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Dibalik Kepopuleran lagu Wake Me Up When September Ends, lagu ini menyimpan makna yang pilu. Diciptakan oleh Billie Joe Armstrong untuk mengenang ayahnya yang meninggal akibat kanker pada 10 September 1982. 

Selain itu, lagu ini digunakan sebagai bagian advokasi anti-perang dan penghormatan bagi para penyintas Badai Katrina. Berikut lirik lagu Wake Me Up When September Ends...

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass

Seven years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests

But never forget what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bell again

Like we did when spring began

Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests

But never forget what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass

Twenty years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Wake me up when September ends

Wake me up when September ends