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Welcome to Paradise Lyrics
Dear mother,
Can you hear me whining?
It's been three whole weeks
Since I left your home
This sudden fear has left me trembling
'Cause now it seems that I
Am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and
Left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Dear Mother,
Can you hear me laughing?
It's been six whole months since that
I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Paradise
Can you hear me whining?
It's been three whole weeks
Since I left your home
This sudden fear has left me trembling
'Cause now it seems that I
Am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Another urchin snaps and
Left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Can you hear me laughing?
It's been six whole months since that
I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
A wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
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I always thought that this song was about him going off to college. He's left his home and moved off to college and he is unsure of himself and his new surroundings. The whole slums thing is about how most parents think that college housing is slums but the teenagers see it as paradise. I dunno, that's just what i always thought he was talking about.
@Harvynder More or less yea in modern day. however back then it was the terrible conditions Billie grew up in and its him living on his own/ running away.
@Harvynder More or less yea in modern day. however back then it was the terrible conditions Billie grew up in and its him living on his own/ running away.
such a great song. pretty self explanatory, he has found beauty in a place that people looking in from the outside see as ugly.
kickass song!
hahaha! in 12 days i will be hearing this song live in the mosh pit!!!!!
NOW THATS PARADISE!!!
You may have seen it live.... but i play it live O!
You may have seen it live.... but i play it live O!
Aha! I'll be hearing this LIVE TONIGHT!! YES!
@warped1_02 that comment is only a little younger than I am!
@warped1_02 that comment is only a little younger than I am!
Hey I was at that concert!!! It was sooo awesome!!
a fucking kickass song green day is the best band live green day
the songs very good on both kerplunk, and dookie. it means that he has found a love in such a place, that outsiders would call "ugly"
i think it's about oakland
I always thought this song was about how its so scary to live like this but he's away from his parents so when he says "Pay attention to the cracked streets And broken homes Some call it the slums Some call it nice I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home Welcome to paradise " its baisicly saying F*ck you mom and dad