38. Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
“For what it’s worth, it was worth all the while / It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right / I hope you had the time of your life”
This song is a huge favorite at graduation ceremonies because of its sentimental quality but it’s actually about a break-up. Billie Joe Armstrong, the band’s frontman, explained the meaning of the song…
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“At the time I wrote Good Riddance, I was breaking up with a girl that was moving to Ecuador, and I was trying to be as understanding about it as I could. I wrote the song as kind of a bon voyage. I was trying not to be bitter, but I think it came out a little bit bitter anyway… I thought that calling the song “Time of Your Life” was just a little too level-headed for me, so I had to come up with something different.”