Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

The Offspring

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Half-Truism

03 : 26

Trust in You

03 : 09

You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid

02 : 58

Hammerhead

04 : 38

A Lot Like Me

04 : 28

Takes Me Nowhere

03 : 00

Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?

03 : 43

Nothingtown

03 : 29

Stuff Is Messed Up

03 : 33

Fix You

04 : 19

Let’s Hear It for Rock Bottom

04 : 05

Rise and Fall

03 : 01

O.C. Life

02 : 54

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Track Lyrics

Half-Truism Lyrics

[Verse 1]

One is for envy and one just for spite

The cuts in my heart, they show in your eyes

Don't make it better, the twisting knife turns all by itself

Move on to someone else

Your self-liberation will leave this behind

Beyond slings and arrows that rain on our minds

You'll make it better, shake it off

It never mattered anyway

[Chorus]

If we don't make it alive

Well, it's a hell of a good day to die

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

And it's ashes to ashes again

Should we even try to pretend?

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

[Verse 2]

The banner you're waving is burning and red

It's blocking the sunlight that shines overhead

You against the world, diamonds and pearls

Voices inside you churn, watch the city burn

Your own liberation will leave them behind

All the slings and arrows that rain on your mind

Don't make it better, break it 'cause

It never mattered anyway

[Chorus]

If we don't make it alive

Well, it's a hell of a good day to die

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

And it's ashes to ashes again

Should we even try to pretend?

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

[Bridge]

I... won't... calm... down...

The banner you're waving

Is burning and red

You against the world, diamonds and pearls

It never mattered, mattered, mattered

Anyway

[Chorus]

If we don't make it alive

Well, it's a hell of a good day to die

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

And it's ashes to ashes again

Should we even try to pretend?

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

All our light that shines strong

Only lasts for so long

Trust in You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I am the one, your help I've refused

You're offering hand just set off the fuse

I am the rock that pushes away

I gave up tomorrow to spite today and

Too proud to beg, too stubborn to try

I'd look in your face and spit in your eye

But I'm willing to find what's really inside

And show I am strong enough to

[Chorus]

Trust in you

Pull me up

Quo modo, shadow to light

Quo modo‚ shadow to light

Quo modo‚ pull me up

Pull me up

'Cause I am ready

[Verse 2]

I am the one who blames only you

The flame in my eyes now blackens my view

I am the one who wanders alone

Darkness inside blocks how you've shone

Who tied the other end of my rope?

I want to move on, I want to have hope

So I'm willing to change, I'm going to try

To show I am strong enough to

[Chorus]

Trust in you

Pull me up

Quo modo‚ shadow to light

Quo modo‚ pull me up

Pull me up

'Cause I am waiting

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Strong enough to trust in you

Trust in you

Pull me up

Quo modo‚ shadow to light

Quo modo‚ pull me up

Pull me up

'Cause I am ready

You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Show me how to lie, you're getting better all the time

And turning all against the one is an art that's hard to teach

Another clever word sets off an unsuspecting herd

And as you step back in the line, a mob jumps to their feet

[Pre-Chorus]

Now dance, fucker, dance, man, he never had a chance

And no one even knew it was really only you

And now you steal away

Take him out today

Nice work you did

You're gonna go far, kid

[Chorus]

With a thousand lies and a good disguise

Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes

When you walk away, nothing more to say

See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

[Verse 2]

Slowly outta line and drifting closer in your sight

So play it out, I'm wide-awake, it's a scene about me

There's something in your way and now someone is gonna pay

And if you can't get what you want, well, it's all because of me

[Pre-Chorus]

Now dance, fucker, dance, man, I never had a chance

And no one even knew it was really only you

And now you lead the way

Show the light of day

Nice work you did

You're gonna go far, kid (Trust deceived)

[Chorus]

With a thousand lies and a good disguise

Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes

When you walk away, nothing more to say

See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]

Now dance, fucker, dance, he never had a chance

And no one even knew it was really only you

And so dance, fucker, dance, I never had a chance

It was really only you

[Chorus]

With a thousand lies and a good disguise

Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes

When you walk away, nothing more to say

See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

Clever alibis, Lord of the Flies

Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes

When you walk away, nothing more to say

See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

Hammerhead Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I am the one, camouflage and guns

Risk my life to keep my people from harm

Authority vested in me

I sacrifice with my brothers in arms

[Pre-Chorus]

Through this doorway, what's on the other side?

Never knowin' exactly what I'll find

Locked and loaded, voices screaming "Let's go!"

Come on, do it, here we go!

[Chorus]

(Oh) I'll take a life that others may live

Oh, that's just the way it goes

(Oh) I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head

Where it'll end, nobody knows

(Oh) I'll take a life, ten others may live

Oh, that's just the way it goes

(Oh) It's playing over and over in my head

Where it'll end, nobody knows

[Verse 2]

Stay the course, reasonable force

I believe I serve a greater good

Smoke and dust, enemies are crushed

Nothing left where a man once stood

[Pre-Chorus]

Through this doorway, what's on the other side?

Never knowin' exactly what I'll find

Locked and loaded, voices screaming "Let's go!"

But I'm just doing what I'm told

[Chorus]

(Oh) I'll take a life that others may live

Oh, that's just the way it goes

(Oh) I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head

Where it'll end, nobody knows

(Oh) I'll take a life, ten others may live

Oh, that's just the way it goes

(Oh) It's playing over and over in my head

Where it begins and where it'll end, nobody knows

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Hey, go!

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Bang, bang, it hammers in my head

In my head, in my head

[Verse 3]

Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I fear no evil for thou art with me

Locked and loaded, gonna find my truth now

I'm busting through, all hell breaks loose, and-a

(Woo-hoo!) And you can all hide behind your desks now

(Woo-hoo!) And you can cry, "Teacher, come help me!"

(Woo-hoo!) Through you all, my aim is true

[Outro]

(Woo-hoo!)

(Woo-hoo!) My aim is true

(Woo-hoo!)

My aim is true

A Lot Like Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]

How does it feel

When you have it all?

How can you live

With nothing at all?

Where do you run?

Where do you go?

The holes in your truth

Are starting to show

[Chorus]

And the rain comes

And the world is on my head

Crave the sun

But I can't get out of bed

[Verse 2]

How can you take

Without giving back?

How does it work

When it's really cracked?

How does it feel?

(And no wonder hearts and minds have been won)

How does it feel?

(And I wonder how it's all come undone)

[Chorus]

And the rain comes

And the world is on my head

Crave the sun

But I can't get out of bed

[Bridge]

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, you're sliding (Sliding)

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, can't hide it

Tell me who do you see?

’Cause you look a lot like me

[Verse 3]

How can you take

Without giving back?

Who do you see?

’Cause you look a lot like me

[Bridge]

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, you're sliding (Sliding)

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, can't hide it (Hide it)

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, you're sliding (Sliding)

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, can't hide it

[Chorus]

And the rain comes

And the world is on my head

Crave the sun

But I can't get out of bed

[Bridge]

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, you're sliding (Sliding)

Want it, you got it, you're sorry you bought it, can't hide it

Tell me who do you see?

’Cause you look a lot like me

[Outro]

You look a lot like me

You look a lot

You look a lot like me, ooh

Takes Me Nowhere Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When the day begins, all the guilt sinks in

And I look on the wreckage of the night

Though I try to break free, the cycle breaks me

Am I ever gonna see the light?

All the friends I've lost and the pain I've caused

Have never been enough just to make me stop

The lines I draw to look at myself

Are turning into somebody else

[Pre-Chorus]

I know how this will end

But, I'm starting up again

Turned around, inside out

'Cause this way

[Chorus]

Takes me nowhere (I can't, can't see a way out)

It beats me up

When I go there (I know I could start again)

When I go there (Oh no, here we go again)

Takes me nowhere (Oh no, here we go again)

It beats me up

[Verse 2]

Open on this scene, a familiar dream

Of you telling me what I already know

Though the truth seems near, you can't get there from here

But, you sure know where you're gonna go

As the rumor wind blows, my infamy grows

Seein' friends above and I hit another low

The picture I paint to look at myself

Is turning into somebody else

[Pre-Chorus]

I know how this will end

But, I'm starting up again

Turned around, inside out

'Cause this way

[Chorus]

Takes me nowhere (I can't, can't see a way out)

It beats me up

When I go there (I know I could start again)

When I go there (Oh no, here we go again)

Takes me nowhere (Oh no, here we go again)

It beats me up

[Guitar Solo]

Ah, ah

[Pre-Chorus]

But, today, if I change

And stop digging my own grave

I will try to set things right

'Cause this way

[Chorus]

Takes me nowhere (I can't, can't see a way out)

It beats me up

When I go there (I know I could start again)

When I go there (Oh no, here we go again)

Takes me nowhere (Oh no, here we go again)

It beats me up

[Outro]

Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a moment in time, and it's stuck in my mind

Way back, when we were just kids

’Cause your eyes told the tale of an act of betrayal

I knew that somebody did

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, waves of time

Seem to wash away the scenes of our crimes

For you, this never ends

[Chorus]

Can you stay strong? Can you go on?

Kristy, are you doing okay?

A rose that won't bloom, winter's kept you

Don't waste your whole life trying to get back what was taken away

[Verse 2]

Though the marks on your dress had been neatly repressed

I knew that something was wrong

And I should've spoke out, and I'm so sorry now

I didn't know, ’cause we were so young

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, clouds of time

Seem to rain on innocence left behind

It never goes away

[Chorus]

Can you stay strong? Can you go on?

Kristy, are you doing okay?

A rose that won't bloom, winter's kept you

Don't waste your whole life trying to get back what was taken away

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, clouds of time

Seem to rain on innocence left behind

It never goes away

[Chorus]

Can you stay strong? Can you go on?

Kristy, are you doing okay?

A rose that won't bloom, winter's kept you

Don't waste your whole life trying to get back what was taken away

Nothingtown Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Let's make this complicated

Thinking is overrated

We're busting out of this shitty little town, and

Green grass and colored lenses

Tear down these picket fences

Burn in our beds while the city lies sleeping

[Chorus]

Why, oh, why

Are we starting up and going down?

And my, oh, my

Just the two of us in Nothingtown

Our superhero play

We'll leave this town today

Hold on tighter, with my lighter shining through

[Verse 2]

These city streets are burning

Rose red, your wheels are turning

Make me believe someday we could really leave, and

Blindfold a new direction

Stop asking better questions

Don't figure out that we're never getting out, and

[Chorus]

Why, oh, why

Are we starting up and going down?

And my, oh, my

Just the two of us in Nothingtown

Our superhero play

We'll leave this town today

And I'll row it if you steer it

I'll yell until you hear it

Hold on tighter, with my lighter shining through

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Why, oh, why

Are we starting up and going down?

And my, oh, my

Just the two of us in Nothingtown

Our superhero play

Our dreams get in the way

And I'll row it if you steer it

I'll yell until you hear it

Hold on tighter, with my lighter shining through

[Outro]

Still stuck in Nothingtown

Come on, let's go

Stuff Is Messed Up Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now, I don't know, and it's hard to explain

But it seems like things are just kind of insane

Because the world is crying, but nobody's listening

So, please leave a message on my cell phone

I see bullets getting better, biblical weather

And that guy on TV is, like, a total asshole

Who are you wearing tonight?

Celebrity fundraiser, tight

Black ties making wrongs right

How's your social Band-Aid?

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't know much, I don't know too much

But I know this: shit is fucked up

[Chorus]

I guess it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

I'm telling you, shit is fucked up

You know it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

[Verse 2]

Now, thank God for the media for saving the day

Putting it all into perspective in a responsible way

With more celebrity news, typical bullshit views

I think we're losing this fight sponsored by Bud Light

And now, we're rocking the casbah and taking the flak

The genie's out of the bottle, and we can't put it back

All this stuff, it's overwhelming my brain

Can you see the storm coming? It's coming this way

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't know much, I don't know too much

But I know this: shit is fucked up

[Chorus]

I guess it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

I'm telling you, shit is fucked up

You know it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

Justify the means

[Bridge]

Shopping sprees, RPGs, ecstasy, atrophy

Genocide, Pimp My Ride, politize, euphemize

Injustice everywhere, apathy, I don't care

Hurricanes, climate change, huh

Therapy, I won't tell, rehab and LOL

Worldwide calamity, TV reality

Euthanize, supersize, death squads and boob jobs

And VIP infamy, gratify instantly

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't know much, I don't know too much

[Chorus]

I guess it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

I'm telling you, shit is fucked up

You know it's all about the dream

The ends justify the means

The means, the means

Fix You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

She wakes up

Rage and grace

Pulling me closer, pushing away

And me, the sharpest thorn on your vine

Twisting and turning, we're all intertwined

Broken wing

Empty glass

Words that scream and bounce right back

She says, "You know

We'd all like to rearrange"

[Chorus]

I wish I could fix you

And make you how I want you

I wish I could fix you

And I wish you could fix me

I wish I could heal you

And mend where you are broken

I wish I could heal you

And I wish you could heal me

Ha la la la

[Verse 2]

A beaming sunrise buries the night

The setting sun destroys the light

Then she says, "Baby, I've got to get going"

Cutting each other without even knowing

[Pre-Chorus]

She sees a million stars like holes in the sky

All God's tears, for her they cry

And I am in her rain

[Chorus]

I wish I could fix you

And make you how I want you

I wish I could fix you

And I wish you could fix me

I wish I could heal you

And mend where you are broken

I wish I could heal you

And I wish you could heal me

[Outro]

Broken wing

Empty glass

Words that scream and bounce right back

She says, "You know

We'd all like to rearrange"

Let’s Hear It for Rock Bottom Lyrics

[Verse 1]

In my perfect isolation

I can stay here for a while

Antidotes and revelations

Just extend my own exile

[Chorus 1]

Wasting away, the world's right in front of me

Funny, you should say that it's all in my head

Wasting away, we're hitting rock bottom

And going down in flames, well, it's not that bad

[Verse 2]

With my lack of observation

I can stay in here for days

Could you find my motivation?

I can't see it through this haze

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

Wishing away, the world's right in front of me

Call me anyway, ’cause it's all in my head

Wasting away, we're hitting rock bottom

And going down in flames, well, it's not that bad

[Bridge]

Wasting all my days

What would Ivan say?

Wasting all my days

What would Ivan say?

[Verse 3]

Wasting away, we're hitting rock bottom

And call me anyway, ’cause I got two friends

Wasting away, we're going down together

And all in all it's not so bad

All in all it's not so bad

It's hard to know

Where to start and where to go

I will never say these words again

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Outro]

Wasting away

Call me anyway

Wasting away

Going down in flames, well, it's not that bad

[Outro]

Wishing away

Rise and Fall Lyrics

[Intro]

Ooh

[Verse 1]

This time, you're really dead

Once followed, but always led

You thought you'd rise above it all

It's all inside your head

All rippin' it up in shreds

I know someday, you’re gonna fall

[Chorus]

And I don't wanna say "I told you so"

But I told you so, now you've lost control

And I don't wanna be the rise and fall

Gimme more or nothin' at all

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]

You're in an awful way

Sucked in by what you crave

They just can’t wait to see you crawl

And, you can only laugh

Give in to the other half

They're only tearin' down your walls

[Chorus]

And I don't wanna say "I told you so"

But I told you so, now you've lost control

And I don't wanna be the rise and fall

Gimme more or nothin' at all

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

They've come to see you rise and fall

They're only tearin' down your walls

They've come to see you rise and fall

And, I don't wanna say "You've lost control"

[Chorus]

And I don't wanna say "I told you so"

But I told you so, now you've lost control

And I don't wanna be the rise and fall

Gimme more or nothin' at all

O.C. Life Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Want to be a member, want to be a name

Want to be a local face that plays the social games

Dancing through a time will bring you dinosaur trends

The limits of your mind is where the county line ends

Listen to the media present it all as fact

Following the lead ’cause you don't know how to act

Travel in a straight line ’cause you don't know your own way

They'll get you in the end before you know you have a say

[Chorus]

This O.C. life is not the life for me

Insulated world, trade your happy thoughts

O.C. life is not the life so free

Oppression is for real

With artificial joys for you girls and boys

[Verse 2]

Want to be remembered, want to have some fame

Fighting to stay ahead is a part of the game

ATM and Starbucks, every corner are the norm

Environment so sterile, it'll get you to conform

714, wear it like a brand

Contaminated future has a biohazard scent

Fighting their rules, I don't see their way

Guess you're really in before you know you have a say

[Chorus]

This O.C. life is not the life for me

Insulated world, with wide happy thoughts

O.C. life is not the life so free

Oppression is for real

With artificial joys for you girls and boys

[Outro]

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Track Lyrics

Half-Truism Lyrics

Trust in You Lyrics

You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics

Hammerhead Lyrics

A Lot Like Me Lyrics

Takes Me Nowhere Lyrics

Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? Lyrics

Nothingtown Lyrics

Stuff Is Messed Up Lyrics

Fix You Lyrics

Let’s Hear It for Rock Bottom Lyrics

Rise and Fall Lyrics

O.C. Life Lyrics