It’s a song that gets a lot of airplay toward the close of summer.
On the surface, it comes off as a simple goodbye to the joys of the warm-weather season.
The real meaning of the song is much deeper and sadder.
In September 1982, Andrew Armstrong died of esophageal cancer (perPopbuzz).
The grieving boy took to his room and refused to leave, uttering the now-famous words to his mother.
(“Every Breath You Take” isnota love song, perAmerican Songwriter.
Vulture once asked Armstrong his opinion of the yearly ribbing.
When the Easter bunny comes, it’s like, ‘Hey, it’s Easter.’
Or when September comes, people go, ‘Hey, it’s that guy from Green Day.'"
Armstrong and his bandmates are anything but asleep these days.
