Good Riddance Lyrics Explained

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) By: Green Day

Another turning point, A fork stuck in the road. Time Grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.

In this set of lyrics, he is talking about all the choices that you don't have the time to make.

So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time.

Here, he's telling us to just grin and bear it, because we have to deal with it.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.

Here, he's saying that it's OK to have fond memories, but it all comes to an end, so deal with it.

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind, hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.

And now what we're being told is that we should keep the good memories and the bad to compare in our mind.

Tattoos of memories, and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth it was worth all the while.

This line tells us that our memories are permanent, and that the memories were worth it.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.

Here, he's saying that it's OK to have fond memories, but it all comes to an end, so deal with it.