Smash


Smash


Artist: The Offspring 1994 Epitaph Records Produced by Thom Wilson All selections by the Offspring unless noted. Personnel: Ron Welty: Drums Dexter Holland: Vocals/guitar Greg K: Bass Noodles: Guitar

Nitro (Youth Energy)

Our generation Sees the world not the same as before We might as well just throw it all And live like there's no tomorrow There's no tomorrow We are the ones Who are living under the gun everyday You might be gone before you know So live like there's no tomorrow-ain't gonna waste this life There's no tomorrow-you ain't gonna live it for me Believe it The official view of the world has changed In a whole new way Live fast cause if you don't take it You'll never make it So if you understand me And if you feel the same Then you will know what nitro means You'll live like there's no tomorrow-ain't gonna waste this life There's no tomorrow-you ain't gonna live it for me There's no tomorrow


Bad Habit

Hey man you know I'm really okay The gun in my hand will tell you the same But when I'm in my car Don't give me no crap Cause the slightest thing and I just might snap When I go driving I stay in my lane But getting cut off makes me insane I open the glove box Reach inside I gonna wreck this fucker's ride CHORUS I guess I got a bad habit Of blowin' away Yeah I got a bad habit And it ain't goin' away Yeah Well they say the road's a dangerous place If you flip me off I'm the danger you'll face You drive on my ass Your foot's on the gas And your next breath is your last Drivers are rude Such attitudes But when I show my piece Complaints cease Something's odd I feel like I'm God You stupid dumbshit goddam motherfucker I open the glove box Reach inside I'm gonna wreck this fucker's ride CHORUS


Gotta Get Away

I'm getting edgy all the time Someone around me just a step behind It's kinda scary the shape I'm in The walls are shakin' and closin' in Too fast or a bit too slow I'm paranoid of people and it's startin' to show There's one guy that I can't shake Over my shoulder is a big mistake CHORUS Sitting on the bed or lying wide awake There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take Think I'm on a roll but I think it's kinda weak Sayin' all I know is I gotta get away from me Tell you somethin' just ain't right My head's all loose but my shoes are tight Avoiding my friends cause they all bug Life is like a riddle and I'm really stumped If you reason don't you know Your own pre-occupation is where you'll go I think I'm being followed, I look around It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground CHORUS Gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me CHORUS


Genocide

Our lives run different ways Through the rain I see you in the sun Our star shines anyway If you wish upon it we are one CHORUS One two three four Dog eat dog everyday On our fellow man we prey Dog eat dog to get by Hope you like my genocide I find it's such a shame Through the pain I see things as they are We're served up on a plate The pedestal is high enough to fall And in time if we can see the errors of our ways Would anyone change it anyhow? Our time is up CHORUS I bet you'd only run If you saw what grows inside Our own I bet you'd lead the way If it were up to you to decide But it's not CHORUS Like a silver flame Like suicide Like killing boy One two three four


Something to Believe In

Hmm I especially enjoyed that one. Let's see what's next. I believe that reality's gone Disillusion's real I believe that morality's gone And there's nothing to feel If you take the sacred things Things that we hold dear Empty promise is all you'll find CHORUS Give me somethin' Somethin' to believe in Somethin' to believe in Somethin' to believe in Somethin' to believe in I believe in the changin' of the guard Put our feet on the ground See it happen in your own backyard Everything breaks down Do you accept what you are told Without even thinking Throw it all you'll make your own CHORUS Where they lead You will follow Well I guess that's just the way it goes And if you look away You'll be doing what they say And if you look alive You'll be singled out and tried If you take home anything Let it be your will to think The more cynical you become The better off you'll be CHORUS


Come Out and Play

You gotta keep 'em separated Like the latest fashion Like a spreading disease The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom Getting weapons with the greatest of ease The gangs stake their own campus locales And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix They're gonna bash it up CHORUS Hey man you talkin' back to me? Take him out You gotta keep 'em separated Hey man you disrespecting me? Take him out You gotta keep 'em separated Hey they don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time Hey come out and play By the time you hear the siren It's already too late One goes to the morgue and the other to jail One guy's wasted and the other's a waste It goes down the same as a thousand before No one's getting smarter No one's learning the score Your never ending spree of death a violence and hate Is gonna tie your own rope CHORUS


Self Esteem

I wrote her off for the tenth time today And practice all the things I would say But she came over I lost my nerve I took her back and made her dessert Now I know I'm being used That's okay man cause I like the abuse I know she's playing with me That's okay cause I got no self esteem We make plans to go out at night I wait till 2 then I turn out the light All this rejection's got me so low If she keeps it up I just might tell her so CHORUS When she's saying that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah yeah yeah Now I'll relate this little bit That happens more than I'd like to admit Late at night she knocks on my door Drunk again and looking to score Now I know I should say no But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go I may be dumb But I'm not a dweeb I'm just a sucker with no self esteem CHORUS


It'll Be a Long Time

All this time has widdled away Like so many days in one Back and forth the leaders sway Backing it up with guns Superpowers flex their wings Hold the world on puppet strings Egos will feed While citizens bleed It's always the way it goes CHORUS When will the world listen to reason I have a feeling it'll be a long time We will the truth be come into season I have a feeling it'll be a long time I have a feeling it'll be a long time All they want is what they can defend Before their time is up Make the same mistakes again Heard it all before Superpowers flex their wings Hold the world on puppet strings Egos will feed While citizens bleed It's always the way it goes CHORUS Well if they'd try maybe they'd see It would do a little good to let the world be free Handshake and a smile gets you on through Then turn it all around with the suicide move But you know it's not foolin' anyone but me You make yourself see what you wanna see But you know it's not foolin' anyone but me You gotta make yourself see what you wanna see Yeah I see you Super powers flex their wings Hold the world on puppet strings Eagles will feed While citizens bleed It's always the way it goes CHORUS


Killboy Powerhead

(Didjits) He's a pistol grip And a lightning rod hammer stop He always busts his knuckles When he's wrenchin' up his shit He just a Killboy Powerhead...yeah You know I saw his woman She was writing his name in blood You know I saw his woman Hard as a rock She said she was his baby Who looked just like the Hoover Dam You know I saw his woman Hard as a rock He just a Killboy Powerhead Killboy Powerhead Killboy Powerhead Killboy Powerhead...yeah


What Happened to You?

Before you started tokin' you used to have a brain But now you don't get even the simplest of things I can draw a little picture Or even use my hands I try to explain but you just don't understand CHORUS Man you're really losin' it And you've really done a lot of junk now But you keep on abusin' it What in the world happened to you It's bad enough you do it To do it to yourself But taking someone with you Well you know that's something else I say I'm not that kind of person I'm not that kind of man I try to explain but you just don't understand CHORUS I might be sympathetic or cut a little slack If I thought that you were willing to give a little back But you do it in the morning You do it in the night You lie to refrain from just facing your life CHORUS So I'll see you tomorrow You'll be gackin' up again I'll see you in a coffin by the time your wad is spent I think of all the times that I tried to lend a hand I try to explain but you just don't understand CHORUS


So Alone

Look at the crowd and tell me whether All are surrounded But none are together If you're awake, look all around At all of the people Still you're so alone CHORUS So alone If I could, I'd make a suggestion Without sounding preachy Or begging the question Melt with your minds Melt with each other Don't be surrounded, don't be so alone CHORUS


Not the One

I'm not the one who made the world what it is today I'm not the one who caused the problems started long ago But now I deal with all the consequences that troubles our times I carry on and never once have even questioned why I'm innocent But the wieght of the world is on my shoulders I'm innocent But the battles started are far from over We're not the ones who leave the homeless in the streets at night We're not the ones who've kept minorities and women down Still we grow and then the problems they become our own We carr on without even realizing why CHORUS We're innocent But the weight of the world is on our shoulders We're innocent But the battles left us are far from over We're not the ones whose pollution balcked our skies And ruined the streams We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs That threaten our lives We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night And even if we try and not become so overwhelmed And if we make some contribution to the plight we see Still our descendents will inherit our mistakes of today They'll suffer just the same as we and never wonder why


Smash

Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I've held it all in with blood on my face Built it up man so bad you can taste I don't slag no one I don't even judge Don't give a shit 'cause I'm not gonna budge I just wanna be who I wanna be I guess that's hard for others to see CHORUS I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want Do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole Don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you Cause I am alive Smash is the way you feel all alone Like an outcast your out on your own Smash is the way you deal with your life Like an outcast your smashing your strife Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I just wanna be who I wanna be I guess it's hard for others to see CHORUS Head over heels I'vefit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I wanna be who I wanna be I guess it's hard for others to see CHORUS There. I hope you enjoyed our time together today. You know it seems harder and harder to just sit back and enjoy the finer things in life. Well, until next time...ta ta!