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Deadbeat Holiday is the seventh track on Green Day's sixth studio album, Warning.

Song Meaning[]

The song looks into an author who has a life full of misery and failures. They see everything in his life go wrong with no bright future for the life ahead of him, a life that does not seem to be worth living in. However, despite all the constant setbacks the narrator faces, he still attempts to look on the bright side of life and hope for a better time instead of giving up. He doesn't want to accept his fate and knows that maybe, there's still something in it for him in the game of life.

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
Wake up, The house is on fire
And the cat's caught in the dryer
Philosophy's a liar when your home is your headstone
"Icon" is the last chance for hope
When there's no such thing as heroes
Your faith lies in the ditch that you dug yourself in

[Pre-Chorus]
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When the lights are going down

[Chorus]
Oh, deadbeat holiday
Celebrate your own decay
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
On a noose over your home

Oh, deadbeat holiday
Get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone

[Verse 2]
Christmas lights in the middle of August
Grudges come back to haunt us
Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies
Grounded in a duplex to find
That you're living on a landmine
Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive

[Pre-Chorus]
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When the lights are going down

[Chorus]
Oh, deadbeat holiday
Celebrate your own decay
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
On a noose over your home

Oh, deadbeat holiday
Get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone

[Bridge]
Holiday!
Suicide!

[Pre-Chorus]
Last chance to piss it all away
Nothing but hell to pay
When all you wanna do
Not to give up! (Give up!)

[Chorus]
Oh, deadbeat holiday
Celebrate your own decay
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
On a noose over your home

Oh, deadbeat holiday
Get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone

Oh, deadbeat holiday
Get on your knees and pray
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high
But at least you're not alone

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Albums Studio

39/SmoothKerplunk!DookieInsomniacNimrodWarning:American Idiot21st Century Breakdown¡Uno!¡Dos!¡Tré!Revolution RadioFather of All MotherfuckersSaviors

Compilation

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Soundtracks

The Original Broadway Cast Recording (Selections)

Live

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1,000 HoursSlappySweet Children

Compilation

Oh LoveOtis Big Guitar Mix

Live

Live TracksLive in Japan21 GunsLive at the WhiskyThe BBC Sessions Part 1 (Part 2) • Live From Hella Mega!

Singles

LongviewWelcome to ParadiseBasket CaseWhen I Come AroundGeek Stink BreathStuck with MeBrain Stew/JadedHitchin' a RideTime of Your Life (Good Riddance)RedundantNice Guys Finish LastMinorityWarningWaitingPoprocks & CokeI Fought the LawShoplifterAmerican IdiotBoulevard of Broken DreamsHolidayWake Me Up When September EndsJesus of SuburbiaThe Saints Are ComingWorking Class HeroThe Simpsons ThemeKnow Your Enemy21 GunsGoing to Pasalacqua2000 Light Years AwayChristie RoadJ.A.R.DesensitizedEast Jesus Nowhere21st Century Breakdown21 Guns (Cast Version)Last of the American GirlsWhen It's TimeDon't Want to Know If You Are LonelyOh LoveKill the DJLet Yourself GoStray HeartX-KidBang BangLetterbomb (Live)Still BreathingRevolution RadioFell for You (Otis Mix)Father of All...Xmas Time of the YearOh Yeah!DreamingHere Comes the ShockPollyannaRock and Roll All Nite (Live from Hella Mega)Holy Toledo!

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Green Day BoxDookie/InsomniacSingles BoxFoot in Mouth/Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking ParkingDookie/NimrodUltimate Collectors BoxThe Green Day Collection21st Century Breakdown/American IdiotThe Studio Albums 1990–2009Uno... Dos... Tré!The Ultimate American IdiotBoombox and Cassette

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