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Wake Me Up When September Ends...

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Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends...

This is the result of some art therapy mixed with some angst and depression I've been feeling lately plus some Green Day music... I don't hate September, hate is a very strong word... And that's not the term I'd used to describe my feelings towards the month. It just... Has some days that I'd like to sleep the entire day through... :(

One day when I was listening to this very song, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" I got curious about what inspired Green Day, my all time favorite band, to write this song, so I googled it and after a bit of searching this is what came up:

"Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this about his father, who died of cancer on September 1st, 1982. At his father's funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie's room, Billie simply said, "Wake me up when September ends," hence the title.
The references to the amount of years is like so: When he says 7 years has gone so fast, he is talking about how Sweet Children (Green Day) formed almost exactly 7 years after the incident. And 20 years has gone so fast is an homage to when he wrote this song.
This was originally supposed to be on Shenanigans, but Billie was emotionally ready to record it, so it was put onto American Idiot.
The video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who directed Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video. Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood starred in the video, which isn't about Armstrong's father, but more a reflection on the mood in American after the September 11 attacks. In an interview with MTV, Bayer said this video was "hands down the greatest thing I've ever done." "

(Music video of "Wake Me Up When September Ends": www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoF… Lyric video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVO8sU…

I was very intrigued. I honestly just thought the song was about 9/11 and that Billie Joe Armstrong's father possibly passed away in the attacks... But apparently Billie and I have more in common than I thought.

Let me explain, today is September 1st, the anniversary of Billie's father's death, Billie's father died of cancer. My uncle died of cancer this very month as well, but not this very day, and since than, September usually was a month I was never really fond of...

The fact that I lost my uncle that month to cancer, and Billie lost his father to cancer, and that we all lost millions in the 9/11 attacks tears me down, I've cried about all those things more than once. :cries:

Billie Joe Armstrong, I am so sorry for your loss, I really truly am, I know how you feel... I pray for you and think of you... You're my hero... All those people who lost their loved ones in the 9/11 attacks, you are in my prayers and thoughts, I apologize sincerely for all your losses...


PLEASE NO RUDE OR MEAN COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

(From left to right, me, Billie Joe Armstrong smoking a cigarette. We're crying over our losses and the 9/11 attacks... I hope I got Billie's hair style close enough to how he looks now... This is my first time drawing him...)

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