With the promise of tomorrow,
That tricks, leaves you in the dark
There's something in the air,
and there's something rising up
Not one for a million that I had enough
Hey, yo, no
I'm not good at going away
I got something load to say
Kick it, screaming, I knock you down, and knock you down
Hey yo, go, underneath I'll tear you down
Secrets from the underground,
Ain't no stop so far!
This is not an anthem,
or a threat at someone's name
But a promise that tomorrow
Will rock and burn, and things won't change!
There's something in the air,
There's something rising up
Not one for a million that I had enough!
Hey, yo, no
I'm not good at going away
I got something load to say
Kick it, screaming, I knock you down, and knock you down
Hey yo, go, underneath I'll tear you down
Secrets from the underground,
Ain't no stop so far!
Underneath I'll tear you down
Oh, oh, oh, secrets from the underground
Hey, yo, no
I'm not good at going away
I got something load to say
Kick it, screaming, I knock you down, and knock you down
Hey yo, go, underneath I'll tear you down
Secrets from the underground,
Ain't no stop so far!
Hey yo, go
Hey yo, go
Secrets from the underground,
Ain't no stop so far!
Well I'd like to tell you all about my dream it's a place
Where stripmalls abound and diversion's mere moments away
Where culture's defined
By the one's least refined
And you'll be left behind
If you don't fit in
It's all distorted
In americana my way
Well fuck you
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tat's right
away
I want it right now cause my generation don't like to wait
My future's determined by
Thieves, thugs, and vermin
It's quite an excursion
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
Well fuck you
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
I'm a product
Of my environment
So don't blame me, i just work here
But I wanna fuck you
My rights are denied by
Those least qualified
Trading profit for pride
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
Well fuck you
My nightmare has come true
My nightmare has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
Where stripmalls abound and diversion's mere moments away
Where culture's defined
By the one's least refined
And you'll be left behind
If you don't fit in
It's all distorted
In americana my way
Well fuck you
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tat's right
away
I want it right now cause my generation don't like to wait
My future's determined by
Thieves, thugs, and vermin
It's quite an excursion
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
Well fuck you
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
I'm a product
Of my environment
So don't blame me, i just work here
But I wanna fuck you
My rights are denied by
Those least qualified
Trading profit for pride
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
Well fuck you
My nightmare has come true
My nightmare has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
Once you said you'd stick to it until the end
I guess you lied, they 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
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...
'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
I guess you lied, they 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
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...
'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
![Dexter Holland & Noodles [1994]](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/43700000/Dexter-Holland-Noodles-1994-the-offspring-43778941-292-438.jpg)
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 ripping it up in shreds
I know someday you're gonna fall
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
So gimme more or nothing at all
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 tearing down your walls
They've come to see you rise and fall
They're only tearing down your walls
They've come to see you rise and fall
And I don't wanna say you've lost control
Once followed, but always led
You thought you'd rise above it all
It's all inside your head
All ripping it up in shreds
I know someday you're gonna fall
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
So gimme more or nothing at all
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 tearing down your walls
They've come to see you rise and fall
They're only tearing down your walls
They've come to see you rise and fall
And I don't wanna say you've lost control
![The Offspring [1994]](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/43700000/The-Offspring-1994-the-offspring-43778918-300-369.jpg)
I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one
And everyone‘s so blind
They‘re not to help mankind
Reach into your bag of tricks and pull another one
You don‘t want to change the world
Like you say
You‘re in it for yourself
No one else
You‘re ready
Saving yourself
You‘re gonna change the world
You‘re ready
Saving yourself
You‘re gonna change the world
Now when the day is set they‘ll line up all the same
And those that need the most will never get or gain
The ones you call your friends
Are failing you again
Reach into your bag of tricks and make it go away
You don‘t want to change the world
Like you say
You‘re in it for yourself
No one else
You‘re ready
Saving yourself
You‘re gonna change the world
You‘re ready
Saving yourself
You‘re gonna change the world
And since you ain‘t what you say
Then just go away
Cause some don‘t lie
Some don‘t lie
Go on now they won‘t tell
Go on now and save yourself
