The Dissent of Man
Bad Religion
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The Day That the Earth Stalled
01 : 26
2
Only Rain
02 : 42
3
The Resist Stance
02 : 33
4
Won’t Somebody
02 : 43
5
The Devil in Stitches
03 : 28
6
Pride and the Pallor
02 : 59
7
Wrong Way Kids
02 : 46
8
Meeting of the Minds
02 : 07
9
Someone to Believe
02 : 38
10
Avalon
03 : 27
11
Cyanide
03 : 55
12
Turn Your Back on Me
02 : 24
13
Ad Hominem
03 : 27
14
Where the Fun Is
03 : 04
15
I Won’t Say Anything
03 : 23
16
Finite
03 : 54
17
Best for You (live)
02 : 09
18
Pessimistic Lines (live)
01 : 15
19
How Much Is Enough? (live)
01 : 32
20
Generator (live)
03 : 16
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Track Lyrics
Only Rain Lyrics
9 ContributorsOnly Rain LyricsOnly Rain was song released by Bad Religion as the second track on their 2010 album, The Dissent Of Man.Hey scientist please save us from our rainy days
Because your counterpart in the magic art is manufacturing judgment day
There's a fell wind blowing out of the east
Bringing famine, drought, and plague
Well now at least that's what they say
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
Well I know what's wrong and I know what's right
And I know that evil exists sure as day turns into night
When a man gets down on his knees to pray you know he'll find what he is able
But chances are he'll find it either way
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
It fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
Oh Lord have mercy on a humble man
Lost in the wilderness without a guiding hand
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
It fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
The Resist Stance Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Seeds of rebellion lay outside your front door
If you nourish them and water them
They'll grow into a healthy, "what for?"
And if revolution isn't what's in store
How can you care anymore?
[Chorus]
It's a dangerous slip, a conscientious shift
In the spirit of resistance, you gotta hold your grip
Lest the state of your resolve makes you quickly devolve
To a fundamentalist, yeah
[Verse 2]
You're an archetype they can pin to the wall
When you cling to your convictions like a farm animal in its stall
Never thinking of the bigger world outside
As they take you for a ride
[Chorus]
It's a dangerous slip, a conscientious shift
In the spirit of resistance, you gotta hold your grip
Because passion unabated can be readily conflated
As belligerence
[Solo]
[Chorus]
It's a dangerous slip, a conscientious shift
In the spirit of resistance, you gotta hold your grip
And the verdict won't be kind
'Cause they're desperate for a viable alternative
[Outro]
Take a stance, the resist stance
Take a stance, the resist stance
Take a stance, the resist stance
Take a stance, the resist stance!
Turn Your Back on Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've been searching for so long
Now the search party is gone
Won't somebody tell me what the hell went wrong?
We started out so strong
[Pre-Chorus]
I never wanted to hurt you
I didn't plan to desert you
I couldn't possibly express how much I care
So turn your back on me
[Chorus]
Come on turn your back on me
To survive, turn your back on me
We're the same as far as I can see
So come on turn your back on me
[Verse 2]
If I could I would stand outside myself
And pretend that I was looking back at somebody else
If I could do it again would I merely defend it all to the end?
Or do the ends justify themselves?
[Pre-Chorus]
I never wanted to hurt you
I didn't plan to desert you
I couldn't possibly express how much I care
So turn your back on me
[Chorus]
Come on turn your back on me
To survive, turn your back on me
We're the same as far as I can see
So come on turn your back on me
Finite Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In a quantity of light
You can search for all of your life
But it's finite
From a sudden burst of sound
The recoil may never be found
It is finite
[Chorus]
On and on, on and on
But impervious to calculation
On and on
It's impervious to calculation
Woah, just how far it goes
Nobody knows
[Verse 2]
In the peaceful warm embrace
The intention shows on your face
But it's finite
From the hate that spurs us on
To the meek and gullible pawn
It is finite
[Chorus]
On and on, on and on
It's impervious to calculation
On and on
But impervious to calculation
Woah, just how far it goes
[Bridge]
Where the lightning sparked a flash
When precisely did it pass
All delusions went away
As with all the shades of gray
Now i'm left with faulty tools
And a hazy set of rules
And a brand new day
[Verse 3]
In the turbulent conscious stream
The unbearable lightness of being
It is finite
From the universal mass
Constant matters coming to pass
It is finite
[Chorus]
On and on, on and on
But impervious to calculation
On and on
It's impervious to calculation
Woah, just how far it goes
Nobody knows
No one knows
Woah, no one knows
No one knows
Best for You (live) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Above us lay the burdens, below us lay the truth
We're somewhere in the middle, and we're all discontent too
Is someone watching over you?
Inside they know what's best for you
[Verse 2]
Judgment's not tomorrow, its today yes now it's here
But no it isn't Jesus, take a look at all your peers
They're all looking down on you
Inside they know what's best for you...
[Chorus]
Everybody knows what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
Everybody knows what's best for you
Pessimistic Lines (live) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So here we are again to experience the bitter, scalding end
And we're the only ones who can perceive it
But others sing of beauty and the story that's unfolded
As one that deserves praise and ritual
[Chorus]
My pessimistic lines, your superstitious lives
And the modern age's lies won't absolve you
And the professorial truth and the dear clairvoyant youth
And of course the nightly news will deceive you
(Watch out!)
[Chorus]
My pessimistic lines, your superstitious lives
And the modern age's lies won't absolve you
And the professorial truth and the dear clairvoyant youth
And of course the nightly news will deceive you
(Let's go!)
Generator (live) Lyrics
[Intro]
Like a rock
Like a planet
Like a fuckin' atom bomb
I'll remain unperturbed by the joy and the madness that I encounter everywhere I turn
[Verse 1]
I've seen it all along
In books and magazines
Like a twitch before dyin'
Like a pornographic sea
There's a flower behind the window
There's an ugly laughing man
Like a hummingbird in silence
Like the blood on my door
It's the generator
[Pre-Chorus]
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Like the blood on my door
Wash me clean, and I will run
Until I reach the shore
[Verse 2]
I've known it all along
Like the bone under my skin
Like actors in a photograph
Like paper in the wind
There's a hammer by the window
There's a knife on the floor
Like turbines in darkness
Like the blood on my door
It's the generator
[Pre-Chorus]
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Like the blood on my door
Wash me clean, and I will run
Until I reach the shore
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh