Green Day: Warning Meaning

Song Released: 2000

Warning Lyrics

This is a public service announcement, this is only a test
Emergency evacuation protest
May Impair your ability to operate machinery
Can't quite tell just what it means to me
Keep out of reach of children, don't you talk to strangers
Get...

1. Amber133

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   Oct 3rd 2019 !⃝

   This song is about how rules are made to be broken and warnings can be ignored. You live your own life, you make your own choices. Says bass player Mike Dirnt: "You gotta make your own decisions and choices. It's not so much about what to think, it's just to think. Question everything."
   
   So that’s the meaning to this song
   
   From songfacts.com
2. Nidnorg

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   Jul 25th 2010 !⃝

   This song, in opinion is about trust and how stupid it is "sanitatio, expiration date, question everything" and about how you never know and you always have to be ready for anything. Due to the theme and the line " this is a public service anouncement" it's abit of tribute to the clash's song know your rights
3. anonymous

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   Sep 16th 2009 !⃝

   i agree this song is about living without warning and all, but mainly its a political song. warning was pretty much a stepping stone for american idiot then 21st century breakdown.
4. LacunasCoil

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   Jun 28th 2009 !⃝

   Warning applies the concept that almost everything in life comes with a warning. Many verses in the song reference common warning signs and phrases. It implies that life would be easier without warnings, shown in the lyric: "...Live without warning...".

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