TW: mentions loss of a pet. Also please do not scroll through my page unless you want to see gross sexual stuff.

So, I'm actually not too familiar with Green Day's music at all and only know BOBD and American Idiot, but I was just listening to the song again, and I felt such a strong wave of emotions from it.

I'm 18 years old and graduated highschool only 6 months ago. I was really depressed during highschool (and still am), due to abuse going on at home and severre bullying from school. I basically felt very lonely and was in a lot of emotional. I didn't have people to hang out with, so I was usually just by myself somewhere listening to music. During senior year I got really into metal, specifically 2000s metal (Paramore, Evanescence, Deftones, etc.)

One day during winter of last year, I was on a walk at night with my dog, wearing a jacket with headphones on. I think I was just looking for music to listen to, and stumbled upon BOBD by Green Day. When I first listened to it, I felt so deeply moved by it. It made me feel so... I couldn't describe it with just a word, but I felt deeply connected with the song because I was a loner, and yeah sure, there's plenty of songs out there about being sad because you're alone, but this one felt different and moved me.

The melody, the lyrics, being with my dog while out in the cold night, it just made me feel so emotional. It was like a hug after I got done crying, like the song was talking to me and understood me when nobody else did. I would listen to the song in the hallways of passing period, in class, or during lunch since I didn't have others to talk to, and I'd say it was one of the songs that of the soundtrack to my highschool years.

It's been less than a year, but ever since around the time I first started listening to the song, life's changed so much now. I'm no longer in highschool and have a job, I moved out of the old neighborhood where I would take walks while listening to music everyday and my dog that I walked with during the time has passed away. I'm very happy looking back, that I was able to spend my last days with him with love, knowing spending time with him was the happiest part of my days at the time. My heart felt like it was broken and in pain, but the innocence and love of my dog made my heart feel warm. He always wanted to play, which felt like such a contrast to the people in my life who never wanted to talk to me.

Listening to the song now, brings me back to that, and makes me feel nostalgic. I was miserable at the time, yet those moments I associate with the song were so happy looking back.