Thesong has a personal meaning to lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. But what is it? What is the meaning behind 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'? Billie said that "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is about how his father's death affected him when he was just 10 years old. His father died of oesophagal cancer in September 1982.
Thesong, which was part of the 2004 album American Idiot, has a personal meaning for frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. He said it was inspired by his father's death and the month of September, which was the anniversary of his father's death. The song title comes from a sentence Armstrong said after his father's death. 3843 Tags 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 forgets what I lost Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). The ballad [3] was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about the death of his father when he was 10 years old.