Lyrics for Wake Me Up When September Ends as interpreted by animated456

Wake Me Up When September Ends Lyrics
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends

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Stroodle2134
10-20-2009

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On September 11th (9/11), we were talking about songs inspired by that day and someone in my class told us that this song was about it. I don't know how except for the Sept. part but oh well. good song!

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Teimoshi
10-07-2009

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The journey, is finally over... I can finally rest. The road was long and hard and I have overcome many obstacles... I am stronger and I the things I've done and seen has changed me into a better person. ...I am at peace... I feel relieved.

This is what this song makes me think about. This is what I think it means. Whether in a symbolic sense or a metaphoric sense, I don't know, but this is how I've interpreted it.

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ValRoman14
09-21-2009

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This is my thoughts about the song:

1. "September" represents some sort of a "memory" which hurts him every time he remembers. Waking up from it means moving on so as not to feel those sad feelings.

2. I believe the song is also a tribute to the 9/11 incident because of the lyrics "Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars". The american flag do have stars, right? And we all know it represents the states. And rain from those stars represents the tears from those states because of the bombing.



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elementofdreams
09-19-2009

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When I saw the video, my first impression was that the main character killed his father so that he and his girlfriend could be together, thats why she was so upset. He was then shipped off to the military

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LittleVCents
09-10-2009

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I see it as not only a commemoration to his father, but also the attack on the Twin Towers [[9/11.]]

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bryan12294
08-22-2009

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The whole 9/11 thing that one of you mentioned is completely irrelevent. People are looking for things that don't exist; circumstances that only happen to share similarities. It is not intentional.

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SillyOrange316
08-07-2009

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I think its about both his dad and sept 11th, the lyrics make plenty of sense for both. The video is about someone going away to war, so it kind of connects with the whole sept 11th thing, but I've heard many places that its about his dad, so like I said before, I personally think its about both

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SillyOrange316
08-07-2009

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I think its about both his dad and sept 11th, the lyrics make plenty of sense for both. The video is about someone going away to war, so it kind of connects with the whole sept 11th thing, but I've heard many places that its about his dad, so like I said before, I personally think its about both

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basketcase7
08-05-2009

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It's about Billie's dad dying in September when he was 10 years old. He crys sometimes when he performs it. Poor Billie : (

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shellj9
08-04-2009

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this song is a memorial to billy joe's father who died of cancer when he was 10.

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Polskapimp6
07-25-2009

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I love this song,everytime I hear it,I feel the pain he must of gone through when his dad died

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Polskapimp6
07-25-2009

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I love this song,everytime I hear it,I feel the pain he must of gone through when his dad died

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Polskapimp6
07-25-2009

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I love this song,everytime I hear it,I feel the pain he must of gone through when his dad died

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JulieJoyfull
06-20-2009

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It makes sense that it is about his father. Billy is 37, and his dad died when he was 10, which was on september 10. Billy wrote the song seven years after his dad died hence the line " seven years has gone so fast". Later in the song, he says "twenty years has gone so fast". 10 plus 7 plus 20 is thirty-seven, wich I will remind you, is Billy's current age. It would also make sense that he wishes he could sleep through September, because perhaps he is reminded of his father in september, wich would probably be kinda depressing. PS September is at the end of Summer "Summer has come and passed", so at the end of summer, he is "drenched in his pain again".
-Julie,age 12


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IDVNOI
05-27-2009

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i agree with Tass99 i feel that way in may my granfather died 12 years ago and yesterday marked the 12 anniversary and i felt like crap and i just wish i could be with him again. this song really helped me get through yesterday and all those missing years


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StanleyCVSG
05-26-2009

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This song is so special to me for a specific reason:
My grandma passed away on the 1st of October, and we knew she was going to pass away for a while so we could say our goodbyes and stuff.
And on that morning my mother woke me up with the news that she was gone, and later on that day I heard this song on the radio and cried!
Great song!

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MetallicAlligator
05-25-2009

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I recently watched an interview with Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day's lead singer), and this song is a tribute to his late father, who died September 19th. Or 18th. I forget... but it is NOT a tribute to 9/11. Good guess, though.

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MsMe
05-03-2009

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i'm not going to read 14 pages of comments so if repeating i apologize.

anyways this song was originally written bout billie's dad who died in sept. but it also fit in with the st.jimmy and whatshername story line especially the emotions and thoughts of both characters after the events in letterbomb.

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greenstephday
05-02-2009

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this is bout billie joes dad who died (in september 82) ..
so my guess is that september is shit for him as it was when his dad died,so hes just saying wake me up when its over..

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musical_loser
03-01-2009

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Yeah, I also heard it's about his dad's death. It's been such a while since this song was released, but it makes me cry sometimes :(

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surfercoop94
02-09-2009

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This song is about his dad dying in September and he just wants that month to be over

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alexplague
11-29-2008

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This song has nothing to do with 9/11..its about baseball and his dad

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anjan
10-20-2008

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its about his dads death iam sure and another shiti things in september

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saibot7ay
10-07-2008

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could it be that he misses his dad and "the innocent can never last" is talking about himself who was left behind since that September raining day. Though time possibly reduced some pain but he will never forget the pain of losing his dad, that's why he doesn't want to be awake in September. That's my feeling about this song, it's brilliant and I love it. : )

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brimo
08-30-2008

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God, I love this song...it never fails to make me cry when I hear it.
Anyway, to me this song is about loss, not necessarily loss of a family member, but just losing anyone or anything that meant the world to you. At first you just go through your life and you think that whatever the thing is will last forever, but your "innocence can never last" and eventually it will all just be a memory. And you learn to just block it all out, but it's always there, in the back of your mind. Your "memory rests but never forgets what you lost". It's also about the passing of time, how you can look back on the experience years later and still have it fresh in your mind, and you wish you could just curl up and go to sleep until you didn't have to think about it anymore. I think almost everyone in the world can relate to this song in some way, I know I can. This song will definitely always be one of my favorites

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