Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia (Demo) [Official Audio]

Available in 8 LP+2 Blu-Ray and 4 CD+2 Blu-Ray Super Deluxe Box Set. Features unreleased demos, rare b-sides, bonus songs and unreleased live tracks. Also features a brand new documentary: "20 Years of American Idiot", plus the documentary “Heart Like a Hand Grenade”, BBC Live & more!



LYRICS

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia
The bible of "none of the above"
On a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I got away with

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make-believe
That don't believe in me

Get my television fix
Sitting on my crucifix
The living room or my private womb
While the moms and Brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane
To keep me insane
Doing someone else's cocaine

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make-believe
That don't believe in me

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make-believe
That don't believe in me
That don't believe in me
That don't believe in me
That don't believe in me

#GreenDay #AmericanIdiot #JesusofSuburbia #Demo #20thAnniversary

[flightattendants]

so they turned a 2 minute demo to a 9 minute masterpiece

[Azraeia]

Not been this shocked at a demo since hearing the original Basket Case. How tf do you turn a 2 minute banger into a 9 minute masterpiece is just pure creative genius.

[waytickettopluto]

When you wanna listen to Jesus of Suburbia before bed but you got work in the morning.

[lightningbolt]

God now I wanna know how it evolved from this into the 9-minute ballad we know and love!

[presleya]

I was expecting the whole 9 minutes but I’m not disappointed

[PocketSand]

Billie's vocals sound fucking sick

[manuelcastellanos]

From what I see and hear, it seems that Jesus of Suburbia would be one short song, not as long as we know it. Possibly the other parts would be separate songs, but then it was considered to put them all together.

[Lil.Chicken]

WAS EXPECTING THE FULL 9 MINUTES BUT JESUS IM STILL SO HAPPY

[tetehenkes]

Jesus of Suburbia = The Bohemian Rhapsody of Pop Punk! Change my mind!

[rollyproductions]

They really pitched a 2 minute banger and thought, let's add another 7 minutes

[staidenofanarchy]

The quality for a DEMO is astonishing.

[OscarMorquecho]

Amazing how JOS could have been a 2 and a half minute song, and that the producer, BJ, or Green Day, had the vision of a 9-minute song and it may have been the best decision.

[punkskaterpizza]

Without all the rest...its a damn good song

[theycallmepooki]

“In a land of make believe… that don’t believe in me.” My God that line gives me chills everytime

[LaurenceD]

I love this, we’re literally witnessing the birth of a masterpiece.

[kimackerman]

When MTV were still a music channel and good this song would be played along with Paramore, MCR, Tokio Hotel, Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, etc. I'm so grateful due to that I became a fan of alternative music.

[polyamorus_potato]

This is a work of art, i love it so much. All of American Idiot, especially Jesus of Suburbia, holds such an important place in my heart

[HiHi-ltcb]

The first part actually works as its own song and it sounds really really good!! ❤

[laserbeamlightning]

The original lyric sheet for this demo can be found at the Rock and Roll hall of fame in Cleveland Ohio!

[andrewapurcell]

This was before they combined a whole bunch of songs together so what were listening to is Jesus of suburbia as its own song which is amazing.