When I Come Around
Billie Joe Armstrong/Green Day Lyrics
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'Cause you been searching for that someone
And it's me out on the prowl
As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself
Well, don't get lonely now, and dry your whining eyes
I'm just roaming for the moment
Sleazin' my back yard so don't get
No time to search the world around
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
Well, I heard it all before, so don't knock down my door
I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser
To try and slag me down because I know you're right
So go do what you like, make sure you do it wise
You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing
Was ever there
You can't go forcing something if it's just not right
No time to search the world around
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
No time to search the world around
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
When I come around
When I come around
When I come around
The lyrics to Green Day's hit song "When I Come Around" describe the singer's feeling of frustration towards a past lover who has been searching for someone to replace him. The song starts off with the singer expressing that he has heard his ex-lover crying because they have been trying to find someone else since their breakup. The lyric "And it's me out on the prowl" shows that he is also looking for someone new, but he does not want his ex to think that he is doing this to make them jealous or hurt them.
The chorus of the song ("No time to search the world around / 'Cause you know where I'll be found / When I come around") indicates that the singer is confident that his ex will come back to him eventually, despite their efforts to find someone else. The lyric "I'm just roaming for the moment / Sleazin' my back yard" shows that he is not actively seeking out a new relationship, but he is open to the idea.
The second verse of the song suggests that the singer knows he has made mistakes in the relationship, but he is not defensive about it. He even calls himself a loser and a user, acknowledging that he is not perfect. The lyric "So go do what you like, make sure you do it wise / You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing / Was ever there" shows that he is encouraging his ex to move on and find happiness, but he is also confident that he will still be there when they realize their doubts were unfounded.
Overall, the song is an expression of the singer's confidence that his past lover will eventually come back to him, despite their attempts to move on. It also shows his understanding that he has made mistakes in the past and his willingness to let his ex move on if they choose to do so.
Line by Line Meaning
I heard you crying loud, all the way across town
I heard you crying and calling out for someone you need, even from far away.
'Cause you been searching for that someone
You've been seeking that special someone who can make you feel complete.
And it's me out on the prowl
But right now, I'm just roaming around aimlessly.
As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself
While you're feeling sorry for yourself.
Well, don't get lonely now, and dry your whining eyes
But don't worry, you won't be alone forever. Cheer up, and stop crying about it.
I'm just roaming for the moment
I'm just wandering around aimlessly for now.
Sleazin' my back yard so don't get
But I'm just hanging out in the area, so don't get too worried or worked up about it.
So uptight you been thinking about ditching me
You're getting so uptight that you've even considered breaking things off with me.
No time to search the world around
You don't need to look far to find me.
'Cause you know where I'll be found
You already know where to find me.
Well, I heard it all before, so don't knock down my door
I've heard all the criticisms before, so don't bother trying to bring me down with them.
I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser
I already know that I'm not perfect, so I don't need anyone to accuse me of anything.
To try and slag me down because I know you're right
I won't question your criticisms because I know they're justified.
So go do what you like, make sure you do it wise
Go ahead and do whatever you want, just make sure you do it wisely.
You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing
You might realize that you shouldn't be so hard on yourself.
Was ever there
Because there was never really a good reason for it in the first place.
You can't go forcing something if it's just not right
Don't try to force something that just isn't meant to be.
When I come around
But I'm here for you when you're ready.
When I come around
Just wait until I come around.
When I come around
And I will come around.
Lyrics ยฉ Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Edwin Wright III, Mike Ryan Pritchard
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@theharshtruthoutthere
Isn`t it time to start seeking out all of that knowledge, we all, still missing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttviqvfTBTg you and me, we SHALL BE JUDGED. Therefore, let me ask a little: which ones your actions and thoughts are?
- evil or good?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYOKu9d9bz7B0iL4ZleIQYscvdaZcvWF
1776 โ 2022 = 246
1776 โ 2076 = 300
We have lived under the freemasons tryanny, oh perdon, i mean, under their rulership close to 300 years. Sadly much anough to forget all, that was before โtheyโ took everything under their control and keep it that way, that long.
246 years of lifetimes, under the โpowerโ of evil. And we dream of a good lives to live. How come we can do it under the rulership of the wicked?
!go and find a job! = !go and find a enslavement!. And we, humans, find it a problem, that we were slaves generations back. The reasons it ainยดt a problem now? For we, humans, being slaves, haven`t changed. WE ARE ALL STILL SLAVES! This havenยดt changed.
Now, can you, a reader of my writtings can you explain: why are we still slaves?, when the matter of fact, it is already proven, that EVERLASTING IS FREE:
- WATER,
- FOOD,
- ELECTRICITY,
- LAND,
- AIR.
Who find it`s un-benefits them, if we are truly FREED? - freemasons.
SLAVES we are and will remain, until the HUNGER FOR THE MISSING KNOWLEDGE is found in all of us. Do we even know how to live, BEING FREE?
In the days of NOAH, only 8 souls, were left to live, out from millinons. Yet, we, nowdays won`t even function unless someone form older generations tells us what to do. Why is things that way, if we are all free and highly educated?
Ecclesiastes 4:1ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had noย comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had noย comforter.
John 14:16ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anotherย Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Lamentations 1:9ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had noย comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
John 15:26ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
But when theย Comforterย is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Lamentations 1:16ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because theย comforterย that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
John 14:26ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
But theย Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:7ย |ย View whole chapterย |ย See verse in context
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, theย Comforterย will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Let me be cut of this earth imminently if i even dare to reject CHRIST. I may and surly shall have trials and times that i just cant go anymore, i may and sadly surly shall backslide again and again, still as long as i breath, i get up and keep on going. Cause, if i dare to give up so easily, i then surly DIE and not just once, but twice. Let my name be found.......and let me be strong and "crazy" enough to keep the faith until the end.
The fear of GOD should be found in me.
Have the FEAR OF GOD in you and be sure these words from GOD "depart for me, i never new you" , you shall never hear. May your name also be found .......
@JebusMatoi
To think in 3 years this song will be 30. The 90s seems like another world at this point.
@cosmicallis7936
It already does and already is...๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
@ameliawade78
I'd give anything for it to be the 90's...
@cosmicallis7936
@@ameliawade78 right..makes me feel like a fool for once being a kid wishing it was "the future" and that I was "grown up" ๐คฆ๐คฆ๐คฆlol
@DJDeez87
A better world with better music...RIP the 90s
@airalert33
Really feels like another world for you? In my mind I'm still there, it feels like yesterday. Turning 31 this year, but I still feel like a kid in the '90s
@sinelife192
The 90's feel so different. Not just a nostalgic thing, but like we crossed a threshold into another world that we can never come back from. Everything feels so different.
@matthewbailey3833
90s were the best
@MetaITurtle
It's probably because it's after the 80s and that was a great decade too
@briantaulbee6452
Huge paradigm shift in the 2000's .