Green Day - J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) Lyrics Meaning

This song is about Jason Andrew Relva, who died in a car accident...hence "my friend drove off the other day/ now he's gone and all they say..."

This song is about his death being a wake-up-call to live life to the fullest while you are stil here.

on Mike's forearm, he has a tatoo of a sword with a snake and it says "brother"....Jason Andrew Relva had the same tatoo