• First of all, this song is proof that Green Day (and Billy Joel Armstrong) have really matured as a song writer. This song is a 9 minute ballad, but it is good because it is more like Five 2-minute songs. Their are parts that are punk, parts that are catchy, and parts that are melodic. This song introduces the main character of the album. He is the Jesus of Suburbia. More is expained about him as the album goes on. I'm not really able to annalyze this song as much as I'd like. This song doesn't mean a lot by itself. It's all part of a story with the entire album. Read what others wrote for their solid opinions on the song's meaning. ------------------------------------------------------- OK, I have more to say about the song. This is a really good song. It shows very good song writing. The best part: It's 9 minutes long, so it's too long for the radio and MTV to kill. Someone on the first page said some comments that Billie Joe Armstrong said about the song. He said it's a take on religion from someone who doesn't know anything about religion. It introduces the main character, Jesus of Suburbia, and he is questioning the world around him (The government, poverty, culture, probably religion). He is a lot like Billie, in that he spent a lot of his life doing nothing and smoking pot. But now he has started to question things. Great song. It may have the best overall song writing of any Green Day song.

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