Green Day 'Basket Case' EXPLAINED – Billie Joe's Anxiety Anthem

 
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The Dookie album cover isn't just chaotic—it's packed with hidden details, jokes, and Easter eggs that reflect Green Day’s punk attitude. From flying monkeys to real inside jokes from the band, here's everything you missed on one of the most iconic album covers of the '90s.

💥 Discover the meaning behind the cartoon chaos
🎨 Meet the artist behind the doodles
🐒 Why there's a monkey launching a grenade
📀 Perfect for fans of Dookie, pop punk history, or visual storytelling in music

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Lyrics
 
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?

I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
That's bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said "My life's a bore"
So quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya

Grasping to control
So I better hold on

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?

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