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
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
As performed by: Green Day
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong
Meaning: This song was written by the lead vocalist of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong. This song is telling the listener about his father who died when he was 10. His father died because of cancer. His father died at September 1, 1982. At his funeral, he was so sad that he cried, ran, and then locked himself in his room. When his mother came home and knocked on his door, he simply said "Wake me up when September ends."
Moral Lesson: You won't know how valuable someone/something is until they/it is gone.
Message: There are several hidden messages in this song, like in the line: "Seven years has gone so fast" is reference to Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt's band Sweet Children (Which will morph to Green Day). The Music Video of this song is about a couple and the man is a soldier who will fight in the Iraq War.
Source:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/wakemeupwhenseptemberends.html
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3936
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Me_Up_When_September_Ends
