About this Story (or the summary on the back of the book)

This is a piece of semi-original fiction dealing with the aftermath of American Idiot, Green Day's 2004 hit album. What really happened to St. Jimmy and the Jesus of Suburbia? Where did Whatsername go, and what was up with her cryptic letter?
A warning is that this story WILL deal with mature content, namely death/suicide, sex, mental illnesses, and drugs.

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The title of this blog, its URL, and the words in the description are all from the second-to-last song "Homecoming."

Here's the full lyrics to Part I, The Death of St. Jimmy:

My heart is beating from me,
I am standing all alone,
Please call me only if you are coming home,
Waste another year flies by,
Waste a night or two,
You taught me how to live

In the streets of shame,
Where you've lost your dreams in the rain,
There's no signs of hope,
The stems and seeds of the last of the dope,
There's a glow of light,
The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night,
Bearing gifts and trust,
The fixture in the city of lust,

"What the hell's your name,
What's your pleasure and what is your pain?
Do you dream too much?
Do you think what you need is a crutch?"

In the crowd of pain, St. Jimmy comes without any shame,
He says "We're fucked up",
But we're not the same,
And mom and dad are the ones you can blame

Jimmy died today

He blew his brains out into the bay,
In the state of mind it's my own private suicide...