Are We The Waiting
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| "Are We The Waiting" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Green Day | ||
| from the album American Idiot | ||
| Released | 21 September 2004 | |
| Recorded | 23 February 2003-January 2004 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:42 | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Writer(s) | Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt | |
| Producer(s) | Rob Cavallo and Green Day | |
| American Idiot track listing | ||
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams (4) |
"Are We The Waiting" (5) |
St. Jimmy (6) |
Are We The Waiting is the fifth track on the normal edition of Green Day's seventh studio album American Idiot. In some countries, it is the fourth track, because tracks three and four (Holiday and Boulevard of Broken Dreams) are combined into a single track and Are We The Waiting and St. Jimmy are combined into a single track. These are also combined together on iTunes, because they are a single medley. Are We The Waiting is one of the slower songs on the album, and one of the songs on the album not containing profane language (others include Give Me Novacaine, She's a Rebel, Extraordinary Girl, Wake Me Up When September Ends, and Whatsername). This song is about how Jesus of Suburbia splits personalities. In the lyric book, the date is shown to be Easter Sunday, perhaps signifying how Jesus of Suburbia is resurrected as St. Jimmy. It also could signify that Jimmy has prophetic dreams, as shown in the lyric: "This dirty town was burning down in my dreams...", where as in "Letterbomb", the city does burn.
"Are We The Waiting" is the fourth song on Green Day's live album Bullet in a Bible, and is the only song with no commentary on the album other than Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).
The song is particularly notable for its anthemic chorus, and unusually sparce percussion.Many feel that this is the anarchic side of Green Day, like the Sex Pistols were. the songs sounds like one might use for a revolution.
The song is in the key of A, marking a half-step modulation from the A-flat key signature of the previous track, Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The sparse percussion gives the song a half-time feel, at a relaxed 60 bpm.
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