Green Day - One Of My Lies Lyrics






When I was younger I thought the world circled around me
But in time I realized I was wrong
My immortal thoughts turned into just dreams of a dead future
It was a tragic case of my reality

Do you think you're indestructible
And no one can touch you
Well I think you're disposable
And it's time you knew the truth...

'Cause it's just one of my lies!
Well, it's just one of my lies
And all I wanted to was get real high
Well, it's just one of my lies

Why does my life have to be so small?
Yet death is forever
And does forever have a life to call its own?
Don't give me an answer 'cause you
Only know as much as I know
Unless you're been there once
Well I hardly think so

Do you think you're indestructible
And no one can touch you
Well I think you're disposable
And it's time you knew the truth...

'Cause it's just one of my lies!
Well, it's just one of my lies
And all I wanted to was get real high
Well, it's just one of my lies

I used to pray all night
Before I lay myself down
My mother said it was right
Her mother said it too...
Why?





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  1. T.... ....

    And all I wanna do is get real high.

  2. S.... M....

    YEAH! This is a great song old Green Day rocks!!

  3. C.... S....

    Listen to the verses. Basket Case.

  4. r.... 2....

    IM GOING TO HELLA MEGA

  5. C.... ....

    One of my lies... metal is soo goth lol... I thought it was just a demon spawn ha haa is there just. Maybe it wasn’t just. So nooo Latin metal heads ya ya just not blue eyed haa has just a curiosity thought

  6. �.... ....

    このアルバムの輸入盤を持っていて壊れるんじゃないかってぇー程毎日たくさん聞いてたよ☺️

  7. A.... H....

    I smoked my first joint to this song

  8. A.... T....

    This song reminds me of the drug user me. Music circled around me. So bad at math. So, me. Lying to get high after school. 🎶Sing A-long. I mean not being the only Billie Joe fan. Don't you just love his voice? That's what got me so hooked. Spunk. Kind of. Big nose. Such a Pinocchio. What.... Yea, nickname on 10th grade. Surprised me. Totally excepted too. As a social thing. Even made out of it, too. Haa haa. Found out about Pee-Wee when I turned 20.

  9. J.... H....

    I hadn't heard this one in over 20 years. Really cool to stumble on it. There was a lot of great music happening in the 90s. The end of an era when music could be made by ugly people, and their stuff made the radio based on how good it was, not by how hot they were. I miss it. The internet ruined everything. Except for my ability to accidentally stumble on songs I hadn't head in decades. Thanks internet.

  10. N.... G....

    To be at Woodstock 94.

  11. E.... ....

    Isn't you lied from the shenanigans album a continuation of this song?

  12. J.... C....

    Why does my life have to be so small?
    And death is forever...

    J.... C....

    I like your profile pic :)

  13. T.... p....

    Better than dookie?

  14. A.... H....

    I Love This Song And 80 my favorite Green Day Songs

  15. P.... Z....

    chords same as basket case lol

  16. C.... J....

    I wish this song was released to the public

  17. t.... j....

    Excellent great green day

  18. A.... G....

    Badass guitar solo at the end!

  19. S.... M....

    Beginning sounds like basket case

  20. K.... ....

    1:56 to 2:16 Epic shred solo

    Awesome outro to a song

  21. B.... t....

    honesltly, these songs feel as viable 30 years later as they did then. lyric wise. i mean i was 14 then, 10 yo of my own now and still life doesnt make sense

  22. B.... F....

    I love kerplunk and nimrod

  23. �.... ....

    この曲のライブバージョンはめちゃくちゃカッコいい!

  24. B.... T....

    Kerplunk.. one of their best albums!

  25. B.... T....

    I always come back to this song! 🤩

  26. L.... ....

    I misheard the intro 1st time listening to it: We dont talk about the new world

    L.... ....

    talk about hearing impairment

  27. p.... p....

    the harmonies are ear candy

    p.... p....

    every green day song is

  28. B.... T....

    one of their best songs!

  29. C.... D....

    UNBELIEVABLE!!! I JUST HEARD THIS SONG AFTER NOT HEARING IT FOR LIKE 24 YEARS!!! IT GAVE ME THE CHILLS!!!

  30. F.... E....

    the solo in the end, i swear. its better than basket case. and everything

  31. M.... a....

    Best song

  32. A.... ....

    I think if I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life...

  33. M.... ....

    Canción qlia buena wn

  34. D.... ....

    The original basket case. They took the riff form this and said, “ hmmm, we can make a song with millions of people liking it by moving around the structure of this song” lol jk I love Green Day

  35. A.... M....

    Wow. I haven't heard this song in years. Reminds me when I was like 15. Crazy.

  36. V.... S....

    Lyrics 💖😍

  37. J.... P....

    "When i went to the shrink when i was younger" Pretty sure this is the same chords as Basket Case

  38. m.... 6....

    In my opinion green day was gold with kerplunk 39smooth dookie and insomniac but idk i can't get into the new stuff theirs such a lack of fun like the trio revolution raido and 21st century breakdown were boring

    m.... 6....

    what about american idiot?

  39. M.... ....

    This song is my teenage thoughts in a nutshell.

  40. A.... D....

    awesome lyrics if you think

  41. S.... 0....

    greenday is totally change my fvckin life

    S.... 0....

    Staz 00 Learn grammar and spelling

  42. m.... z....

    One of their best songs!

  43. P.... P....

    I hear this music and I turn back into that same 10 year old kid who was mad at the world and just wanted to be understood

  44. M.... T....

    Is it just me or does the pre chorus sound like that part from homecoming?

  45. L.... B....

    Now in 2017 i'm listening for the first time this song and i fuckin' love it!

    L.... B....

    I found the song because of Woodstock '94!

  46. M.... ....

    This song is one of my favorites becaues it's one that I can really identify with. I learned about death at a very young age, and during my ealry teenage years, I started wondering about the afterlife and what does forever really mean. It was a time that really disrupted by years of youth and left me in a bad depression from time to time.

    To this day, I still wonder those questions, but if there is anything I want after death, it is simply peace and quiet. I would rather be reincarnated than go somewhere where it's stagnant, boring place that never changes. Perhaps after I die, my ashes may be placed at the the feet of a young sapling, that will eventually grow into a beautiful tree where the children will play, birds will build their nests and maybe even two lovers will share their first kiss.

    Reincarnation makes more sense to me than any form of afterlife. We are part of this earth, so it makes more sense that after we die, our bodies simply decompose and our souls become the fuel for new life. What do you think you will become in your next life? Perhaps something beautiful, or something strong, or maybe even both?

    M.... ....

    No one will read this text

  47. L.... W....

    "This is a song from a record no-one has..." Billie Joe Armstrong - 1994.

    L.... W....

    @Male Human Person wow were so impressed dude

    L.... W....

    @Paul MacMillan Yeah, you seem the kind to be easily impressed.

    L.... W....

    Woodstock 94 my favorite show 😭

    L.... W....

    @Lee Whitworth
    You F*CKING prick, you stole that from me!

    L.... W....

    Favorite show was Jaded in Chicago which was also in 94

  48. A.... T....

    That outro !!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 Back to the good old time

  49. s.... l....

    this song is nostalgic for me, and I'm only 15. Am I old enough to even say that..? I guess it's just that good of a song

    s.... l....

    street lamp same tho I'm only 15 and yet this song feels nostalgic LOL at first I didn't know it was billie Joe cause his voice sounds so much different but then again this song is 24 years old which means at the time he was only 20 WOW

    s.... l....

    street lamp im 11 and this feels nostalgic

    s.... l....

    street lamp I'm 34, and you just might be a cool kid.

    s.... l....

    Dantdm65 dantdm fan You're probably only 11 now

  50. M.... ....

    I love green day so much, their old stuff is way better than the new stuff but I still think their newer material is still great. They really don't suck, their new stuff just isn't as golden as their old stuff

    M.... ....

    YeeHawfinch I love Kerplunk. im obsessed with insomniac. you should totally start playing the bass. mike dirnt has some of the sickest bass lines!

    M.... ....

    MetalandStarWars their new stuff sucks

    M.... ....

    Nice fucking profile picture :D

    M.... ....

    insomniac... enough said

    M.... ....

    Totally agree. Newer stuff is political, still good, not as good. But still, can"t stay in your 20s forever. But if any group could, I'd vote for Green Day.

  51. T.... ....

    why does this sound like this song was on a skate game

    T.... ....

    dan14nr which is the best punk there is 👌

    T.... ....

    Because you are exactly right. I thought the same thing... it's Superman by Goldfinger which was on tony hawk pro skater 2 I think. It's basically the same exact song.

    T.... ....

    with a "little another girl, another planet" intro.

    T.... ....

    This was on a early 90's skate video. Don't remember which one, but it was definitely on one I saw

  52. A.... _....

    It's just one of my lies. And all I wanna do is get real high !

    A.... _....

    does he mean get real high with some drugs?

    A.... _....

    komarenko 12 1234 nigga

    A.... _....

    Story of my fucking life

  53. G.... B....

    Before Green Day sucked

    G.... B....

    You mean before they adapted to the country and the world around them.

    G.... B....

    @Zumbi Dos Palmares The era you're talking about was when they were teenagers. They grew up and started to address whole world problems and not just their own; they matured as people and as a band.

    G.... B....

    @Zumbi Dos Palmares Okay, first off, Green Day aren't the only people who wear "makeup". Secondly, their style of fashion can be found in all aspects of music and lastly, the more carelessly you address your "opinions" the less I take them seriously. You just seem to be projecting petty anger rather than making valid points.

    G.... B....

    The more i listen to early green day records the more i start to fucking hate them

    G.... B....

    Swiggtyswootyimcommingforthebooty ooyeah

    You must be like 20 something youth today are idiots

  54. Z.... J....

    classic sound classic song .this is my favorit song in kerplunk .ilove greenday punk

  55. M.... E....

    What i dont get is all the hate the trio albums got and the warning album got. Uno Dos and Tre all had some good songs like Sex Drugs and Violence, X-Kid, F*** Time, Carpe Diem, Let Yourself Go, Nuclear Family, Wow Thats Loud, and Oh Love. Im seeing both newer and older fans of Green Day giving those albums sooo much hate. So what the sound is different learn to adapt try actually listening to the full albums and have your own opinion instead of what you saw off the internet or what you heard somebody said (i know a lot of people who are like that) And the warning ablum was good too i mean i kept hearign bad things about it so i didnt really ever try to listen to it but when i did i loved it, my top songs being Minority, Warning, Blood Sex and Booze, Deadbeat Holiday, and Church on Sundays. I mean i liked warning better than kerplunk and 1039 slappy hours. to me all of their music is good im so sick of hearing that these albums are bad by people who either havent listened to them or by people who dont wanna give the new stuff a chance. I have been listening to Green Day literally my entire life, and im only 15 soon to be 16 at the time this message is posted. I have actually taken the time and gone through their older albums and listened to their older stuff and yeah some of it is good and some of it isnt all that great. I just dont understand all the hate to albums that were much better than people point it out to be

    M.... E....

    I honestly don't know why people hate Warning so much. That was a great album!

    M.... E....

    It's just that people are so narrow minded. I hate to say it but Green Day fans are especially guilty of this. I love Green Day as much as I do because they ARE NOT just a punk band. When I'm in the mood I'll throw on a thrasher( Take Back, Jaded, F.O.D.) when I wanna mellow out I'll take it easy (When I Come Around, Amy, Good Riddance, Rest) when I'm feeling epic I'll throw on Jesus Of Suburbia or Dirty Rotten Bastards. I grew up among gangsters so the whole cruising on a Sunday afternoon to oldies thing is in my blood, and Brutal Love is fucking perfect for it. Green Day has literally been the soundtrack to my life for over a decade and will be til I die. They're just my band.

    M.... E....

    stigma86d Well said!! I also think it's really cool how there's always a Green Day "era" that can perfectly match your mood at that time. So to all the people who are saying "green day sucks" obviously didn't listen to more than just amercian idiot or whatever haha

    M.... E....

    could not have said better. I personally felt the trio was a brilliant work by Green Day. unique and all the songs you mentioned are some of my favorites.

  56. k.... ....

    I used to love these guys so much and now I fucking hate all their new music. They've put out some of the shittiest albums of the last 10 years, but kerplunk and 1039 are still 2 of the best albums ever written. How is this even possible?

    k.... ....

    +kellridd 21st CB and AI were fan fucking tastic, and I love each of their albums, except for the last trio

    k.... ....

    +kellridd i dont like their new shit at all either, i like a few songs from american idiot but anything past that im not a fan of

    k.... ....

    If you think any of their stuff is some of the shittiest albums of the last ten years you clearly don't listen to a lot of music.

    k.... ....

    Because nothing good lasts forever.

  57. C.... G....

    Green Day should definitely go back to music along the lines of kerplunk and 1039 slappy hours... They are true punk rock albums. They are verging on pop these days lol. Don't get me wrong I love them all I seen them at Wembley few years back best gig ever (21st century breakdown) but they mainly focused on the older stuff which was amazing. They need to get back into proper punk.

    C.... G....

    +Calvin Gunn they arent verging on pop at all,. it's just a different kind of rock

    C.... G....

    good news for you budd
    their next album will be punk

    C.... G....

    I don't think Green Day will ever go back like that, and the main reason is that they're old. Everyone in the band has their family, wife, kids, and they will never live the lives they had in the '90 again.
    There's no point on writting songs about a girl he likes now that he's married, or silly things like masturbation. However, they can still make some good punk shit out of these politic bs happening right now.
    (sorry for any mispelling, still learning english)

    C.... G....

    Renato S. Don't you dare call masturbation silly.

  58. b.... ....

    press 4 for taylor swift, toast ect.

  59. G.... H....

    listen to this then listen to the 2014 version

  60. G.... ....

    20 years after I first heard it and that shred section at the end still kills me. Epic

  61. M.... E....

    The guitar tone on their early albums was just epic

    M.... E....

    wich one is better to get the green day sound....¿? the Bill Lawrence, or the Duncan SH-4.....? sorry 4 my english... thank you.

    M.... E....

    @ExpTube1969 Well it depends on which Green Day sound you want... If you want the sound of their first two albums use Bill Lawrence because that's the one Billie used at the time (Bill Lawrence L500-XL I think), if you want Dookie/Insomniac sound use Duncan SH-4.

    M.... E....

    Dimitrije Popović Billie used a bill Lawrence on dookie as well.

    M.... E....

    greendayforever2k9 ive tried finding out if i could make this kind of sound come out of my amp

    M.... E....

    greendayforever2k9 my weenur shoot blud

  62. N.... U....

    At music class today, our band teacher invites this music expert guy into the classrom, and he talks about how he's heard tons of music, and I ask him "have you heard green day?" He says "yes, they're one of my favorite bands, heard a ton of their songs." I ask, "have you heard Kerplunk?" He says "no, whats that?" LOL

    N.... U....

    Hahahahahaha...love those type of Green Day fans that think everything pre-Dookie doesn't exist.

    N.... U....

    even worse are the ones that think everything pre-american idiot doesn't exist ;-;

    N.... U....

    TopHatJack  yeah mann fuck those guys if you say in 1994 u listen to green day you will be seen as a punk but in 2018 youre one of those fred sheeran loving guys fuck that shit

    N.... U....

    like their music not their fans

    N.... U....

    TopHatJack Agreed man, the Insomniac/Nimrod/Warning stuff kicks ass. If you listen to those records and really give them a good listen, you can almost say that they are just as good, or maybe even better than Dookie in some ways. Like I love Dookie, don’t get me wrong, but if you really listen to the musical/lyrical content put into those albums they really are fantastic. Especially Insomniac, that record has the true “Punk feel” to it with the darker, more “I don’t give a fuck” lyrics and the more fast paced feeling to it. The Pre-Dookie stuff and Dookie itself had a Punk feeling to it, but I feel like Green Day went with a more full on Punk approach with Insomniac compared to the albums before it.

  63. r.... g....

    Simple but fantastic!

  64. r.... g....

    Simple but fantastic!

  65. J.... A....

    I will love green day forever seriously

    J.... A....

    Justin Alexander 5 years man

    J.... A....

    You still love them?

    J.... A....

    @CS Zone guess not

    J.... A....

    @RubricDiamond It's a period in life..

  66. J.... W....

    in some ways sounds a bit like basket case, still good track. we have all told a white lie at least once in our life.

    J.... W....

    That's not what the song is about... It's about religion being bullshit.

    J.... W....

    Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum Actually, the chord progression, and melody are both pretty different from basket case. And even if they do sound the same, how the fuck would they be telling a white lie? There are tons of songs that sound similar between different bands, let alone two songs from the same band. Your comment kind of comes across as being condescending. Like, yeah, you totally caught green day in a "white lie". Congrats, aren't you such a vigilant little scamp. But, it's ok though. Because, since you're so humble and all, you've chosen to forgive them. Damn. I mean, you're practically Jesus Christ himself..... Wanker.

  67. C.... ....

    Sounds a lot like Basket Case at some parts

    C.... ....

    Yeah in a way but same chords almost.

    C.... ....

    I just posted asking if anyone noticed that, but I guess you did, too lol

    C.... ....

    @bob joe "same chords just in a different key"
    Musically that wouldn't make sense, however i do get what you mean.

    You meant to say: It uses ALMOST the same chord progression as Basket Case.

    C.... ....

    The curse of the playing the same three chords.

  68. c.... ....

    This was one of the first albums I owned as a kid :)

  69. w.... ....

    lmao I'm pretty sure he broke all the rules of the religion in that post

  70. A.... M....

    This song sounds kinda like "Fool to Blame" by Tilt. Tre Cool is actually wearing a Tilt shirt in the Longview music video!

  71. G.... ....

    Fuck, he had my age that i have now..
    And I cant creat my own fucking band
    y_y

  72. C.... B....

    Way to worship allah, you viral scum.

    C.... B....

    old comment but still , your Allah is satanic

  73. W.... N....

    If my soul artist she could speak ,would say that it is a song worthy of so many views

  74. s.... ....

    if only you posted this one day earlier then that would be the perfect day to post a song about weed

  75. M.... B....

    Yes, and Billie was only 19 O_O

  76. g.... ....

    Damn, Tre Cool is a very good drummer. Combine that with Mike Dirnt's bass, and you have yourself an awesome rhythm section. Tre and Mike are very tight on this entire album.

  77. L.... ....

    My favourite song from Kerplunk.

  78. R.... N....

    I like their new stuff, but the reason I am a so big fan is beacuse the old stuff

  79. A.... K....

    Spot on !

  80. M.... ....

    holy shit they rocked so hard

  81. Z.... ....

    ? the fuck you talking about

  82. T.... ....

    Happy birthday KERPLUNK 21 years..damn <3

  83. Z.... ....

    its ridiculous how some people expect green day to always stay the same! Even thoughthey;ve become less rock these days its because they have also become moremature life is change this is the new green day but there still green day like if you love green day whether there new or old

  84. S.... ....

    Why does my life have to be so small?
    Yet death is forever

    Yahhhhhhhhh, =)

  85. e.... ....

    Quit your bitchin!

  86. d.... ....

    sunny days? even the sad 1s....really........

  87. m.... ....

    not really

  88. m.... ....

    AMAZING LYRICS

  89. B.... ....

    haha verses are like basket case

  90. m.... d....

    no doubt about it!

  91. f.... ....

    there is no old Green Day theres only 1

  92. X.... ....

    This is their best song ever

  93. H.... H....

    i do this all the time!

  94. d.... ....

    thank you my cousin likeness for green day phase mine my entire life is based by green day

  95. S.... ....

    that was very stupid

  96. M.... B....

    This is like song that is reserved only for true fans. Masterpiece