Lyrics for Longview as interpreted by kevin

Longview Lyrics
Sit around and watch the tube but, nothings on
Change the channels for an hour of two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
I'm sick of all the same old shit
In a house with unlocked doors
And I'm fucking lazy

Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored I'm going blind !!!
And I smell like shit

Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving
I sure as hell can't do it by myself
I'm feeling like a dog in heat
Barred indoors from the summer street
I locked the door to my own cell
And I lost the key

I got no motivation
Where is my motivation?
No time for motivation
Smoking my inspiration

Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost its fun
You're fucking breaking

Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored
I'm going blind
And loneliness has to suffice
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Slipping away to paradise
Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind."
But it's just a myth

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muzikfreek234
09-07-2009

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correction bro: When masturbations lost its fun then your fucking lonley. haha this song is amazing!
and its all about smoking dope and jerking off haha. i love this song.

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SULU1
09-01-2009

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This song is good and funny, even though it seems like it's about some loser who has nothing to do but masturbate. He's to lazy to even shower.

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spwally
09-01-2009

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Sorry kids but this songs about more than being bored and masterbating. It's about sitting around smoking heroin all day... notice how he says "smoke my inspiration..." and that's what heroin does is makes you basically sit around and do more heroin. PLUS! The masterbation references talking about not being fun is because smack can make you impotant while your high, or at least make it difficult to bust. And the going blind references are refering to a controversial myth/claim about adulterants in some heroin that make you go blind when you smoke it... but most people think it's a myth.

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kirkrod
05-19-2009

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I used to liek this song but now I love it because of the video,bass, and just how I can relate. I dont liek to masterbate but I do it when I'm bored and after I am even more bored and I go crazy basicaly similar to how a dog may get seperation anxiety and tear up the couch... which is what billy did at the end of the video and the other line says smoking my inspiration like getting high alone to have more fun or to think of something to do but in the end being alone just fucking sucks I really love this song.

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spankythedog56
05-06-2009

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I don't see how obvious this has to be, but this song is about getting high. Yes, if you want it to, you can omit parts and make it just about sitting around being bored, but there are a few key lines.

"Take me away to paradise" and "I'm slipping away to paradise" are two obvious ones. I mean, when you're bored, you're not in paradise, but when you're high, you are.

"I got no motivation/Where is my motivation?/No time for motivation/Smoking my inspiration". Easily the most telling part of the song. When you're high, you have NO motivation. Also, he's smoking the inspiration for his songs. I take it literally.

"Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling". He is just kinda staring at the phone and slipping off mentally into space. He doesn't expect any calls, but he just happens to be looking at the phone.

"Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind"/but it's just a myth". Just another myth about smoking. People try to scare him into quitting with that, but he knows its bullshit.

So there. I'm not saying you have to accept this as the meaning, I'm just saying I believe that is the INTENDED meaning. It can really work either way.





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pandaslice
01-25-2009

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of course you'll go blind if you masturbate too much, you'll cum in your eye. lol

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SkylinexBleedsxRed
10-17-2008

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IdealHero: Haha@ naming a song after Longview.. Who would have guessed.. I used to live in Astoria and go to Longview many times..

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Green Day420
09-06-2008

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This song is made for me, man, its just perfect.

LONG LIVE GREEN DAY!

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dude_ranch
08-09-2008

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Story of my life, haha...seriously, not really that funny either.

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SOCAplayerr06
07-23-2008

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masturbation. thats what its all about. but billie joe is hott, so im glad hes singing about it [: & what makes it obvious is the chorous "bite my lip & close my eyes, take me away to paradise" the line "when masturbation's lost its fun your fucking breaking" & the last lines "slippin away to paradise, some say quit or ill go blind, but its just a myth". AND in the concert dvd 'Bullet In A Bible' Billie Joe jacks off on stage in the middle of this song. pretty hott if you ask me.

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mandycakes331
04-30-2008

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song is just plain simple. ur bored. so u masturbate.
"bit my lip and close my eyes, take me away to paradise"
yea that sums it up

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anonymous86
04-07-2008

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This was Green Day's 1st ever song released to the world, and what a fuckin brilliant song it is. When you listen to it you just think to yourself how boring life can be sometimes, and you just want to get pissed or stoned, and/or just go into your own dream world in a world full of fun and partying!

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IdealHero
02-05-2008

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I'm actually from Longview Washington, and my cousin who was a big Green day fan back in the mid 90's told me they named it after our town. And I've heard that a lot in other places as well, so I assume it's the truth. So yeah I can tell people my home town is the inspiration for this song LOL. Here's something taken from wikipedia.

The title of the song "Longview" by the rock band Green Day was inspired by the city. The pop-punk trio had several friends in the area due to frequent performances in Portland, Oregon. Often they would meet other punk acts from Longview who would open their shows for them. According to one concert's press agent, Jim Baltutis, Green Day played a show at a Longview club, the Cafè Forum, in the summer of 1992, which later inspired the title of the song.

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MissNeurotic
01-11-2008

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yeah, I always thought it doesnt sound like he's singing "breaking" too, but I don't know what he sings, cause on the other hand the CD booklet also says "breaking" so...

And I agree not just about masturbation, but boredom... oh the bordom. I know what's it like I dont have a job at the moment.

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stoopidheadsd
12-07-2007

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actually i think it says But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost its fun
You're fucking loaded...

just a thought

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satellitehopper
12-03-2007

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A song about jerking off all day. ;P

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tyree12345
12-03-2007

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You Guys got it right for the most part. The Song isnt just about masturbation, it describes punk lifestyle. Just because masturbation is mentioned doesnt mean thats what the whole song is about.

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jcaimbeul
08-24-2007

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pure and simple this son...man in home bored = have a wank...simple task to beat boredom...nuff said..now if you women out there would help us guys more than we wouldnt need to write songs like this...come on..you know it make sense

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jdm996
07-06-2007

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this song is about being bored and wackin' it.

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longview217
06-30-2007

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This is easily one of my top three GD songs. I love how you can feel the "passion" in his voice when he sings it. It's just about sitting around, being bored, going outta your mind. It's awesome.

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Kelly Bundy
06-06-2007

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THIS AREN'T CORRECT LYRICS!!!
song is great but this is not all
however, I do like this part : "Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost its fun
You're fucking breaking"

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Richard Enahobo
05-10-2007

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You should see how much Christianity is hated in the forums.

I looked on wikipedia and it basically says Christianity is against masturbation but it doesn't say anything about the myth that it makes you go blind.

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dea*
05-08-2007

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yeah! it was responsible for a lot of bad things...
from the concept of the holy war...to the disruction of the book, that they considered "dangerous for people's mind", to the hate for the strangers till the myth of "masturbate yourself is wrong" this was a concept that created in the middle ages, because they thought that have fun leave man from god (or something similar...)

sorry for the off topic...;)

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Richard Enahobo
05-06-2007

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I didn't know that the Christian church was responsible for that rumor.

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dea*
05-05-2007

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yeah! it's another thing that exists in italy too...
church in particular said that if you masturbate you'll go bling, and for a lot of year guys were scaried about what could be happended to theirself!!!
now saiyng that is funny...but this is another of the reason for which i hate "christian church!"
they have used to shut up and repress people who put themselves over everything...(i don't know if you can understand...)
billy was great making laudh on this myth!!

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