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The American Dream Is Killing Me
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When Mike TV wrote ‘American Idols’, they sadly said how much they missed their old Green Day. Well, after Dookie’s 30th-anniversary release in August, there’s a new album on the way… and I suspect there might be some of that old Green Day on there.
Saviors is an invitation into Green Day’s brain, their collective spirit as a band, and an understanding of friendship, culture and legacy of the last 30-plus years. It’s raw and emotional. Funny and disturbing. It’s a laugh-at-the-pain, weep-in-the-happiness kind of record. Honesty and vulnerability.
And our first taste of the album is ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, a song with distinct movements in the style of ‘Jesus of Suburbia’, but with a beat and guitar riff that harks to Warning. The song’s got bounce, but also bite.
Unlike Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’, I think it’s unlikely this song will be appropriated for the 4th July. Sometimes you just gotta drop subtle and say it out loud. If your song critiques American policy, it’s best to make sure the chorus line makes it as clear as possible.
I think the song has pushed the right buttons for upping my interest in Saviours, it might not sound like Insomnia or Dookie – but there’s got to be enough Pickled Dick here to satisfy those who miss the old Green Day.
Watch Green Day – ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’.
The American Dream Is Killing Me Lyrics
The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it’s all double talk of conspiracy
The American dream is killing meSend out an SOS
It’s getting serious
Bulldoze your family home
Now it’s a condoWe are not home
Are we not home
God damn I am so grateful
Forever faithful to…The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing mePeople on the street
Unemployed and obsolete
Did you ever learn to read the ransom noteDon’t want no huddled masses
TikTok and taxes
Under the overpass
Sleeping in broken glassWe are not well
Are we not well
Cracked up into the wild
We’re pedophiles for…The American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it’s all double talk of insanity
The American dream is killing meFrom sea to shining sea
Whitewashed upon the beach
My country under siege
On private propertyWe are not home
Are we not home
Kiss me I’m dead inside
Who needs suicide…When the American dream is killing me
The American dream is killing me
When it’s all double talk of insanity
The American dream is killing me
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