Appears on: Insomniac [1995]
Music by: Green Day
Lyrics by: Billie Joe Armstrong
Length: 2:15
Line-up: Billie Joe Armstrong [vocals, guitars], Mike Dirnt [bass, backing vocals], Tre Cool [drums]
Produced by: Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Engineered by: Kevin Army
Mixed by: Jerry Finn
Information
Green Day's fifth single. Released in September 1995.
The band first performed the track live on Saturday Night Live on December 03 1994. The band got away with leaving the swear word "shit" in the song as the lyrics were apparently "unintelligible".
Charts
#16 - Official UK Singles Chart [1995]
#27 - Official Irish Singles Chart [1995]
Lyrics
I'm on a mission
I'll make my decision later
About the self destruction
A slow progression
Killing my complexion
And it's rotting out my teeth
I'm on a roll
No self control
I'm blowing off steam
With methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
But it's all that I got
And I'm picking scabs off my face
Every hour my blood is turning sour
And my pulse is being out of time
I've found a treasure
Filled with displeasure
And sits on a thin white line
I'm on a roll
No self control
I'm blowing off steam
With methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
But it's all that I got
And I'm picking scabs off my face
Urh!
I'm on a mission
I got no decision
???
Wish in one hand
Shit in the other
And see which one gets filled first
I'm on a roll
No self control
I'm blowing off steam
With methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
But it's all that I got
And I'm picking scabs off my face
(Uh)
Geek stink breath
Commercial Release
Tracks released with these singles:
* Geek Stink Breath
* I Want To Be On TV
* Don't Wanna Fall In Love
