Insomniac

Green Day Insomniac Lyrics
1.Armatage Shanks

Stranded...lost inside myself
My own worst friend
My own closest enemy
Branded...maladjusted
Never trusted anyone
Let alone myself
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I must insist
On being a pessimist
I'm a loner with a catastrophic mind

Elected the rejected
I perfected the science of the idiot
No meaning...and no healing
Self-loathing freak and
Introverted deviot


2.Brat

Mom and Dad don't look so hot these days
They're getting over the hill
Death is closing in and catching up
As far as I can tell
Got a plan of action and cold blood
And it smells of defiance
I'll just wait for Mom and Dad to die
And get my inheritance
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Now I want more
Cause I getting bored
And I'm going nowhere fast
I was once filled with doubt
Now it's all figured out
Nothing good can last

Crows feet and rot are setting in
And time is running out
My parent's income interest rate
Is gaining higher clout
I'm a snot-nosed slob without a job
And I now I damn well should
Mom and Dad don't look so hot these days
But my future's looking good


3.Stuck With Me

I'm not part of your elite
I'm just alright
Class structure waving colors
Bleeding from my throat
Not subservient to you
I'm just alright
Down classed by the powers that be
Give me loss of hope
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Cast out...buried in a hole
Struck down...forcing me to fall
Destroyed...giving up a fight
And I know I'm not alright

What's the price and will you pay it
If it's alright
Take it from my dignity
Waste it until it's dead
Throw be back into the gutter
Cause it's alright
Find another pleasure fucker
Drag them down to hell


4.Geek Stink Breath

I'm on a mission
I made my decision
Lead a path of self-destruction
A slow progression
Killing my complexion
And it's rotting out my teeth
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I'm on a roll
No self-control
I'm blowing off steam
With methamphetamine
Don't know what I want
And it's all that I got
And I'm picking scabs off my face

Every hour
My blood is turning sour
And my pulse is beating out of time
I found a treasure
Filled with sick pleasure
And it sits on a thick white line

I'm on a mission
I got no decision
Like a cripple running the rat race
Wish in one hand
Shit in the other
And see which one gets filled first


5.No Pride

I am just a mutt
And nowhere is my home
Where dignity's a land mine
In a school of lost hope
I've panhandled my life
I'm not afraid to beg
Hand me down your lost and founds
Of second-hand regret
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You better swallow your pride
Or you're gonna choke on it
You better digest your values
Because they turn to shit
Honor's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
I know I'm not the one
I got no pride

Sects of disconnection
And traditions of lost faith
No culture's worth a stream of piss
Or a bullet in my face
To hell with unity
Seperation's gonna kill us all
Torn to shreds and disjointed
Before the final fall


6.Bab's Uvula Who?

I've got a knack for fucking everything up
My temper flies and I get myself all wound up
My fuse is short and my blood pressure's high
I lose control and I get myself all wound up
Tension mounts and I fly off the wall
I self-destruct and I get myself all wound up
Petulance and irritation set in
I throw a tantrum and I get myself all wound up

Chip on my shoulder and a leech on my back
Stuck in a rut and I get myself all wound up
Killed my composure and it'll never come back
Loss of control and I get myself all wound up
Blown out of proportion again
My temper snaps and I get myself all wound up
Spontaneous combustion, panic attack
I slipped a gear and I got myself all wound up


7.86

What brings you around
Did you lose something
The last time you were here
You'll never find it now
It's buried deep
With your identity
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So stand aside and let the next one pass
Don't let the door kick you in the ass
There's no return from 86
Don't even try

Exit out the back
And never show your head around again
Purchase your ticket
And quickly take the last train
Out of town


8.Panic Song

Ready for a cheap escape
On the brink of self-destruction
Widespread panic
Broken glass inside my head
Bleeding down these thoughts of
Anguish, mass confusion
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The world is a sick machine
Breeding a mass of shit
Such a desolate confusion
Fill the void with...I don't care

There's a plague inside of me
Eating at my disposition
Nothing's left
Torn out of reality
Into a state of no opinion
Limp with hate
I wanna drop out


9.Stuart and the Ave.

Standing on the corner of
Stuart and the avenue
Ripping up a transfer
And a photograph of you
You're a blur of my dead past
And rotting existence
As I stand laughing on the corner
Of insignificance
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Destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up

Seasons change as well as time
And I'm a two-faced clown
You're mommy's little nightmare
Driving daddy's car around
I'm beat down and half brain-dead
The long lost king of fools
I may be dumb, but I not stupid
Enough to stay with you


10.Brain Stew

I'm having trouble trying to sleep
I'm counting sheep but runnin' out
As time ticks by
And still I try
No rest for crosstops in my mind
On my own...here we go

My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed
Dried up and bulging out my skull
My mouth is dry
My face is numb
Fucked up and spun out in my room
On my own...here we go

My mind is set on overdrive
The clock is laughing in my face
A crooked spine
My sense is dulled
Passed the point of delirium
On my own...here we go


11.Jaded

Somebody keep my balance
I think I'm falling off
Into a state of regression
The expiration date
Rapidly coming up
It's leaving me behind to rank
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Always moving forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere

I'm taking one step sideways
Leading with my crutch
Got a fucked up equlibrium
Count down from 9 to 5
Hooray! We're gonna die
Blessed into our extinction


12.Westbound Sign

Boxed up all her favorite things
Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale
Big plans and leaving friends and a
Westbound sign
Weighed out her choices on a scale
Prevailed nothing made sense
Just transportation and a blank decision
She's taking off

No time and no copping out
She's burning daylight and petrol
Blacked out the rearview mirror
Heading westward on
Strung out on confusion road
And ten minute nervous breakdowns
Xanex a beer for thought and she's determined
She's taking off

Is it salvation or an
Escape from disconent
Will she find her name
In the California cement
Punched out of the grind
That punched her one too many times
Is tragedy 2,000 miles away
She's taking off


13.Tight Wad Hill

Cheapskate on a hill
A thrillseeker making deals
Sugar city urchin
Wasting time
Town of lunatics
Begging for another fix
Turning tricks for speedballs
One more night
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Making your rounds once again
Turning up empty-handed
Bumming a ride
Burning daylight
Last up at dawn
Tight wad hill

Drugstore hooligan
Another white trash mannequin
On display to
Rot up on the hill
Living out a lie
But having the time of his life
Hating every minute
Of his existence


14.Walking Contradiction

Do as I say not as I do because
The shit's so deep you can't run away
I beg to differ on the contrary
I agree with every word that you say
Talk is cheap and lies are expensive
My wallet's fat and so is my head
Hit and run and then I'll hit you again
I'm a smart-ass but I'm playing dumb

Standards set and broken all the time
Control the chaos behind a gun
Call it as I say it even if
I was born deaf, blind, and dumb
Losers winning big on the lottery
Radio rejects still sniffing glue
Constant refutation with myself
I'm a victim of a catch-22
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I have no belief
But I believe
I'm a walking contradiction
And I ain't got no rights