All by Myself
Green Day Lyrics


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I was alone, I was all by myself
No one was looking, I was thinking of you
Oh yeah, did I mention I was all by myself
All by myself
All by myself
All by myself

I went to your house, but no one was there
I went in your room
I was all by myself
You and me had
Such wonderful times




When I'm all by myself
All by myself

Overall Meaning

The first part of the lyrics to Green Day's song F.O.D./All by Myself expresses the feeling of loneliness that the singer experiences. He says that he was alone, and that no one was looking at him, as he was lost in thought about someone he misses. The repetition of the phrase "All by myself" emphasizes further the isolation the singer is feeling. In the second part of the lyrics, the singer remembers happy times spent with the person he's thinking of, before returning to the phrase "All by myself" one last time.


The song F.O.D. was released as part of Green Day's third album "Dookie" in 1994 as a hidden track. The song is a short acoustic piece that leads in from the previous track, "All By Myself", which is a joke track featuring drummer Tré Cool performing a CB radio chat about the virtues of masturbation. F.O.D stands for "Fuck Off and Die".


Line by Line Meaning

I was alone, I was all by myself
I felt lonely and isolated.


No one was looking, I was thinking of you
I was lost in thought about you when nobody was around.


Oh yeah, did I mention I was all by myself
I can't stress enough how lonely I was feeling.


All by myself
I don't have anyone to keep me company.


All by myself
I'm on my own.


All by myself
I'm feeling very isolated.


I went to your house, but no one was there
I went to your place hoping to find you, but you weren't there.


I went in your room
I went inside your room without your permission.


You and me had such wonderful times
We shared some great moments together in the past.


When I'm all by myself
I keep thinking about those memories when I'm alone.


All by myself
Once again, I'm feeling very lonely.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank E., Iii Wright, Frank Edwin Wright Iii, Michael Pritchard, Mike Dirnt, Mike Ryan Pritchard, Tre Cool

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Comments from YouTube:

Giorgia Simeoni

This song is wonderful, one of Green Day's best ever 🤟🤟🤟

SlashMan.EXE

Back in my day, we had to forget the CD player was still on to hear this gem

WVUer21

Tape deck.

CJanaro

I remember accidentally finding it, also the first song I memorized… in the 5th grade 😂

WVUer21

@CJanaro  Fifth or sixth grade sounds about about right. Now, get off my lawn.

Doofunny

Cassette player.

Novocaine

@DoofunnyWax Cylinder Phonograph

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Nthuziast

best green day song

Fastandsteady

The best part is easily where he breaks laughing at around 1:13 xD

Fyre Yak

This defined many genres, I'm sure

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