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From album: "American Idiot" (2004)
LYRICS
"Give Me Novacaine"
“Give Me Novacaine” is about Jesus of Suburbia wanting to take drugs to relieve stress from his life and asking for reassurance from his alter ego St. Jimmy.
The instrumentality goes slow throughout the song with the music exploding in the choruses. The lyrics see a lonely Jesus of Suburbia asking for help and then raging with ‘St. Jimmy’ who eventually turns to novacaine to numb the pain.
If seen from the perspective of St. Jimmy being a figment of the Jesus of Suburbia’s imagination, this song could be about Jesus trying to suppress his own personality so he can become St. Jimmy, which is the personality he wants to be.
The title, derivates from the local anesthetic drug Procaine, used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and it is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, in some regions, procaine is referred to generically as novocaine.
The song segues to the next track, “She’s A Rebel”, without pausing.
[Verse 1]
Take away the sensation inside
Bittersweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
[Verse 2]
Out of body and out of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feeling that's alright
Jimmy says it's better than here, I'll tell you why
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
Oh, Novacaine
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me, Jimmy, I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
"She's a Rebel"
“She’s a Rebel” introduces a new character in the American Idiot story arc: Whatsername. Here, Jesus of Suburbia meets this free-spirited, rebellious woman who he falls in love with. The song details her strong-willed personality and her willingness to protest and rebel for her beliefs.
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Verse 1]
From Chicago to Toronto
She's the one that they call ol' Whatsername
She's a symbol of resistance
And she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade
[Verse 2]
Is she dreaming what I'm thinking?
Is she the mother of all bombs? Gonna detonate
Is she trouble like I'm trouble?
Make it a double twist of fate or a melody that
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define, well, nothing comes to mind
(Hey)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define, well, nothing comes to mind
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Outro]
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel, and she's dangerous
From album: "American Idiot" (2004)
LYRICS
"Give Me Novacaine"
“Give Me Novacaine” is about Jesus of Suburbia wanting to take drugs to relieve stress from his life and asking for reassurance from his alter ego St. Jimmy.
The instrumentality goes slow throughout the song with the music exploding in the choruses. The lyrics see a lonely Jesus of Suburbia asking for help and then raging with ‘St. Jimmy’ who eventually turns to novacaine to numb the pain.
If seen from the perspective of St. Jimmy being a figment of the Jesus of Suburbia’s imagination, this song could be about Jesus trying to suppress his own personality so he can become St. Jimmy, which is the personality he wants to be.
The title, derivates from the local anesthetic drug Procaine, used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and it is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, in some regions, procaine is referred to generically as novocaine.
The song segues to the next track, “She’s A Rebel”, without pausing.
[Verse 1]
Take away the sensation inside
Bittersweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
[Verse 2]
Out of body and out of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feeling that's alright
Jimmy says it's better than here, I'll tell you why
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
Oh, Novacaine
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
[Chorus]
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me, Jimmy, I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
"She's a Rebel"
“She’s a Rebel” introduces a new character in the American Idiot story arc: Whatsername. Here, Jesus of Suburbia meets this free-spirited, rebellious woman who he falls in love with. The song details her strong-willed personality and her willingness to protest and rebel for her beliefs.
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Verse 1]
From Chicago to Toronto
She's the one that they call ol' Whatsername
She's a symbol of resistance
And she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade
[Verse 2]
Is she dreaming what I'm thinking?
Is she the mother of all bombs? Gonna detonate
Is she trouble like I'm trouble?
Make it a double twist of fate or a melody that
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define, well, nothing comes to mind
(Hey)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define, well, nothing comes to mind
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Outro]
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel, and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel, and she's dangerous
