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Genius Annotation

Revisiting the pseudonym developed in Billy Gnosis, the author paints the tale of a boy losing himself to drugs and vice.

Guitarist Brett Gurewitz described the song as

… one of the few songs that was kinda vaguely autobiographical. Billy was me. It was about a kid who was a drug addict.

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November 2, 1989
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