The music video depicts the band members walking on a devastated, inhabitable neighborhood. It's very reminiscent to the devastation brought upon as a result of Hurricane Katrina. But it's important to state the fact that the album was released a year prior. Nevertheless, what's interesting is that, in the following weeks and months, the Bush Administration was harshly criticized for its lack response to the outcry of the hurricane victims. Criticizing the President Bush is a recurring theme of American Idiot, highlighted by songs like "Holiday." So it was very fitting that Green Day chose to do such music video for this song, even though it wasn't a response to the events following the disaster.
The song remains one of Green Day's signature ones. It enjoyed much critical acclaim, highlighted by winning a Grammy for the Record of the Year. As a result of its enormous mainstream success, it has a become a fixture of the band's live performances, as well as on pop and rock radio.
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- I walk a lonely road
- The only one that I have ever known
- Don't know where it goes
- But it's home to me and I walk alone
- I walk this empty street
- On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- When the city sleeps
- And I'm the only one and I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk a...
- My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
- My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
- Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
- 'til then I walk alone
- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah,
- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
- I'm walking down the line
- That divides me somewhere in my mind
- On the border line
- Of the edge and where I walk alone
- Read between the lines
- What's fucked up and everything's alright
- Check my vital signs
- To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk alone
- I walk a...
- My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
- My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
- Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
- 'til then I walk alone
- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
- Ah-ah, ah-ah
- I walk alone
- I walk a...
- I walk this empty street
- On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- When the city sleeps
- And I'm the only one and I walk a...
- My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
- My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
- Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
- 'til then I walk alone...
Lyrics from: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/boulevardofbrokendreams.html
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