"Wake Me Up When September Ends" came as the fourth single from Green Day's album, American Idiot during a time of decreasing public support for the American war in Iraq. This served as a strong antiwar statement and was accompanied by a video depicting a couple torn apart by the war. The song's lyrics, in addition to the couple in the video, portray the pain of war and its detriment to families and loved ones. Lyrics such as, "the innocent can never last," and, "drenched in my pain again," are meant to voice the negative impacts that war has on the American people. Green Day protests war as they believe it is a dire issue Green Day is calling us to not think about the attacks on September 11th, but to not forget them, as shown by, "As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost, wake me up when September ends."
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I completely agree on what you mean when they are protesting the war. It basically them saying that they won't stand for it and won't be a part of society until it is over. I'm a firm believer that the past shapes our future and I think the songs depicts that rather well.
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