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

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rhcprox
10-30-2004

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to el snaps: yeah they've reached a level of sucking beyond all bands ever..of going from one of the best bands to the stupidest...from writing great songs that were kick ass and original to stupid and just like everyone elses!!!!!!!!

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misirlou
10-30-2004

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how the hell is this just like everyone else? maybe i'm a little out of it, but not a lot of other bands nowadays making concept albums like this (at least not the ones who get lumped in with green day somehow). anyways, this is a really cool song.

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rhcprox
11-01-2004

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look at insomniac and then look at this album....they used to be the only one of their kind now they aren't unique...

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slickricks
11-01-2004

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Hey, in response to eyesman2008's post, I agree and disagree with a lot of your analysis. For one thing Jesus and Jimmy are the same character. You can easily tell this by the fact that all the "letters" in the CD jacket are addressed to the ambiguous "J." Not to mention the fact that in "Give me novocaine," the singer switches between talking as Jimmy and talking to him, etc. Really, the two caracters are sides of the same coin.

I'm actually a big nerd and took a lot of time to fully analyze the whole album on my blog. If anyone wants some illumination, go here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/slickricks/6832.html Enjoy!

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rhcprox
11-03-2004

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BUSH WON!!!!!!!!!!!!REPUBLICANS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!

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rambamslam
11-04-2004

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billy, eminem and a lot of other celebrities must be pissed as hell

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rhcprox
11-04-2004

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y?

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crimp
11-04-2004

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rhcprox, billy and eminem would be pissed right now because of what you said "Bush won."
But don't worry, seeing as how you supported a president who sent over a 1,000 American soldiers and god knows how many innocent iraqis to their death, fucked up the economy beyond repair and clearly lost all three debates to John Kerry, I wouldn't expect you to know what 'rambamslam' was clearly talking about.

cock

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frkishlyrepublican
11-04-2004

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RHCPROX:o ur one of those. how cliche bring it on i could argue all freakin day....i've been arguing on the American Idiot song too u guys are freakin lame, yeah it's too bad u guys don't have a clue as to what you are talking about....

FRKSHLYREPUBLICAN: me too, i got a whole bag of arguments just to prove all u lame kerry people wrong

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eternalstoke
11-06-2004

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this song doesn't mean anything to me.

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eternalstoke
11-06-2004

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green day was better before. many people posting on this board are too young to have listened to green day before.

GREEN DAY IS TRYING TO COPY NOFX's "THE DECLINE". i'm not surprised they call it a punk opera. their idea is not original. get a life people.

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cdubb420
11-07-2004

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i love dearly beloved. classic green day . this whole album is the best since pink floyd came out with the wall. and to rhcprox that fact that they're borrowing ideas from other bands makes them more originol to me. to take someone elses music and make it your own requires amazing talent. if anyoone reads this i would really like to discuss this album and what it means with someone. i think it would be fun since there is so many ways to interpet it. if you would like to discuss or have a website explaining te album e-mail me at cdubb4201@hotmail.com or aim me at pilot789. BEST ALBUM IN YEARS.


p.s. ok i listened to insomniac and they changed there style from every other album that they played. thats the why green day has been able to stay around for 15 years they change there style.

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cdubb420
11-07-2004

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oh yeah i hope they make a movie or play or both based on this album like pink floyd did with the wall i really think that would be the whipped cream on top

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rhcprox
11-08-2004

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WHOA!! YOU CANNOT COMPARE GREENDAY TO PINK FLOYD!!! PINK FLOYD IS FREAKIN CLASSIC!!! THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE USED IN THE SAME SENTENCE AS THESE ASSHOLE'S (GREENDAY) UNLESS COMPARING HOW INSIGNIFICANT GREENDAY IS TO PINK FLOYD....you must be crazy to even think they could be like them...sorry if i misinterpritted you but as soon as someone even starts to compare them they are stupid...and if a band can't make up their own sound...that aint unique thats just copying and reforming....thats crap

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misirlou
11-10-2004

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if you hate green day so much, why the hell are you here? wouldn't it be better to go socialize with people who share the same views as you?

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rhcprox
11-10-2004

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just in case yoy are completely ignorant to the obvious...a lot of people put up comments about how much they don't like the songs or b ands...plus it's a public chat thing and I can....excercising my rights thank you

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TheFedman2002
11-11-2004

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alright, whoever is in here talkin shit about billie's messages in the songs you can piss off. You obviously arent secure enough about you're own beliefs so you have to criticize other peoples. if you wanna talk about voting bush and being republican, go to some house in rural alabama where people engage in incest.
Now onto the point, this song rocks, its one of my favorites off the record because it shows about how everything right now is affecting the people. i love billie cant wait to see him in concert 11/24 booyah

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kerplunk17
11-11-2004

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This song is so amazing. And there is nothing wrong with comparing Green Day to any band. Who cares if billie was inspired by Pink Floyd, or any band. Everyone is influenced by something or another. Maybe Green Day was inspired by Pink Floyd. WHO CARES????This is their own music and own words, not Pink Floyds. Anyone who says Green Day is just trying to copy what another band did is ignorant. This is simply Green day writing music for themselves, and what they want. they dont need the money that bad anymore they are rich. This is the kind of stuff they want to do and they should be thanked for it. i personally love the whole CD. If you don't like it no one said you have to keep listening to it.

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kerplunk17
11-11-2004

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Oh by the way, rhcprox you have no idea what music is at all, im sorry you have to be 14 maybe? i can't imagine someone as ignorant as you actually is allowed to live.

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rhcprox
11-11-2004

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yeah i'm 16...and i know what music is and yeah the ACTUAL musical aspect of this song is....ok...but the lyrics and vocals just aren't as good as the old Greenday...how come everyone else is allowed to have their opinons except me?! I mean I used to freakin love Greenday I would listen to Insomniac like everyday....i just personally don't like their new stuff and think that their new stuff is no comparison to that of Pink Floyd...It's like comparing Zepelin to like TBS it just don't work!!! but now their old stuff yeah I think they were on the road to being freakin classics!! but now i just don't

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shadowwiththeeyes
11-12-2004

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Wow, rhcp is actually making sense now.
I think this song really is a lot better than most of the stuff Green Day have been doing for a while in almost every way, but I'd still rather listen to Insomniac. Kerplunk17, just having a band's album in your screen name doesn't mean your opinion is any more valid than mine is.

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shadowwiththeeyes
11-12-2004

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Wow, rhcprox gets in e-fights every-damn-where she goes. MAybe they can smell the republican on you.

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MrPryMinista
11-12-2004

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I hope they dont make a movie with Green Day in it. Thats got "BAD" written all over it.

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rhcprox
11-12-2004

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shadowwitheyes: hahaha everyone hates me...but hey I just stand up for what I believe...but yeah I agree with you about htis song and Insomniac...

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kerplunk17
11-13-2004

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shadowwiththeeyes - i never said mine opnion was better than anoyone's. however the point i was trying to make, which i suppose you did'nt realize, is that there is nothing wrong with comparing bands. No one has ever said Green day is trying to be like another band. They are doing what they want. I personally love it, and im sure many people don't. Just as some people love music that i don't. however to criticize Green day and say they are copying other bands is not fair to them or to music. And having one of their albums in my name is just the the name i have used on AIM since i picked up that Cd many years back. rhcprox - i agree i love old green day, and i will admit you need to like a different style of music to enjoy their new stuff. To each their own. I am just sick of hearing that green day is copying bands and not being original. I hope this makes sense to somebody.....

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