Good Music on Instagram: "“Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day — a haunting rock ballad that opens with the poignant line, “Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last…” Released in 2004 on the band’s landmark album American Idiot, the song became one of Green Day’s most emotional and enduring tracks. Written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, it was inspired by the passing of his father when Armstrong was just 10 years old — making September a deeply personal and bittersweet