Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.

Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams

Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline

Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground

Life before the lobotomy
Christian sang the eulogy
Sign my love a lost memory
From the end of the century

Well, it's enough to make you sick
To cast a stone and throw a brick
When the sky is falling down
It burned your dreams into the ground

Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
We are normal and self-controlled
Remember to learn to forget
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes

Well I'm not stoned
I'm just fucked up
I got so high I can't stand up
I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess

Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
Like refugees
We're lost like refugees
The brutality of reality
Is the freedom that keeps me from

Dreaming
I was only dreaming
Of another place and time
Where my family's from.

Singing
I can hear them singing.
When the rain had washed away
All these scattered dreams

Dying
Everyone's reminding
Hearts are washed in misery
Drenched in gasoline

Laughter
There is no more laughter
Songs of yesterday
Now live in the underground


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Before the Lobotomy Lyrics as written by Frank E. Billie Joe Armstrong

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    Wow!!! I think we are getting toooo convoluted here. Yeah its a concept album but its not a play. The songs stand on there own. What's the general idea of the album? American decay. To tell you the truth though I can't tell what the hell this song means. However, it adds to the entire picture of the album and I think Christian a lot of time means Christianity. I just wish they would have done the concept album but said what they wished without the ambiguity of the characters Christian and Gloria.

    Okay circles and circles but you can take your pic. To me that means this is a pretty good song if you can't tell what it's exactly about but love it.

    diamondblu7on June 13, 2009   Link

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