Holiday (song)

"Holiday" is the third single from Green Day's seventh studio album, American Idiot. It is a pre-player to "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (the second single from the album), and the two videos collide into one another. "Holiday" is very lively, and jumpy, and half of the video takes place in a car, where Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool are causing mischief around the town and in the other half – they are cavorting in a bar, where they are playing different versions of themselves, such as Billie Joe Armstrong as the Representative of California. At the end, the car halts in the field "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" begins in.

The song peaked at #11 on the UK charts and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 (so far).

Lyrics

Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame:
The ones who died without a name

Hear the dogs howling out off-key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed:
The company lost the war today

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find:
The money's on the other side

Can I get another 'Amen'? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!) 
A gag:
A plastic bag on a monument[1]

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

"The representative from California has the floor"

 'Sieg Heil' to the president gasman
 Bombs away is your punishment
 Pulverize the Eiffel tower
 Who criticized your government
 'Bang bang!' goes the broken glass and
 Kill all the fags that don't agree
 Trials by fire, setting fire
 Is not a way that's meant for me
 Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws (yeah!)

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is our lives on holiday!