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THE OFFSPRING
Jennifer Lost The War
Jennifer lost the war today, they'll find her burned and raped
Through it she must have wondered, what have I done?
But nobody really cares today, the worlds a busy place
Guess she must have really sinned
I guess we're all just soldiers, she was only six years old
Left to die by strangers, her family waits
And if we're all just soldiers, is it so wrong to be afraid?
Phoebe lost the war today, there must be some mistake
Say it happens all the time and its said and done.
And little miss 1565, your soul remains unclaimed
Guess you must have really sinned
Morality wont help her, she lies silent in a morgue
And all our sorrows, don't count at all
But will the morning headlines even say that it's a shame
What are we heading for?
Seen it all before
Silent in the ground as he's walking away
And I wonder how many more
Everybody takes it like it's nothing at all
Jennifer lost the war.
Elders
When we were younger, there always seemed like,
some perfect mold that we're supposed to be
but now we're grown up and I see it's just not that way
now I feel like someone's lied to me
Cause I've been true, made good for you
and now I feel used, I'm asking you
how does it feel, how does it feel
to be like you?
Tell me now elders, what were your reasons for
making it seem like you were so much more
If you want to feel good because of our accomplishment
why the fuck don't you just do it yourself?
Cause I've tried, man I've tried
while you all lied, so now just tell me
how does it feel, how does it feel
to be like you?
Look at all the families now, who don't talk and don't trust
Because of the way that things have been done
When will you finally learn to leave out the bullshit and just be straight with us?
Out On Patrol
Look at you soldier boy now with that big gun in your little hand
as you patrol this foreign land, hear the mine that clicks beneath your feet
Now do you see the light fading while your world is crumbling
Out on patrol
And all you can do is sit and stare, what revelation have you now?
What culmination to your slice of life, your moment in time
As you sit here all alone, will your buddies come and save your life?
But as the enemy appears see your life flash before your eyes.
Crossroads
Time has washed away and now I wonder
How did it all slip by cause I always thought we had forever
Future calls to me, to take me away from things I don't want to leave behind
Like I'm slipping away, I can't hold on
Find that path alone, crossroads lead me away
But that's not what worries me, I just want to know what's home.
Through it all my mind still wanders to the one who touched my soul
though her road leads away, she's still my true love, I could believe
Will is not enough when all those lost days stand in the way
But she was, my hopes and dreams my whole world, I could believe
I still want to know who can see for me, crossroads tell me
Now you'll have to trade your past away
and find another day so is carnage a friend or an enemy?
Through what comes to pass I'll find my way
I've seen it all before but is the best you can be
The best thing to be some people say you're just wasting time
But that's not what matters to me, I just want to know what's home.
Demons
Clouds pass over the moon, like an eye that shows impending doom
Tension in this misty air, souls pass into the room
Drawn in by a lost memory, you will join them in the moonlight
You are my offering, your soul transcends
The centuries of pain
your misery in life, is your ecstasy in death
Time passes like the wind as we race to beat days dusky grin
Meanings just a moment away, your body glistens in candlelight
As we all look on in fiendish delight, the ritual is just beginning
Come fulfill the prophecy with our demons of debauchery
As virgins and specters sing this madness will never cease
In the dead of night you will follow in the footsteps of many others who have come before
I will show you the altar, your Aztec eyes, Egyptian hair
Your beauty bestowed upon my lair, I've loved you before, in other lives
But you've never meant so much to me as now
In this night of sacrifice, where blood is spilt
That never will spill again, but in your linen robes
we want you now, we want you now
You could never ask for more than
You are my offering, your your soul transcends the centuries of pain
Your misery in life is your ecstasy in
Come fulfill the prophecy with our demons of debauchery
This madness will never cease.
Beheaded
Mummy doesn't have a head anymore, keep it underneath my bed on the floor
that's allright though, that's ok
She never really used her head anyway
Daddy called me a silly bore, bet he won't say that anymore
Cause the way his body's severed in two his vocal cords are gonna be hard to use
BEHEADED
Watch you spurt like a garden hose
BEHEADED
Bloody mess all over my clothes
Watch my girlfriend come to the door, chop off her head, she falls to the floor
Watching my baby's jugular flow really makes my motor go
All my collection, adorns my room on bamboo poles
Used to be a little but a little got more and more,now i'm craving yours
Night brings bad dreams, bad dreams with guillotines
off with her head
Find another victim for my machine, put him in a homemade guillotine
Blade falls, gonna need a casket, watch the head flop in a wicker basket
Leave the house at a quarter to four, come back with sixteen or more
Cause the more i want, the more i see
Got a funny feeling coming over me!
BEHEADED
Tehran
In your plane in the blue sky you roam again
Words that echo in your mind, make your heart beat faster
This is no vietnam, we will win in iran
The president said let it ride, Islam be damned
Make your last stand, in tehran
Warrior, the time bombs about to go, what will you feel
Will you ever wonder, if the man that's in your sights ever kissed his girl goodbye
The captain said kill or die, Islam be damned
Make your last stand in tehran
Gret satan, our flags are burning
Soon america may find its young man in the sand
Where there, casualty is just a number, in iran
The president said let it ride, you will be damned
Make your last stand in tehran
A Thousand Days
Ask me no questions and i'll tell you, i'll tell you no lies
When all is said and done does it really matter who was wrong or right
Don't ask me for a reason, I can't explain why we hurt one another again and again
As i lie bleeding here i still, I still reach for you
A thousand days have passed away
A thousand days werecaptured in her eyes
Your eyes are opne now but you know it's still hard to see inside
When action and intention are two seperate things
Now i somehow wish i could explain why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath, i still reach for you
Forever we've been trapped by our hearts,trapped by our minds
I'd like to leave, I'd like to win at love
But i just can't let go and i just watch it slipping away
And i just can't let it go and i just can't stand another minute
Maybe now someday our shattered lives will mend themselves again
But now a million miles away I still wish i could
And though i somehow know, I can't explain why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath I still reach for you
Blackball
In this world of hate and shallowness where enemies become your consolation
And those of us who win the game give up their minds, I don't call that winning
Say this doesn't apply to you but ask yourself first
What have I done to win the game and just what have i sacrificed
Win the battle or lose the war, I know i've played the game before, when people were still real
I don't want this anymore, It's time for me to close the door, there's nothing left to feel
Reflect on all our yesterdays, my own words choke me, why were they spoken?
Regret for things i've said and done, just can't commpare with regret for those that i have never tried
So blame this world or blame yourself , it's really all the same
When you are standing on that precipice from which you cannot return
In the style of forgotten men i look to my horizon, I see nothing
While thoughts of funs and desecration sweep through my mind
But only coffins and bones remain as i look at you
The emptiness behind your eyes seals my decision
Can't carry on in a world of jugglers where all this thoughtlessness
And bludgeoning your key to success, what kind of tradition you carry on
BLACKBALL, the new disease.BLACKBALL, the new disease
BLACKBALL, your evil ways have found their way inside me
BLACKBALL, the new disease, BLACKBALL, the new disease
BLACKBALL, for a better life in this high tech dog eat dog existence
I'll Be Waiting
Once I had a friend that i could count on, so i thought, well so it seemed
But times of need are not enough to prove your friendship to me now
Once I saw a face that I believed, but a mask was all their was
So who wears the masks and who wears the faces, well I guess I'll never know
But as I stand here alone, in a romm full of people with nothing to say
Beer on their minds and smoke in the air
Call them your friends but they just don't care
Friend for life, such shallow words for broken minds
Show me a friend for life cause I'll be waiting for that day to arrive when I'll be alive
I'll be waiting for that day
Once I found a love I had to know, now we might know each other just too well
Cause when we're together we just can't get enough or is it we just can't get what we want?
Once I saw a dream I had to chase it, dreams turn quickly to reality
Who's at fault in this game of yours and mine, well I guess I'll never know
But as I sit here alone, think of the girl that came softly inside me
The look in her eyes, the smell of her hair, call her my own but is she really there?
Love for life, such noble words for noble minds, show me a love for liffe
Cause I'll be waiting for that day to arrive when I'll feel alive
I'll be waiting for that day
Once I had a friend that I could count on, times of need are not enough
Once I found a love I had to know, now we might know each other just too well
Once I saw a dream I had to chase, dreams quickly turn to reality
Now let me close my eyes cause I don't wanna see anything anymore
Kill The President
In a world without leaders who'd start all our wars?
The world that you're saving will always be yours
Kill the president, voice the reason
Unify with that single line, Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the centre of democracy
In a world without leaders who'd make people starve?
The world that we're saving will always be ours
Everyone says, well maybe i can make a difference
Thinking they've got plenty of time, but time gets a little tighter everyday
Finished before you can commit a crime
America, all your enemies come from within but you lash out so it is seen
Like some frightened child in an angry world
Your demise comes from your own hands
In a world without leaders who'd start all our wars?
The world that you're saving will always be yours
In a world without leaders we might have a chance
But we'll never see it as long as there's
KILL THE PRESIDENT!
IGNITION
Sessions
I don't know when, it got this way, I don't know how long she's gonna stay
Every week it's the same, in her room - thats why i came
Here I go, go again, our rendevous' never seem to end
I know where I'll be, I make this confession, back in her bed for another goddamn session
I'll never learn, god knows I try, keep coming back for sessions and I dont know why
I'll never learn, I'll never see, just tell me why these sessions got a hold on me
Some might say, it's a fling, for all I know it don't mean a thing
Either way, I can't complain, aint no strings I guess I got it made
Here i go, go again.......
We Are One
We are one with ourselves, don't give a shit about no one else
Well it won't be long till our day in the sun is gonna stop.
The walls come tumbling down.
We are one, we are free, we are headed for obscurity
We are one, we are weak, we are gonna make ourselves extinct
We are one, you know it's true, don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you!
It's a mentality that kills the best, we better stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are one and it won't be news when we hang ourselves with one collective noose
Well it won't be long till our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down
The harder they are the harder they fall
Kick Him When He's Down
Hey you're a riddle, I say as I move aside,(like I really need your advice)
But you wont leave it alone, little men try but don't get a lot done
Livin' in sin don't move me either way, I get a feeling you're so vague
Like I said before, little men come when anything goes
When the rain comes I sit home and pray, make it all numb I wish it all away
All I really need is somewhere to hide away
KICK HIM WHEN HE'S DOWN
Here alone I'll put up and fight, beat me all the way, I'll take it all night
KICK HIME WHEN HE'S DOWN
Hey dont worry I'll get along home allright
Hey, everybody's supposed to be the same, so how come they're so lame?
It's like taking a fall, keep on running back into that wall
Awake in a dream get up and go to work, but I'm feeling like such a jerk
Like I said before, little come when everything goes.
Take It Like A Man
When you won't go along
Some will feel like you can't find your way
Heaven knows
Heaven knows I've seen it all before
Now don't get me wrong
I've seen many a life gone astray
When someone goes
All your bows won't make it any better so let it go
CHORUS
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good we'll take you by the hand
'Cause you need a little more
Maybe no one will say it
Maybe no one's aware it goes on
All I know
All I know it's like going off the deep end
Could you make a decision?
Could you think for yourself and go on?
Everyone knows
Everyone knows you've got to fit into the mainstream so save your woes
CHORUS
Close your eyes
Look away now
Make believe while you can
So you'd best go along
Don't let on if you can't find your way
Many more
Many more do it for you
Because heaven knows
Heaven knows it's like playing with fire
Your life's a throw
CHORUS
Get It Right
I've been told that to get what you want
You just gotta give what you can
But I know for what I want it don't come easy as that
They say, "Look out, boy
Tomorrow comes and things will look better by then."
But I'll look out the window
Then look in the mirror at the same old me again
CHORUS
Still can't get it right
And for all I know
I swear I never will
Do you think you'd sell your soul
To just have one thing to turn out right?
For the thousandth time you turnand find
That it just makes no difference to try
Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself
There's got to be a better way
Then I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling
Dream of brighter days
CHORUS
No way out
Same old stuff always drags me down
Now way out
Never gonna get it
Dirty Magic
In my own simple way
I think she wants me only
She said," Come over right away."
But she's just not that way
Her little soul is tolen
See her put on her brand new face
CHORUS
Pull the shades
Razor blades
You're so tragic
I hate you so but love you more
I'm so elastic
The things you say
Games you play
Dirty magic
I should know better than to think I'd reach inside her
It's all acloudy kind of daze
She's not so sweet today
She mocks me, I'm no fighther
It all just seems like such a waste
It's oversimplified
CHORUS
Hypodermic
When you're feeling low
Hypodermic's where you go
WHen you're with yourself
You wish yo ucould be someone else
CHORUS
Can't you see like you saw anymore?
Can't you feel like you felt before?
Can't you face anything anymore?
When life's a waste
Run away
Your life's a waste
Run away
Once you get a ride
Doesn't matter where you lied
Once you shoot it in
Doesn't matter who you've been
You're reeaching in but you don't know where to begin
All your dance and song won't matter when you're gone
CHORUS
Burn It Up
I think I'm burning up inside
I think I'll take a little ride
I'm gonna light up everything in sight
I'll drive on by your yard
And throw a Molotov cocktail at your car
Then another in the local bar
CHORUS
Ignition
They call it an obsession but I think it's kinda bitchin'
I think it's kinda neat
Yeah, I'm a pyro
I wanna burn it up
Yeah, I'm a pyro
Tonight this 'hood will be a pyre
I'm gonna set your house on fire
I'll dance around the pretty flames
Such a wonderful game!
CHORUS
I want to make a tiki torch
I'm gonna throw it on your porch
Then I'm gonna run away
And come back another day
So many houses, so little time
So many reasons, I'm not a crime
I'd like to set you up
I'd like to set you up
CHORUS
No Hero
Once you said you'd stick to it until the end
I guess you lied, the call it suicide
Now you're gone
What was so wrong that you couldn't find a way to carry on?
Second guess
Did I do my best?
There was a friend I had
CHORUS
Johnny was a weirdo
So what did you expect?
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just trying to survive myself
I should have known you went through it alone
I wonder why did you even try?
You could have come to me
I would have helped you see
You could have found a way to carry on
Second guess
Did i do my best?
There was a friend I had...
CHORUS
Johnny's strange behavior was a tip-off, they say
But I ain't no fucking savior
I'm just living day by day
Little things, little lives hanging 'til the end
I say it doesn't really mean nothing
Telling truth, telling lies
I used to have a friend
I say it don't really mean nothing
And I can't let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
L.A.P.D.
When cops are taking care of business I can understand
But the L.A. story's gone way out of hand
Their acts of aggression, they say they're justified
But it seems an obsession has started from the inside
They're shooting anyone who even tries to run
They're shooting little kids with toy guns
Take it to a jury but they don't give a damn
Because the one who tells the truth is always the policeman
CHORUS
Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) L.A.P.D.
The city of L.A. feels like a prison
With helicopters overhead and bullets whizzing by
Martial law ain't no solution
Police brutality's just social pollution
Beat all the white trash
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) L.A.P.D.
They say they're keeping the peace
But I'm not buying it because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier
"Protecting your freedom"
Now that's just a lie
It's an excuse for power that's more like an alibi
Law and order doesn't really matter
When you're the one getting bruisedand battered
You take it to a jury, they'll throw it in your face
Because justice in L.A. comes in a can of mace
CHORUS
Nothing from Something
Things are coming down on me
They never seem to let it be
It seems like everything I say just starts another fight
The pressure's building up inside
I gotta let it out tonight
Shattered glass will cure my ills and make me feel alright
CHORUS
Gonna break it
And never stop running
Making nothing from something
Making nothing from something
Cut me for the lion's share
It's mindless, but I don't care
'Cause no matter what I say
I'm in a another fight
Take more shit, I've had enough
Tonight I'm gonna rip it up
Broken windows cure my ills and make me feel alright
CHORUS
Forever and a Day
Look at me while I look at you
Seeing eye to eye we can never do
You try to tell me what is right
I may not know a lot but I know one thing
CHORUS
If you've got the answer
Then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer
Just keep it your own
I wonder why our world is ablaze
Sometimes I speak aloud to hear what people have to say
I try to have an open mind
But your brain and mouth must not be connected
If you've got the answer
Then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer
Just leave me alone
I would be patient but it takes so long
I don't want all this misinformation
All the words that you say
Lean on me while I lean on you
If we destroy each other
We might save a life or two
A little sun, a little shine
Separates us both by forever and a day
CHORUS
If you've got a vision
Then I don't want to see
If you've got a notion
Don't waste it on me