Welcome to Paradise Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Harvynder 

Cover art for Welcome to Paradise lyrics by Green Day

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.