In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Here we go again, infatuation
Touches me just when I
Thought that it would end
Oh but then again it seemed
Much more than that but
I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, yeah, far away
Here we go again, infatuation
Touches me just when I
Thought that it would end
Woah, then again it seemed
Much more than that but
I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, yeah, far away
Let's go fucking crazy
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, far away,
Far away
Touches me just when I
Thought that it would end
Oh but then again it seemed
Much more than that but
I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, yeah, far away
Here we go again, infatuation
Touches me just when I
Thought that it would end
Woah, then again it seemed
Much more than that but
I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, yeah, far away
Let's go fucking crazy
Well,I toss and turn all night
Thinking of your ways of affection
But to find that it's not different at all
Well I throw away my past mistakes
And contemplate my future
That's when I say, what the hey
Would it last forever?
You and I together, hand and hand
We run away, far away
I'll beat that nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
Give that comes my way, far away,
Far away
Lyrics submitted by youth_underground, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Quintonamore
Going to Pasalacqua Lyrics as written by Frank E. Billie Joe Armstrong
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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yeah i totally agree with u guys it's like you've just gotten out of a love that's messed you up pretty bad and you find yourself right back falln in love again, and it's like i don't want this cos i'll just get hurt but it feels so good at the time so you embrace it anyway. then you find it's all you can think about. this is a fav song of mine
@wendyclear OMG this is fucking cool im reacting in 2019 and this is posted 2002 man i wasnt even born back then only a year later omg i cant wrap my head around this holy shiiiitt idk if ur still alive or some shit or if you will even react to this comment but holy fuck im almost in tears! havin like a nostalgia feeling altough i wasnt even alive back then! havin a feeling like i missed out or some shit im in tears! god i wish i was alive back then must have been a wonderfull time! now the worlds just fucked up. i can only dream so yeah crying my eyes out while listening to some good old green day! omg ive missed out on the best times this earth had!!!
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Well this is my favorite ever song and i have no idea what Billie actually meant by it so i'll just guess. To me it's about a guy who has just got over a person but finds himself falling for someone new. He's not sure what to think because he doesn't want to be put through all the crap again and has no idea how this new girl thinks of him
i think that's a pretty good guess. i think he also kind of thinks that maybe he shuold go for it, even though he's expecting that it might go bad, but right now he'll take the chance anyways
He's talking about the period of time after which a relationship that you thought was going to go far ends. The time when you tell yourself that you will never fall for that optimistic "we'll be together forever" crap. Suddenly he finds himself falling in love again and wonders if he should start thinking about the future with another person, after the last time merely blew up in his face and resulted in nothing.
He wonders how she feels because its hard to read your hopes and dreams in someone elses eyes, but he resolves to take the good with the bad and go ahead and throw away the past bitterness.
Apparently the title refers the the Pasalacqua Funeral home that Billie Joe used to hang out at with the girl he wrote this song about because her dad or somebody owned it. Kind of creepy.
i can relate to this song cuz i get a lot of those feelings just after i get over this feeling for somone it come back for some one new
This song is about the time Billie went to the Pasalacqua super market in Canada and they ran out of Hot Pockets. He was mad because they didn't have them. Ha!
I agree with isa.
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