He also sees how politics influences everything ( I shop online so I can vote) and that even simple acts these days can cause adverse rippling effects ( I’m like a drone, there’s a soldier that’s freaking out PS this is war) and how the things that seem magical in the old days are now everyday play things ( I’m like a drone way up in the sky, I’m a shooting star). He begins to see how everything around him isn’t worth worrying about ( at the speed of life) and changes himself from being a grumpy old man to accepting technology ( I shop online). The author figures out that he should take a step back and just let life roll out instead of trying to get somewhere all the time ( I got a seat in the middle of the road, I’m gonna take my time). The author admits to feeling old and medicated as he pushes himself day by day thinking that he’d get the same happiness he did in the old days but things have changed ( high on cellular waves) and he’s learnt to be interested in politics as well ( riot in patriot). He never intended to be in the position he is in now where he is forced to sacrifice his own happiness for the sake of achieving the goals he once thought would bring him happiness ( I never wanted to compromise or bargain with my soul, how did a life on the wild side ever get so dull?). The author seems to be worrying about where he is in life ( I’m running late to somewhere now that I don’t want to be) as he realizes his goals and needs are becoming drastically different and harder to achieve from what it used to be ( future and promises ain’t what it used to be). I never know what to do when it’s, like, you and you’re alone with yourself.”
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Now, you have to sort of learn how to breathe a little bit more. “I think it’s so relatable, whether it’s going to your job or going to the dentist.” Another lyric, “How did life on the wild side get so dull,” touches on Armstrong’s post-rehab struggles: “How do you deal with dealing with yourself? Before it was, I’ll have a beer. “It’s my favorite beginning of a record that we’ve ever had,” he says.
The album opener alternates between dreamy, almost Guided by Voices-like acoustic interludes and Who-style anthemic bursts – Tre Cool thinks he did his best drumming ever on it. Billie Joe Armstrong calls the first line – “I’m running late to somewhere now that I don’t want to be” – one of his all-time favorites. That’s sort of what the record is about.” "It’s just that gloom and trying to rise above it.
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