anonymous November 2nd, 2005 06:04PM  
This song is very deep and, being part of a rock opera and all, has a whole storyline it's a part of.

It's about a guy who calls himself Jesus of Suburbia. He's young, restless, and tired of living in his broken home while his mom dates various guys (or is married to a guy he doesn't like). He's pretty hooked on drugs and apathetic about life. He really hates his life.
But he doesn't blame himself for his problems, just the messed up world around him. As he explains in self-justification "But there's nothing wrong with me...this is how I'm supposed to be... in a land of make believe that don't believe in me..."
He sees hypocrisy all around him and doesn't see why he should be any different. Why should he rise above the low expectations set for him as a young adult in America? By doing drugs and stuff he's just living up to the image.

He ends up getting angry and frustrated and leaving home to run away to the City, also called Jingletown. (the City is supposedly to be a reference to several different real life cities, but it's also a metaphor of sorts).

The story started here continues as a common thread throughout the album.

anonymous December 18th, 2005 07:51AM  
It¡¯s about a guy called jimmy who calls himself the Jesus of suburbia. He feels alone and broken and that his life is so messed up that he just wants to let it all go. I guess everything was just too much for him so he just wanted to ease the pain and he turned to alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. I guess he doesn't really wanna show how he really feels so becoming like everyone else makes him fit in to the low expectations of everyone around him. He feels that projecting that image and doing the stuff he does helps to keep him sane. I think he's somewhat mad that about his life cause his mom was like a slut I guess. She cared more for her own needs and desires leaving him to fend for himself. He finds comfort reading and adding to the graffiti in the bathroom stall. He's also pissed of at the hypocrisy of people. Everyone¡¯s becoming like their parents: hypocrites. I guess he's also pissed off that they don't believe in people like him {punks} because of the way they are and they look down of them. He believes that he is normal but is confused by people looking down on him, therefore he questions whether he is the one who is wrong. But in the end he just wants to run away and leave everything behind because it¡¯s just too much. He has no home and no place to go but he leaves and it continues with boulevard of broken dreams.

saladfingers January 7th, 2006 11:04PM  
ok, I agree with the last submission in that each song tells a part of the story. american idiot is a concept album, so it's basically telling a story. Here's how I see it:

AMERICAN IDIOT: basically, there's an average kid named jesus of suberbia who grew up in a small town. He gets tired of being an idiot and being controlled by the media.

JESUS OF SUBERBIA: He is at home, but he's getting increasingly fed up with his life there and with the fact that his mom dates a bunch of losers, so he decides at the end to home away from home, and I assume to run to a city.

HOLIDAY: he realizes how messed up life is and how messed up the government is and how it constantly lies to him and gives him lame excuses.

BOULEDVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS: jesus is feeling alone and that there is no one in the world to save him.

ARE WE THE WAITING: he is feeling like something is missing in his life and he is waiting for it, but he doesn't know what it is.

ST JIMMY: jesus "turns into" st. jimmy. This means that jesus is so fed up with his boring life, he begins a rebelious stage and becomes his alter-ego jimmy, who is a drugged-up punk rocker and considers himself to be holy.

GIVE ME NOVACAINE: jimmy gets hooked on drugs to escape from the pain of his life, and he convinces himself that it's good for him.

SHE'S A REBEL: jimmy is introduced to Whatsername and thinks that she's really cool.

EXTRAORDINARY GIRL: jimmy falls in love with Whatsername, and since he didn't have anyone to save him, he wants to save Whatsername, because of knows of her problems.

LETTERBOMB: Whatsername isn't in love with jimmy and she leaves him.

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: jimmy is sad that whatsername is gone and wants to hide from the world (this song was written about Billie joe's father dying, so it makes sense that it is about missing someone).

HOMECOMING: jimmy "kills himself", or forces himself to change back to jesus of suberbia. This basically means that j.o.s. Has ended his rebelious stage and wants to go back to a normal life. He gives up drugs and gets a job.

WHATSERNAME: j.o.s. misses whatsername, but can't remember what her name is, and knows that he is over her.

the main difference in my interpretation is that jesus of suberbia and st. jimmy are the same person, but jimmy is just jesus during his rebelious phase. In homecoming, it says that jimmy killed himself: I think this is just a metaphor that jesus realized that the life he had as jimmy was bad for him, so he convinced himself to go back to his old life.

anonymous April 8th, 2006 02:42AM  
Jesus of Suburbia is the beginning of the plot. American Idiot gave the setting for this rock opera to take place. Jesus of Suburbia has 5 different movements.

Part 1 - Jesus of Suburbia: We begin the song with JoS sitting at home in his hometown of Jingle Town bored out of his mind. His mother is dating some guy named brad, whom JoS disapproves of. Eventually it is apparent that JoS does drugs to escape from his 1-dimensional life.

Part 2 - City of the Damned: JoS talks of how stupid and meaningless Jingle Town is, and how he started his drug use in the parking lot of the 7/11.

Part 3 - I Don't Care: Basically, JoS just talks of how he doesn't care about anything. 'Nuff said.

Part 4 - Dearly Beloved: JoS continues speaking of his drug addiction, refering to it as therapy. "Oh therapy can you please fill the void". JoS is also questioning society about why things are right and wrong.

Part 5 - Tales of Another Broken Home - JoS finally decides to run away from Jingle Town to pursue a life in the City, leaving Jingle Town in the dust.

*Note: Contrary to what seems to me like popular belief, JoS and St. Jimmy are one and the same. St. Jimmy is the alter ego of Jesus of Suburbia which he uses to pose as a rebel and seem tougher than he really is.
Due to this fact, in the Death of St. Jimmy, St. Jimmy doesn't really die JoS sees no point in keeping a useless alter ego and decides to stop using it "its my own private suicide" indicates that it isn't an actual person dying. dur.

anonymous April 12th, 2006 07:08PM  
Okay, this is what I choose the believe *cackle* and if you don't like it tough.
Okay:
American Idiot: I don't think it has anything to do with JOS to be honest ...
Jesus of Suberbia: We are intruduced to JOS. I think this was interesting because he was acting really high, and then in the next part he gets all thoughtfull.
Then in City of the Damned he gets a little ... depressed. I think what happends is whenever he's had a night out, the next day he gets depressed. It's the same with Holiday and BLVD. His mother seems to go to partys and get high a bit herself, and also may be being abused by someone, hence her face in the video.
Then he gets angry. He says he doesen't care, but it's obviouse he does. What this bit probably means is that no one cares about his problems so he pretends not to care either.
Dearly Beloved, might have some religous terms, also probably about his drugs.
Broken home: he runs away.
Holiday: His first day in the city. He gets high and has fun.
BLVD. The next day. He's depressed. Probably not on drugs in this one.
Are we waiting: Maybe about religon.
Saint Jimmy: I personally think he is another person. The song, "Novacain" wouldn't make sence if it wasn't. It's just my opinion and I can have it so NARE! I think Saint Jimmy is slightly older and tougher. Someone JOS starts to look up to. I have a feeling Jimmy is suicidal, and has a lot of opinions. He's also a druggy. I have a feeling he put JOS on some more drugs. JOS looks up to him. I think SJ (saint Jimmy) probably played on this. But not sure. Just my op.
Novacain: Like I said, SJ is getting JOS more into drugs. And this song I think explains that JOs looks up to SJ and believes him.
She's a Rebal: JOS falls in lurve :p
Extraordinary girl: I think she might be going out with someone else ...
Letterbomb: or not ... She leaves town and leaves poor lil JOS to. I think she does it by letter, which explains the title :p
Wake me Up when September Ends: This can have a lot of meanings, and I think that was how it was meant to be. It can mean 9/11, Billies Dad, JOS's loss of Whatsername, the war ... your suppost to believe what you want. I personally am more inclinded to the war side of it.
The Death of Saint Jimmy: SJ commites suicide, leaving JOS feeling lost and sad.
I forget the titles ... but he is probably thinking of his old friends and how they have probably forgotten him.
Rock and Roll Girlfriend: No freakin idea.
We're coming home again: JOS has had enough and goes back to ye old Jingletown.
Whatsername: I think JOS has been in Jingletown for a bit (wether he went back to his mum or not I am not sure) and in this song I think it says that he wouldn't go back to the city, but he doesen't regret having gone their. And he remembers Whatsername more than he'd like to tell.
The thing with the Booklet is that his name is Jimmy. I don't know. Unless Greenday disclose these secrets we can have our own opinions, and this is mine.
In short, I want to give poor JOS a hug :( poor guy.

anonymous December 26th, 2006 09:20PM  
Frick people, obviously Jesus of Suburbia and Saint Jimmy are the same person! Have you not seen the JoS video? Near the end, JoS comes into that 7/11 bathroom and writes SAINT JIMMY really huge on the clean, newly painted wall, then slashes his hand with a razor and puts a bloody print under the name. A big, fat, bloody signature--what more do you need?

anonymous January 26th, 2007 04:31AM  
Okay, what I'm going to say is probably going to sound like what every1 else has said but ill give it a go.

okay

American Idiot: If any of you have brought the cd you will have seen that the table of contents belongs to "jimmy" I think that in this song "jimmy" A.K.A The jesus of suburbia is basically having a go at the media and is trying to convince himself that there are more problems in the world then just his life. So he has a big dig at america and then goes all over emotional when he can't handle how his life is going.

JESUS OF SUBERBIA: the jesus of suburbia ( J.O.S.) is basically going through shit. To put it bluntly. His mom is a hard out religious woman who has dated many loser guys and is currently going out with one called brad (while the mums and brads are away), he is being ignored by basically everyone and can't realise what he's done wrong so he starts going out and turning bad. He robs stores and sprays graffiti everywhere he pleases (at the center of the earth in the parking lot of the 711[an american dairy] where I was tought the motto was just a lie yadda yadda yadda) he becomes crazy basically and joins up with a gang but the gang isn't as crazy/rebellious whatever as him (but what is shame because everyones heart doersnt beat the same) so he ditches his gang and runs away on the open road(another lost highway) and winds up in the city (the city of the dead)where kids are homeless (lost children with dirty faces) and he just doesn't care about anything(I don't care).he blames it on his parents(born and raised by hypocrites) and starts up a new gang of rebels in this city and leaves behind his old self(jimmy).

HOLIDAY: J.O.S. wanders through the streets with his new gang of rebels, rain of shine, causing havoc everywhere possible (the falling rain, coming down like an armegeddon flame)(hear the dogs howling out of key)(a gag, a plastic bag on a momument) he starts critising the goverment again as they bring in more law enforcers to the city (kill all the fags that don't agree) these new undercover cops come and torch the gangs hideout(trials by fire set in fire) but this just encourages the gangs rebellion(just because were outlaws yeah!)

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: J.O.S. Is lonely, his gang can't cheer him up and all that he can do to entertain himself is to cause more havoc.

ARE WE THE WAITING: J.O.S. debates with himself the reason for his rebellios nature, why? and what is this going to build up? he ditches his old self and takes on another nature, a leader, an alter ego, saint jimmy.

ST JIMMY:St Jimmy is the jesus of suburbias new alter ego and leads his gang(the underbelly, check letterbomb) on a similar but more guided havoc quest as before, he takes drugs ect and in general becomes a punk vandal(I know it sounds corny lol)

GIVE ME NOVACAINE: J.O.S. Starts to feel the pain of loneliness again and uses novacane to escape his pain, he doesn't want to fuck up his body that bad though but his new act of leader makes him tell himself it won't hurt(tell me jimmy I won't feel a thing).

SHE'S A REBEL: St jimmy somehow meets whatsername and falls in love with her in an instant, she manipulates him and togeather with the underbelly they do all this crazy shit and finally J.O.S. feels like he has found his calling.

EXTRAORDINARY GIRL: J.O.S. Temporarily ditches St jimmy for his love for whatsername and all this does is make him look like an idiot in her eyes, she can't undertstand what went wrong between them and J.O.S. doesn't have the guts that jimmy had to tell her that she means the most to him. In the end all this does is cause a series of arguements that make whatsername weep for the man she once knew.


LETTERBOMB: The underbelly doesn't like this change in J.O.S. and one by one all ten members leave him (the underbelly stakes up ten high), with no one to turn to J.O.S. Turns to whatsername for help but she's just as confused and fucked off as the underbelly and leaves J.O.S.

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: Jimmy is extremely sad and wants to just hide from the world and mean and be nothing, this sudden sadness forces him to remember the good old days when his father was alive, jimmy was seven when he died and is 27 now because twenty years have gone since the death.*


HOMECOMING: J.O.S. feels no need to be connected to st jimmy any more and "kills him" he then gets a job to pay for money for a trip home.

WHATSERNAME: J.O.S. feels the blank space in his heart that whatsername filled, he thinks he sees her on the street but as he realises is was only a dream he also realises that he can't remember her name, only the times they spent togeather.

* wake me up when spetember ends has more meaning to it then just the storyline, after 7 yrs greenday realeased dookie, thier 1st album, in thier 20th year they realesed american idiot, billy joes father dying also put a lot of emotion in this song so it is dedicated to him.

Greenday 4eva weather I'm right or wrong....

PUNK ROCK!!!!

=Raven=

anonymous November 24th, 2007 02:30PM  
I think saint jimmy and JOS aren't the same person. but he also can be. after jimmy kills himself there is still someone wondering bout whatshername. but killing saint jimmy and putting his name in that bathroom could be JOS killing the part of his life that haunted him. It could go both ways.

anonymous December 29th, 2007 04:30AM  
It's about a guy named St.Jimmy (you see in the video that he writes St.Jimmy on the wall) and he has a multi-personality disorder, and his other side is Jesus of Suburbia, at first this song points at it being just what he fancys himself being, but if you notice in the other songs on AI you realize that its more of an multi-personality disorder. but at first he's partying non stop, but is very upset about his life in general, and wants to get out, the second "scene" is him talking about his town, and how much it sucks, and using a lot of metaphores to explain it, in the next one, he's sick of everything and just stops caring, "I don't care if you dont, I don't care if you dont" and so on, and then the next one, dearly beloved, he is talking to the woman in the video, not whatsername, but a different one before it, about what to do? and then in the next one, he's leaving town, to get out of his horrible life and such.

anonymous February 16th, 2008 02:41AM  
The first part is just an introduction to his life.he talks about how his mom dates a bunch of losers "brads".and from the line "doing someone elses cocaine" I'm guessing he's either taking drugs from his moms boyfriend or his mom.

in the second part he's seeing how hopeless his life seems and that the center of the earth is the end of the world.he feels that his life is at a dead end and hanging out at the 711 is all his life holds in store for him.

in I don't care he feels there is no point to life and he just decides to stop caring.hes sick of all the hypocrites in his life and says to hell with all of it.


in dearly beloved he's confused if his former girlfriend was in the wrong or if he was.he starts to think its his fault for her fooln' with that other guy.

in the last part him deciding to leave his hometown for somewhere new and get a fresh start. but from the other songs you can tell it just all spirals out of control.


i also believe that st.jimmy and jos are the same person.and gimme novacaine does make sense if its just one person cause he could be talking to himself.it seems that greenday got their inspiration for this album from the who's quadrophenia album because it's pretty much the same story just a different setting.

jesusofsuburbia4 April 29th, 2008 08:12PM  
Jesus of Suburbia is a mini-opera involving our character, Jesus of Suburbua.

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia

This part is Jesus telling us who he is. Rage is his father who might have been an alcoholic. His mother is Love but is not very caring for him. I think of him as being closer to 16 than 18 but that's just me.

From the bible of
none of the above
on a steady diet of
Soda Pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my
sins in hell as far as I can tell

He is explaining that he might be athiest or at least not sure of his beliefs. I picture him being a non active Christian. He is ADD hence ritalin. He then goes on to say that he has had no one die for him. He basically feels alone. This is one of Green Day's emo songs.

And there's nothing wrong with me
THis is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
who don't believe in me

He is trying to convince himself that he is not abnormal at all. But he feels that his city(Jingletown) is completely unethical. His town doesn't trust him.

Get my television fixed
Sitting on my crucifix
a living room, or my private woam
while the moms and brads are away

He spends his time sitting on his couch(crucifix)in his living room. He feels happy or at least at peace when his mom and current boyfriend are away.

TO fall in love and fall in debt
with alcohol and cigarettes
and mary jane to keep me insane
doing someone elses cocaine

He explains his only pleasure is drugs but he does not think he needs them, he just likes them. He might be the target of a few drug dealers because he stole or hasn't paid them back for drugs yet.


At the center of the earth in the parking lot
of the 7/11 where I was taught
the motto was just a lie
it said home is where the heart is
but what a shame
cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same

He is kind of the king of his local 7/11. It was there he was taught the laws of surviving in this place. He starts to believe that he doesn't belong here because he hates it here.

City of the Dead
at the end of another lost highway
signs misleading to nowhere
City of the Damned
lost children with dirty faces today a
and no one really seems to care

He basically just explains his towns crap and mocks it.

I read the grafitti in the bathroom stall
like the holy scriptures of the shopping mall
it always seems to confess
it didn't say much but it only confirmed
that the center of the earth is the end of the world
and I could really care less

He continues to talk crap about his city. He tells us that his town is a perfect example why the world is like it is.


I don't care

He doesn't care.

Everyone's so full of shit
born and raised by hipocrites
hearts recycle but never save
from the cradle to the grave
we are the kids of war and piece
from anaheim to the middle east
we are the stories and deciples of
the Jesus of Suburbia

He once again is just talking shit about his city. He hates the hipocracy of it all and it also goes political when he talks about the war


Dearly beloved are you listening
I can't remember a word that you were saying
are we demented or am I disturbed
the space that's in between
insane and insecure

THis could be a two way conversation

His mom: are you listening
Jesus: no
His mom: am I stupid are you spaced out
Jesus: your insane and I'm insecure


Oh, therapy can you please fill the void
am I retarded or am I just over joyed
no body's perfect but I stand accused
for lack of a better word
and that's my best excuse

He once again tells us about his mother's overbearing expectance of him.

To live, and not to breathe
to die, in tradgedy
to run, to run away
to find, what you believe

He is fed up with this hipocritical town and this hipocritical way of life.

And I leave behind this hurricane of fucking lies
I lost my faith in this, this town that don't exist
so I run, I run away
the lights, of mesochist

He tells us he is leaving and about his disbelief in society.

And I walk this line a million and one fucking times
But not this time

He is fed up. Plain and Simple.

I don't feel any shame, I won't apoligize
When there ain't no where you can go
Running away from pain
when you've been victimized
Tales from Another Broken Home

He is not ashamed of leaving and he is ready to finally be rid of this place.

You're leaving home!

He's leaving home!

anonymous November 2nd, 2008 12:47AM  
Jesus of Suburbia is a five part suite. Each part tells of a part about the main character's (Jesus of Suburbia) life.

I.) Jesus of Suburbia

Part one tells about Jesus of Suburbia's personality. He is filled with his father's rage and his mother's love. These two sides of his personality become manifest in the later characters of St. Jimmy (rage) and Whatsername (love). Now whether or not either or both St. Jimmy and Whatsername are real and fake is entirely up to interpretation, but back to the song at hand. Jesus of Suburbia is frustrated with his unextraordinary life. It is about him becoming self aware and unsatisfied.

II.) City of the Damned

This part describes the town of Suburbia (The City of the Damned). Jesus of Suburbia feels isolated by the residents of Suburbia and repulsed by their uncaring attitudes. It's about him feeling like a stranger in the place he has lived all his life home.

"They say home is where the heart is, but what a shame
Because everyone's heart doesn't beat the same."

III.) I Don't Care

This part is his proclamation that he does not care how they feel and that Suburbia doesn't matter. It is a "land of make believe.

IV.)Dearly Beloved

This part is almost the flip side of Jesus of Suburbia's view of Suburbia. He acknowledges that he is far from perfect and that perhaps the people of Suburbia are not as bad as he may have thought. This polar opposite, conflicting reflection coupled with his mention his need of therapy can be viewed as foreshadowing to the view that St. Jimmy is actually a split personality of him or at least a hallucination brought on by some sort of mental illness.

V.)Tales from Another Broken Home

Jesus of Suburbia realizes that he must stick to his convictions and leave Suburbia. That despite his sympathetic thoughts he must search for bigger and better things, or at least something new. He leaves, planning to never return for to him, Suburbia is dead. The title "Tales from Another Broken Home" alludes to the fact that his parents are divorced and that he lives with one of them, with which one is up for interpretation, I prefer it to be his mom. This also reveals his age. He is a teenager, independent, but unaware of how misguided he may be.

anonymous December 2nd, 2008 12:16AM  
guys jos and jimmy are the same person! and jos's dad was in the military so jos felt he left him. i have proof for this. see the music videos for jesus of suberbia and wake me up when september ends. ^good post^

anonymous December 10th, 2008 09:18PM  
Guys My Bestfriend Calls Me St.jimmy Cause I Have Been Through All The Things Just As J.O.S So This Is My Story And J.O.S. Story

Truly What I Think Is Going On Is That St.Jimmy And J.O.S. Are The Same Person
(st.jimmy-his inner demon side)
(J.O.S.-a little more calmed down)
And Easily You Can Tell He Is Sick Of His Life (But Just Like Me I Dont Blame Myself For My Pain)
And Seems That He Tries To Make Things Right And Not Be Different But When Ever It Come's To That Time Everyone Shit's On Him And He Just Start's To Go Crazy With Life Wondering What The Fuc* Is Going On (am I retarded or am I just over joyed)(Pretending To Be Happy)
He Meet's A Girl And Seem's That She Makes Him Very Happy And Thats All He Need's
But She Cheats On Him And That Just Pushes Him Over The Limit Like He Would Expect It From His Mom And Everyone Else But Not Her Soo He Starts To Leave (and I leave behind this hurricane of fuc*ing lie's)
(I Dont Feel Any Shame I Wont Apoligze When There Aint No Where You Can Go)I Think He Is Telling His Ex-Girlfriend (whatsername) But Not To Her Face And His Mother Goodbye
And He Is Saying Dont come To Me For Help Or Tell Me YOur Problem's

This May Not Be 100% Correct But To Me It Makes Sence.

greendayfreak90 August 6th, 2009 01:31PM  
Jesus of Suburbia is about a boy finding his way in life, even if he is misunderstood. A lot of people think that St. Jimmy and JoS are the same people. They are incorrect, they are two different people. JoS is pretty much the beginning of the cd's story line. Jesus of Suburbia, St. Jimmy, Extrodinary Girl, She's a Rebel, and Whatsername are charecters that bring the cd to life. ...At least, thats what I think...

Allamericanben August 16th, 2009 01:51PM  
I think that Jesus of suburbia is a metaphor for his life. "in a life of make believe,that don't believe in me" is his world that doesn't think he can achieve his dreams(That don't beleve in me.) "To fall in love and fall in debt" is a something to do with his parents. The city of the dead part of the song is him describing what he thinks will happen to him when he dies.I don't care part of the song is him confessing he has lost all feeling for other people and for his life. Dearly beloved part of the song is him trying to fill the void in his life. I don't know what the last part is about though... P.S. This guy is so freaking over dramatic!

anonymous August 30th, 2009 11:09AM  
st jimmy is a part of jesus of subaria.. and many others too not the ones in the video. he is another saint and lives for his own means. [{(he aint 1 of those who r trying to be exttraodinary)}] there is a lot but this is nowhere to write

anonymous November 4th, 2009 08:06PM  
All of your interpretations look the same. I'm confused can you give me whats the real meaning of Jesus of Suburbia?

musicfreak102 November 27th, 2009 09:36PM  
Jesus of suburbia is a bible of one life syle..and he is Jesus of suburbia a land of make believe he's never died of sins in hell...hates his mom and siblings..when speaking of love it means that we fall in debt....maryjane alcohol to keep us or him insane..nothing wrong with me this is supposed to be-means that..the motto is home is were the heart is what a shame cause every ones heart don't beat the same.and the motto was just a lie.city of the damed is lost children with dirty faces...mean those kids are lost and confused...and no one cares. and we are the kids of war and pease..we are the stories and disciples of the Jesus suburbia and from that you can tell I'm kinda right...just listen to the song watch the video at times the video goes by the meaning not always.....so I think you can figure the rest out from there....

musicfreak102 November 27th, 2009 09:49PM  
Jesus Of Suburbia is the main character of American Idiot. He's a kid who hates his family, friends, and home.

This song is broken down into 5 sections:Part I. Jesus Of SuburbiaThis is an introduction of the character and tells about his home life.Part II. City Of The DamnedThis takes place in a 7/11 parking lot where he got into a fight and first realized he hated his friends and home: "The 7/11 where I was taught, the motto was a lie, it says home is where the heart is, but everyone's heart doesn't beat the same." The lyric, "At the end of another lost highway" refers to the group of kids who hang out under the highway where once again he doesn't fit in.Part III. I Don't CareThis is where he becomes an outcast hating everyone and everything, and also in the story this is where St. Jimmy (a character Jesus created to heal the pain of a lost girlfriend) ties in, saying he hates everything now. This is where he considers leaving home.Part IV. Dearly BelovedNot much is known on this part, it's believed to be the peaceful, yet hard twilight between anger and happiness where you are content.Part V. Tales From Another Broken HomeThis is where Jesus just gives up and leaves. He doesn't know where he's going but he's just going far away: "Running away from pain when you've been victimized." This is where he's leaving everyone that hated and hurt him, sort of starting over and beginning a new life. (thanks, Zach - Oklahoma City, OK, for above 2)

Billie Joe Armstrong stated on VH1 Storytellers that the line, "While the mums and Brads are away" means that in this day and age children speak to their step parents on a first name basis. (thanks, Stacy - Sunbury, Australia)

In the video, the Jesus of Suburbia character has tattoos similar to Billie Joe Armstrong: a skull and crossbones on his upper arm, and "EPBM" on his left wrist. The actor who played Jesus of Suburbia is Lou Taylor Pucci, who appeared in the movies Fifty Pills and Thumbsucker. (thanks, September Heaven - lawton, MI)