 100% to your family at home and to your career. "you're not alone" or "you're all alone", I am not sure which is the right lyric, might be something like she's all alone at home but he is with her in her thoughts and in her heart and he's always thinking if her. "now I'm where I belong" could be Billie trying to say that touring is a part of what he enjoys to do. Playing his music to millions of people is what he does and it is where he belongs when he is not at home. I don't think it is about Billie's secret love, unless he uses his band and the touring as his secret love in the song? Good point. I wish I would have your brain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Oh im not suggesting stuff about Billie just guessing about song meaning!! He could be writing in character or about an ex or maybe he didnt even write the song...Mike and Tre have written songs in the past remember. Or maybe im just totally wrong and he is writing about an old pet or something crazy who the heck knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Daze Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Oh im not suggesting stuff about Billie just guessing about song meaning!! He could be writing in character or about an ex or maybe he didnt even write the song...Mike and Tre have written songs in the past remember. Or maybe im just totally wrong and he is writing about an old pet or something crazy who the heck knows! No one knows We'll know it soon, so don't worry. You just brought another point of view to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Good point. I wish I would have your brain.. Well let's trade brains. I always wanted to know how it is like to think like a woman, and how it is like to multitask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farley drexel hatcher Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I think it's absolutely pointless to try and figure out the meaning of a song we've only only heard on a live recording, and it's also really rude and insensitive to speculate about he and Adrienne's private life. You can't assume every song is about adie or even about billie, because we just don't know. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough but until then I'd keep names out of it. It's not fair and it's how rumours start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Haha Everytime I want to do exercises in my french class and I don't know something a word, the english word comes to my mind. >.< You're welcome ..okay we better stop with that off-topic stuff haha yeah okay Well I have to agree you do have a good point there. But (once again) in my interpretation - it might differ from what Billie is intending to say with that song - "I'll never stray again from you" might be a promise he is trying to make to Adie while being away from her, because he then feels how much he misses her. But when back home he does miss the touring as well, it is hard to say you will never leave again when you are both committed 100% to your family at home and to your career. "you're not alone" or "you're all alone", I am not sure which is the right lyric, might be something like she's all alone at home but he is with her in her thoughts and in her heart and he's always thinking if her. "now I'm where I belong" could be Billie trying to say that touring is a part of what he enjoys to do. Playing his music to millions of people is what he does and it is where he belongs when he is not at home. I don't think it is about Billie's secret love, unless he uses his band and the touring as his secret love in the song? wow you're really good in interpretating songs, whether this theory is right or not, but this sounds really plausible to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I think it's absolutely pointless to try and figure out the meaning of a song we've only only heard on a live recording, and it's also really rude and insensitive to speculate about he and Adrienne's private life. You can't assume every song is about adie or even about billie, because we just don't know. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough but until then I'd keep names out of it. It's not fair and it's how rumours start. Agreed, we don't even know what the lyrics are yet. Unless Billie (or another band member) publically says something about it, it's not really any of our business anyway. (That wasn't directed at anyone or meant in an offensive/trying to be a mod way ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Agreed, we don't even know what the lyrics are yet. Unless Billie (or another band member) publically says something about it, it's not really any of our business anyway. (That wasn't directed at anyone or meant in an offensive/trying to be a mod way ) As i said i was talking about the SONG lyrics not anyones personal life or making assumptions about said persons life ie. billie. If Kings of Leon or Coldplay or some boyband write a song about cheating/stealing/murdering someone (extreme cases i know) no one would automatically assume cutsie lead singer in that band is a cheater/shoplifter/murderer so why the fuck do green day fans have to assume if we disscuss song lyrics here we are labelling Billie? Thats stupid. I think he can write without personal experience and anyway i for one was only guessing about the lyrics and did say he couldve been writing in character. Chill ppl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 As i said i was talking about the SONG lyrics not anyones personal life or making assumptions about said persons life ie. billie. If Kings of Leon or Coldplay or some boyband write a song about cheating/stealing/murdering someone (extreme cases i know) no one would automatically assume cutsie lead singer in that band is a cheater/shoplifter/murderer so why the fuck do green day fans have to assume if we disscuss song lyrics here we are labelling Billie? Thats stupid. I think he can write without personal experience and anyway i for one was only guessing about the lyrics and did say he couldve been writing in character. Chill ppl. Oh no I didn't mean that in response to you! I didn't get that impression from your posts at all, I know you weren't trying to assume anything about Billie. I actually agree with what you said, I'd just rather wait to say anything about it until we know the actual lyrics or it's been explained a bit. Sorry, that's why I said my post wasn't directed at anyone. I should have just not bloody said anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farley drexel hatcher Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 As i said i was talking about the SONG lyrics not anyones personal life or making assumptions about said persons life ie. billie. If Kings of Leon or Coldplay or some boyband write a song about cheating/stealing/murdering someone (extreme cases i know) no one would automatically assume cutsie lead singer in that band is a cheater/shoplifter/murderer so why the fuck do green day fans have to assume if we disscuss song lyrics here we are labelling Billie? Thats stupid. I think he can write without personal experience and anyway i for one was only guessing about the lyrics and did say he couldve been writing in character. Chill ppl. Mentioning billie is one thing - he wrote the song - but it's not fair to bring his wife into it. (not sure if it was you who made the original post, I'm just saying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Mentioning billie is one thing - he wrote the song - but it's not fair to bring his wife into it. (not sure if it was you who made the original post, I'm just saying) No it was me. I'm really sorry about that. I never had the intention to bring in their private life into the discussion. I was just referring to an interview Billie did back in the Nimrod period where he mentioned that he and his wife just got in a big fight before he had to go on the Nimrod tour and that they always fight about it when he had to go. I think that's why a couple of songs on Nimrod can be seen as songs Billie might have written about his private life. And that's where my interpretation came from for Stray Heart. But I also mentioned that it is not for sure what that song actually is about. But I agree, we shouldn't speculate about it, especially about it bring private or not, until we know for sure if the song will be released or not and if the band will clarify what it is about. It won't happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Oh no no KilljoyFromNottingham its cool i wasn't yelling at u or anything! I just would NEVER speculate about green days personal lives and for everyone else reading this also i think its beyond stupid to assume we know ANYTHING about their private lives in fact we barely know anything about their wives and it is stupid to assume that we do. Too many GD fans discuss billie and adrienne as though they are their own family members and that is ridiculous. From personal experience i know even siblings dont tell you about their marriages ...why would they disscuss everything with the media when gd are notoriously private. Assuming to know anything about billie, mike or tre unless they tell us is just dumb. Its also nothing to do with music. This discussion was just about a song cos all i care about is the music and thats all that we as fans should care about! Oh and for the record the day i mention Adrienne or any other wife in a discussion about music unless it is to say i dont think somthing is about her...is the day pigs start flying...she isnt in green day! Me thinks we should all be friends now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyDirnt Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Breaking up wouldn't be that great either. But if you think about what Sixtrix said with touring and stuff? Being away from the one you love for a long time sometimes feels like you had to brake up with him/her. Same here simply xD Well, I don't know about that because I've never had a girlfriend haha I sometimes find myself thinking in English. Too, don't think I'm crazy, but I have the custom to think aloud and many times I find myself doing it in English! I'm totally obsessed with English, I don't know why, but I prefer it to Spanish. I wonder if Amanda will be a single? I think Amanda would be a nice single, like a continuation to Whatsername's music video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkingContradictionPL Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 and yeah my english sucked before i was a GD fan and before i went on GDC ...srsly my english teacher and my parents should thank green day for that, it made my grades better (my parents now even say i should stop reading and writing so much in english and more focus on german, cos my german gets worse now ) Same here. I've learnt both English and German for 12 years and due to listening so much Green Day my English is better than German. And I can say that I sometimes want to talk to my parents in English instead in Polish Well, I think that "Stray heart" may be connected with some songs which titles are girls' names. And we must remeber that some lyrics could be changes from secret shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Oh no no KilljoyFromNottingham its cool i wasn't yelling at u or anything! I just would NEVER speculate about green days personal lives and for everyone else reading this also i think its beyond stupid to assume we know ANYTHING about their private lives in fact we barely know anything about their wives and it is stupid to assume that we do. Too many GD fans discuss billie and adrienne as though they are their own family members and that is ridiculous. From personal experience i know even siblings dont tell you about their marriages ...why would they disscuss everything with the media when gd are notoriously private. Assuming to know anything about billie, mike or tre unless they tell us is just dumb. Its also nothing to do with music. This discussion was just about a song cos all i care about is the music and thats all that we as fans should care about! Oh and for the record the day i mention Adrienne or any other wife in a discussion about music unless it is to say i dont think somthing is about her...is the day pigs start flying...she isnt in green day! Me thinks we should all be friends now! Well said, I agree with all of that! Whatever the songs are about, I can't wait to hear all the new lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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