Lirik lagu "Macy's Day Parade"

Lagu "Macy's Day Parade" bercerita tentang seseorang yang merefleksikan perjalanan hidupnya dan menyadari bahwa parade hiburan bukanlah kebahagiaan yang dicari oleh kebanyakan orang.

Vokalis Green Day dan penulis lagu itu Billie Joe Armstrong dalam sebuah wawancara promosi untuk album "Warning", dilansir dari laman songfacts.com, mengatakan kalau ini tentang kebohongan dan tipu daya yang Anda alami saat tumbuh dewasa dan bagaimana Anda harus menemukan jalan keluarnya sendiri, katanya.

Aransemen musik "Macy's Day Parade" menangkap esensi perenungan dalam lirik lagu dengan didominasi melodi gitar akustik bertempo cepat.

Lirik lagu "Macy's Day Parade" sebagai berikut:

Today's the Macy's Day Parade
The night of the living dead is on its way
With a credit report for duty call
It's a lifetime guarantee
Stuffed in a coffin, ten percent more free
Red light special at the mausoleum

Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed to you
What's the consolation prize?
Economy sized dreams of hope

When I was a kid, I thought
I wanted all the things that I haven't got
Oh-oh, I learned the hardest way
Then I realized what it took
To tell the difference between thieves and crooks
A lesson learned to me and you

Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
Cause' I'm thinkin' about a brand new hope
The one I've never known
Cause now I know it's all that I wanted

What's the consolation prize?
Economy sized dreams of hope
Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed

Cause' I'm thinking about a brand new hope
The one I've never known, and where it goes
And I'm thinking about the only road
The one I've never known, and where it goes

And I'm thinking about a brand new hope
The one I've never known
Cause' now I know it's all that I wanted