Still Breathing (Green Day song)

"Still Breathing" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released on September 12, 2016 as the second single from their twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio (2016).

A lyric video for the song was released on September 22, 2016. A music video for the song was then released on November 7, 2016. The song was idolized for the person it was made for, Billie Joe Armstrong, Whose quoted telling people his meaning of the track.

^[1] Still Breathing has a deep meaning that relates to tough times from; A junkie on the verge of death, a gambler about to lose everything and a wounded soldier on the front lines. These are all characters in a slow-building, unsettling track. "That was a very heavy song," says Armstrong. "Sometimes I run away from being too heavy. But sometimes it just comes out that way." The chorus, "I'm still breathing on my own" alludes to the fact that "at some point, we're all going to have to be on life support," says Armstrong. "As time goes on, your thoughts get darker."

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