Whatsername reflects on the memories of a past unresolved love and the acceptance of loss. It is the closing track of Green Days 2004 album American Idiot, a rock opera that tells the story of a character named Jesus of Suburbia. Whatsername serves as a reflection on a female character mentioned in other parts of the album, but whose story is left unresolved.
Thought I ran into you down on the street Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs She went away and then I took a different path I remember the face but I can't recall the name Now I wonder how Whatsername has been e ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- B -3----------5/7-------3---- -0------2---- -3-----------
Seems that she disappeared without a trace Did she ever marry old what's his face
I made a point to burn all of the photographs She went away and then I took a different path I remember the face but I can't recall the name Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
Remember, whatever, It seems like forever ago, Remember, whatever, It seems like forever ago, The regrets are useless, In my mind, She's in my head, I must confess, The regrets are useless, In my mind She's in my head, From so long ago
Go.. go.. go.. go.. Go.. go Go.. go.. go.. go.. Go.. go
And in the darkest night, If my memory serves me right, I'll never turn back time Forgetting you but not the time
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