Lyrics for Jesus Of Suburbia as interpreted by prayingmantis84

Jesus Of Suburbia Lyrics
[Part I: Jesus of Suburbia ]

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of suburbia
From the bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I got away with

But there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me

Get my television fix
Sitting on my crucifix
The living room of my private womb
While the moms and Brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes
And Mary Jane to keep me insane
And doing someone else's cocaine

[Part II: City Of The Damned]

At the center of the Earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 were I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says "home is were your heart is"
But what a shame
Cause everyone's heart
Doesn't beat the same
We're beating out of time

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care

I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that
The center of the earth
Is the end of the world
And I could really care less

[Part III: I don't care]

I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care [x5]

Everyone is so full of shit
Burn and raised by hipocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradle to the grave
We are the kids of war and peace
From Anaheim to the middle east
We are the stories and disciples
Of the Jesus of Suburbia
Land of make believe
And it don't believe in me
Land of make believe
And I don't believe
And I don't care!

[Part IV: Dearly beloved]

Dearly beloved are you listening?
I can't remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse

[Part V: Tales of another broken home]

To live and not to breathe
Is to die in tragedy
To run, to run away
To find what you believe
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
I lost my faith to this
This town that don't exist

So I run
I run away
To the light of masochists
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
And I walked this line
A million and one fucking times
But not this time

I don't feel any shame
I wont apologize

When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken home

Interaction
Mail to a friend Send Lyrics to a Friend
Share on Facebook

Stumble It
Add to Del.icio.us Add to Del.icio.us




  • 320 Comments
  • Printer Friendly Lyrics
oldest first     Expand All
stacey_rox9
03-19-2006

Rated 0 
This song is freaking amazing. Its the best. I love it with all my heart. I just love it the way i can.
Peace

Log in to reply
PtolemyKitty
03-20-2006

Rated 0 
This song always reminds me of a friend of mine....abused household type deal.

I love the lines "Everyone is so full of shit/Born and raised by hypocrites/Hearts recycled but never saved/From the cradles to the grave". I mean, if you live in a town like I do, filled with arrogant asshole hypocrites, those lines basically define it.

Also the lines "The motto was just a lie/It says "home is were your heart is"/But what a shame/Cause everyone's heart /Doesn't beat the same"
They're so prophetic and so true. I mean, if you grow up in a shithole, that motto really sucks to hear. I love that they say that.

Log in to reply
Ezbi
04-01-2006

Rated 0 
I love this song!!! it reaches out to me in ways not many other songs can! And is it just me or does Greenday get better and better with each album??? This whole album is great but this song is by far the best! Musical genius...

Log in to reply
heathy92
04-12-2006

Rated 0 
green dday are so crap they cover songs from just about every band they are wannabe punks, sell outs and pathetic people

Log in to reply
rockstothebass
04-19-2006

Rated 0 
"But there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be"

"Nobody's perfect and I stand accused"

These are the new definitions of my life^^

Log in to reply
wag
04-30-2006

Rated 0 
i love lou taylor pucci, who is playing the role of jesus. isn't he cute?
i love sam bayer, who also did the video of smells like teenspirit (by one of my other favourite bands like green day - nirvana), american idiot, boulevard of broken dreams, holiday, wake me up when september ends (last 4 by green day) some videos of blink182, zombie, ode to my family, ridiculous thoughts (Alternative take with elijah wood!!!!!!!) and i can't be with you (last 4 by cranberries- another one, who is my favourtie)
i love green day, because they are so great, they have their attitude, they know what they sing about and they entertain
i love it.really.i love it. sam,billie, trè, mike and lou, you're great!!!!!!!

Log in to reply
loop-to-loop
05-10-2006

Rated 0 
Green day is sooo over popularized now that it's making me throw up green slime from the american idiot video...anyway, good song. they are better than mcr and it might be a opinoin but it's also a fact when u think about it. BILLIE JOE IS SOOO HOT!!!

Log in to reply
PtolemyKitty
05-11-2006

Rated 0 
wag, don't forget The Hearts Filthy Lesson and Strangers When We Meet (Both by David Bowie). Bayer did both those vids and they're amazing. I agree, Bayer is the best music video director ever. Him and Floria Sigismondi are amazing.

Log in to reply
musicaholic
05-16-2006

Rated 0 
I live in India & brought up in a totally different culture . But I can c how this video depicts the current youth trend in the western world . It is marathon anthem and changes tempo violently yet gracefully . I can compare it 2 Billy Joel's "Italian Restaurant" which is similar in its contrasting styles within the same song .

Log in to reply
punk_chick13
05-27-2006

Rated 0 
dude... go back to india, we have dr. phil for that kind of comment.

Log in to reply
liveandletdie_16
06-01-2006

Rated 0 
this song is angry! I like it, because im angry now, the same as this song, so it makes sense, right?

Log in to reply
J.O.S_is_my_messiah
06-03-2006

Rated 0 
by the way everyone, billie joe doesn't do any (or mostly doesn't) of the guitar solos on american idiot (the whole album) it's jason white that is the amazing guitarist. Billie joe is still WAY cool tho

Log in to reply
BaMbAAcHa
06-09-2006

Rated 0 
This song is one of the best in GD's History by far!! the lyrics, the content, the music the duration...

Log in to reply
rockstothebass
06-13-2006

Rated 0 
jesus of suburbia, the character, is basically my escape card when I'm feeling so bad that I just want to ditch all my friends and go off somewhere else and never speak to anyone i ever knew again. I get like this after a grl rejects/breaks up with me.....or just anything like that that can make someone want to rebel. very inspiring song

Log in to reply
rockstothebass
06-13-2006

Rated 0 
and to musicaholic, the temp stays the same. It's in 4/4 and at 152 bpm. Howeverr you are probably not a musician and that is total jibber jabber to you.


and punk isnt suppose to be a trend...however thats how people see it as. the idea of punk is being yourself while trying to corrupt the system...I take more emphasis is on the being yourself part though^^;;

Log in to reply
Melissajosey
06-15-2006

Rated 0 
can someone please explain to me the whole "Jesus of Suburbia" metaphor becasue no matter how many times i read articles i just dont get it...maybe one of youse can help me please?

Log in to reply
yenoh_adnama
06-25-2006

Rated 0 
well, everyone knows that Suburbia is like large houses that cost way too much and have rich people. in Suburbia a lot of drugs and stuff are done and no one suspects it because they are rich and they would never do that. He is the 'Jesus of Suburbia' because he was one of them at one time but he turned his life around and became something and now people in his situation follow his example.

i hope that clears things up.

Log in to reply
angst_pixie
06-26-2006

Rated 0 
This song is the story of my life

Log in to reply
Longview
06-29-2006

Rated 0 
This song is in my top three Green Day songs, along with "When I Come Around" and "Minority". Fucking sick song, it made me love American Idiot.

Log in to reply
theonetheycallnundy
07-03-2006

Rated 0 
this song is good and evrything but, it osnt suit greenday, I thought they were punk rock. what happened to them? this isnt punk rock. Thid genre of music is not greenday

Log in to reply
world_domination
07-12-2006

Rated 0 
they're just continuing to develop-they can't play the same songs as they did 17 years ago because they probably don't feel that way anymore and aren't concerned or angry about the same things now as they were then.

Log in to reply
Psychogirl14
07-13-2006

Rated 0 
I love this song. I think it's the best song on American Idiot.

Log in to reply
maloga
07-15-2006

Rated 0 
first of all,im sorry for my engish, im from spain.
like all of you, i love this song.for me its became as more much than a song.it lasts more than 9 minutes and every second is amazing, when youre listening to this song, you dont thing its too long.i have seen the video and i think the lyrics tells saint jimmy´s life,but who´s exactly saint jimmy?does he really exist?answer plz

Log in to reply
world_domination
07-19-2006

Rated 0 
he's the fictional character who the album is about, as st jimmy + jesus of suburbia. dont know if hes based on billie joe or sum1 he knew or n e thing

Log in to reply
rainbowless
07-19-2006

Rated 0 
i have a friend who calls himself the JEEBUS of suburbia. and after reading the lyrics, i now know why....

Log in to reply




  • Add Your Comments
What does this song mean to you?

You must be logged in to post your comments.

Feel free to create an account with us, or log in with your existing account, to start adding your comments to songs.





Popular
Top:   Lyrics, Artists, Albums
Random:   Lyric, Artist, Album

Your Ad Here