“Stab You In The Heart” is a fast rock ‘n’ roll-inspired track featuring an angry narrator who’s ready to kill his wife after discovering her infidelity. It sees Green Day getting inspiration from Little Richard’s famous 50s track “Tutti Frutti”.
The track is quite reminiscent of Green Day’s ¡Dos!...
[Verse 1]
Baby infidel in a dirty magazine
Telling dirty lies, everybody can see
Kick it in the head and now I wanna see you dead
With a switchblade edge to the chest
[Chorus]
I wanna stab you in the heart
I wanna stab you in the heart
Right in the bloody, bloody heart, ooh
For heaven's sake, you're just a fake
And you know it ain't right
[Verse 2]
Pictures don't lie when you're front-page news
Dagger to the heart coming down on you
[Chorus]
I wanna stab you in the heart
I wanna stab you in the heart
Right in the bloody, bloody heart, ooh
For heaven's sake, you're just a fake
Girl, you know it ain't right
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Daggers in my eyes and a rusty tambourine
Gimme my stiletto, gonna do some surgery
[Chorus]
Right to the heart (In the bloody, oh, in the bloody)
I wanna stab you in the heart (In the bloody, oh, in the bloody)
Right in the bloody, bloody heart, ooh (In the bloody, oh, in the bloody)
For heaven's sake, you're just a fake
And you know it ain't right
Stab You in the Heart was written by Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool.
Stab You in the Heart was produced by Butch Walker.
Green Day released Stab You in the Heart on Fri Feb 07 2020.
Though there’s no specific date to when the track was complete, this seems to be a re-work from one of Billie Joe Armstrong’s previous work on These Paper Bullets musical inspired by The Beatles that was first performed around 2014. “Stab You in the Heart” comes directly from one of their songs titl...