그린 데이와 함께 세기 말 록 계를 삽시간에 평정해 버린 네오 펑크의 선봉장 오프스프링 그린 데이의 [DOOKIE]와 함께 네오 펑크 시대의 화려한 개막을 고한 이들의 통산 3집 [SMASH]는 국내 록 카페에서도 줄창 플레이됐던 < COME OUT AND PLAY KEEP 'EM SEPARATED >, < SELF ESTEEM > 등의 '스매시' 히트곡들을 양산하며 전세계적으로 1,000만장 이상의 기록적 판매고를 거두었으며, 97년 발표한 메이저 레이블 데뷔작 [IXNAY OF HOMBRE] 역시 가뿐히 플래티넘을 기록하며 시대를 대변하는 거물 밴드로의 위상을 공고히 하였다. 90년대 미국 사회의 병폐를 신랄하면서도 세련된 방식으로 비판한 통산 5집 [AMERICANA]는 발매와 동시에 빌보드 앨범차트 2위에 오르는 기염을 토하였으며, 앨범의 폭발적 인기에 힘입어 장기투어에 오른 이들은 그 해 음악계 최대 이벤트였던 우드스탁 30주년 콘서트에까지 출연, 명성에 걸맞는 화끈한 무대를 선보이기도 했다. < ORIGINAL PRANKSTER >와 < WANT YOU BAD >로 요약되는 앨범 [CONSPIRACY OF ONE]에 이어 밴드 최초의 모던 록 차트 넘버 1 곡 < HIT THAT >이 수록된 [SPLINTER]까지 지칠 줄 모르는 열정과 단단한 펑크 스피릿으로 무장한 채 지난 10여년 간 펑크 계의 수장으로 군림해 온 오프스프링. 그들의 커리어 첫 히트곡 모음집으로 기록될 [THE OFFSPRING: GREATEST HITS]2005에는 앞서 언급된 히트곡들이 빠짐없이 수록돼 있는 것은 물론이요, 여전히 '말달리는' 열정을 발산하는 신곡 < CAN'T REPEAT >까지 수록되어 있어, 기존 팬은 물론, 도대체 '네오 펑크가 뭐길래?'가 궁금한 일반 팝 팬들에게도 '네오 펑크 텍스트'로서의 역할을 십분 수행할 알찬 패키지라 단언한다. .... ....
I woke the other day And saw my world has changed The past is over but tomorrow's wishful thinking I can't hold onto what's been done I can't grab onto what's to come And I'm just wishing I could stop, but Life goes on Come of age can't hold on Turn the page Time rolls on Wipe these eyes Yesterday laughs Tomorrow cries
Memories are bittersweet The good times we can't repeat Those days are gone and we can never get them back Now we must move ahead Despite our fear and dread We're all just wishing we could stop, but Life goes on Come of age can't hold on Turn the page Time rolls on Wipe your eyes Yesterday laughs Tomorrow cries
With all our joys and fears Wrapped in forgotten years The past is laughing as today just slips away Time tears down what we've made And sets another stage And I'm just wishing we could stop Life goes on Come of age can't hold on Turn the page Time rolls on Wipe these eyes Yesterday laughs Tomorrow cries Time rolls on
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 locale And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal If one guy's colo
I wrote her off for the tenth time today And practiced 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 o
I'm getting edgy all the time There's someone around just a step behind It's kinda scary the shape I'm in The walls are shakin' and they're closing in Too fast or a bit slow I'm paranoid of people and it's starting to show There's one guy that I can't shake Over my shoulder is a big mistake Sitting on the bed Or lying wide awake There's demons in my head And it's no more than I can take I think it's kinda weak Saying all I know is I gotta get away from me I tell you something just ain't right My head is on 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 preoccupation is where you'll go I think I'm being followed, I look around It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground
Day after day your home life's a wreck The powers that be just Breathe down your neck You get no respect You get no relief You gotta speak up And yell out your piece So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want All I want
How many times is it gonna take Till someone around you hears what you say You've tried being cool You feel like a lie You've played by their rules Now it's their turn to try So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want All I want I said it before So back off your rules Now it's their turn to try So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want
Maybe in another life I could find you there Pulled away before your time I can't deal it's so unfair And it feels And it feels like Heaven's so far away And it feels Yeah it feels like The world has grown cold Now that you've gone away
Leaving flowers on your grave Show that I still care But black roses and Hail Mary's Can't bring back taken from me I reach to the sky And call out your name And if I could trade I would And it feels And it feels like Heaven's so far away And it stings Yeah it stings now The world is so cold Now that you've gone away Gone away gone away yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Oooooo yeah oooooo oooooo Ohh yeah
I'll save your soul Whoa yeaaaaaeeeaaeah mm
I reach to the sky And call out your name Oh please let me trade I would And it feels And it feels like Heaven's so far away And it feels Yeah it feels like The world has grown cold Now that you've gone away Gone away gone away yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Oooooo yeah oooooo oooooo Ohh yeah yeah oooooo yeah oooooo oooooo Ohh yeah
Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh And all girls say I'm pretty fly for a white guy
Uno dos tres cuatro cinco cinco sems You know it's kind of hard Just to get along today Our subject isn't cool But he fakes it anyway He may not have a clue and He may not have style But everything he lacks Well he makes up in denial So don't debate a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway gonna play the field and keep it real For you no way for you no way So if you don't rate just overcompensate At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake The world needs wannabe's so Do that brand new thing Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh And all girls say I'm pretty fly for a white guy He needs some cool tunes Not just any will suffice But they didn't have Ice Cube So he bought Vanilla Ice Now cruising in his Pinto he sees homies as he pass But if he looks twice gonna kick his lily ass So don't debate a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway gonna play the field and keep it real For you no way for you no way So if you don't rate just overcompensate At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake the world loves wannabe's so Do that brand new thing Now he's getting a tattoo He's gettin ink done He asked for a 13 but they drew a 31 Friends say he's trying too hard And he's not quite hip But in his own mind He's the dopest trip Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh Uno dos tres cuatro cinco cinco sems So don't debate a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway gonna play the field and keep it real For you no way for you no way So if you don't rate just overcompensate At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake the world needs wannabe's The world loves wannabe's so Let's get some more wannabe's Do that brand new thing
My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch he tells me every day he says Man I really gotta lose my chick in the worst kind of way she sits on her ass he works his hands to the bone to give her money every payday but she wants more dinero just to stay at home well my friend you gotta say I won't pay I won't pay ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job say no way say no way ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job I guess all his money well it isn't enough to keep her bill collectors at bay I guess all his money well it isn't enough cause that girl's got expensive taste I won't pay I won't pay ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job say no way say no way ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all whoa yeah but hey man free rides just don't come along every day let me tell you about my other friend now My friends got a boyfriend and she hates that dick she tells me every day he wants more dinero just to stay at home well my friend you gotta say I won't pay I won't pay ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job Say no way say no way ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job I won't give you no money I always pay na na why don't you get a job Say no way say no way ya no way hey hey hey na na why don't you get a job
When we were young, the future was so bright 우이가 어렸을 땐 앞날이 창창해보였지. The old neighborhood was so alive 옆집 노인도 건강했고 And every kid on the whole damn street was gonna make it big and not be beat 거리 위의 아이들도 맞는일 없었고 성공할것 같았지
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn 이제 그 옆집은 헐리고 무너졌네. The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn 그 아이들은 자랐지만 힘든 삶을 살고 있어 How can one little street swallow so many lives 어떻게 작은 거리 하나가 수많은 삶을 망칠 수 있을까.
Chances thrown, Nothing's free 기회는 사라지고 공짜는 없지 Longing for what used to be 옛 시절을 그리워하지만 Still it's hard, Hard to see 돌아가기도, 되돌아보기도 어렵지 Fragile lives, shattered dreams 아슬아슬한 삶과 깨져버린 꿈
Jamie had a chance, well she really did 제이미한테는 기회가 있었지, 정말로 Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids 그러나 제이미는 학교를 중퇴하고 두 아이의 엄마가 됐어. Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job 마크는 집에서 백수로 뒹굴거려. He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot 그저 기타를 치면서 대마초를 억수로 피워댈 뿐이라고 Jay committed suicide 제이는 자살했고 Brandon OD'd and died 브랜든은 마약으로 죽었네 What the hell is going on 도대체 어떻게 돌아가는 세상이야? The cruelest dream, reality 현실이란 이름의 가장 잔인한 꿈...
Chances thrown, Nothing's free 기회는 사라지고 공짜는 없지 Longing for what used to be 옛 시절을 그리워하지만 Still it's hard, Hard to see 돌아가기도, 되돌아보기도 어렵지 Fragile lives, shattered dreams 아슬아슬한 삶과 깨져버린 꿈
Chances thrown, Nothing's free 기회는 사라지고 공짜는 없지 Longing for what used to be 옛 시절을 그리워하지만 Still it's hard, Hard to see 돌아가기도, 되돌아보기도 어렵지 Fragile lives, shattered dreams 아슬아슬한 삶과 깨져버린 꿈
Until the break of dawn Life life Cannot go by the letter Time time Prozac can make it better Noise noise Any kind will do Can you feel it slip away When it's all on you Crime crime Rockin' like Janet Reno Time time Eighteen and life in Chino Freud Freud All along it's true Well you'll see there comes a day Catches up to you Knock down the walls it's alive in you Knock down the place you're alone it's true Knock down the world it's alive in you You gotta keep your head up through it all You're gonna Bust out on it original prankster Break out yeah original yeah Bust out on it original prankster You never stop now stop now That's what the main man say
You know it smells like shit Goddamn Tag team the double header Son of Sam Fire always makes it better Navigate With style and aplomb Cause wherever you're at That's the tip you's on Lies lies Says he's down in the Bahamas Tries tries Bangin' little hoochie mamas No way None of this is true Well he'll see there comes a day When the joke's on you yeah Knock down the walls it's alive in you Knock down the place you're alone it's true Knock down the world it's alive in you You gotta keep your head up through it all Bust out on it original prankster Break out yeah original yeah Bust out on it original prankster You never stop now stop now That's what the main man say
You can do it Dime dime So good to see ya Nine nine Don't want to be ya Dime dime So good to see ya Nine nine Don't want to be ya Crime crime Fine sensimilla Crime crime Fine sensimilla Crime crime Fine sensimilla Well you'll see there comes a day Catches up to you Knock down the walls it's alive in you Knock down the place you're alone it's true Knock down the world it's alive in you You gotta keep your head up through it all Bust out on it original prankster Break out yeah original yeah Bust out on it original prankster You never stop now stop now stop now stop now That's what the main man say
If you could only read my mind You would know that things between us ain't right I know your arms are open wide But you're a little on the straight side I can't lie Your one vice Is you're too nice Come around now Can't you see I want you All tattooed I want you bad Complete me Mistreat me I want you to be bad bad bad bad bad If you could only read my mind You would know that I've been waiting so long For someone almost just like you But with attitude I'm waiting So come on Get out of clothestime Grow out those highlights Come around now can't you see I want you In a vinyl suit I want you bad Complicated XRated I want you bad bad bad bad bad
Dont get me wrong I know you're only being good But that's what's wrong I guess I just misunderstood
I want you All tattooed I want you bad Complicated XRated I want you bad I mean it I need it I want you bad bad bad bad bad
You may push me around But you cannot win You may throw me down But I'll rise again The more you say The more I defy you So get out of my face You cannot stop us You cannot bring us down Never give up We go on and on You'll never break us Never bring us down We are alive The wind blows I'll lean into the wind My anger grows I'll use it to win The more you say The more I defy you So get out of my way All my will All my strength Rip it out Start again You cannot stop us You cannot bring us down Never give up We go on and on You'll never break us Never bring us down We are alive
All my will All my strength Rip it out Start again All my will All my strength Rip it out Start again Can you leave it all behind All my will All my strength Can you leave it all behind Cause you can't go back You can't go back Can you leave it all behind Can you leave it all behind You can't go back can't go back can't go back can't go back You cannot stop us You cannot bring us down Never give up We go on and on You'll never break us Never bring us down We are alive We are alive
The winds of fortune Don't blow the same She had to get out And make a change She had a kid now But much too young That baby daddy's out having fun He's saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know His baby momma She ain't so slow saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that hit that All world is gettin with I say Consequences are a lot but hey That's the way it That's the way things go
What was family Is now a shell We're raising kids now Who raise themselves Sex is a weapon it's like a drug It gets him right into that grave that he just dug She's saying I'm on the run I'm chasing guys for fun Her baby daddy It ain't his only one She's saying I'm on the run I'm chasing guys for fun I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that hit that Everybody's gettin' with I say Consequences are a lot but hey That's the way it That's the way things go Well it winds up Broken up Really such a shame But why not Take a chance Everything's a game And it don't stop Hooking up Nothing's gonna change The more he's trying The more he's buying He says I'm on a roll With all the girls I know His baby momma Don't need to know He's saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that hit that All world is gettin with I say Consequences are a lot but hey That's the way it That's the way things go
Deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't wanna see Every single day what you say makes no sense to me Even though I try I can't get my head around you
Somewhere in the night there's a light in front of me Heaven up above with a shove, I beg it's me Even though I try I fall in the river of you You've managed to bring me down too
All you're faking (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up, Get Up) Shows you're aching (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up)
Every single day what you say makes no sense to me Lettin' you inside, isn't right, don't mess with me I never really know what's really going on inside you I can't get my head around you
All you're feeling (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up, Get Up) Shows you're breathing (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up)
Deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't wanna see Covering it up like a cut with the likes of me You know I've really tried, I can't do anymore about you
The cut's getting deeper (Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh) The hill's getting steeper (Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh)
I guess I'll never know what's really going on inside you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you
when we were young our futures were so bright the old neighborhood was so alive life and every kid of the whole damn street was gonna make it big and not be beat now the neighborhood is cracked and torn The kids are grown up but their lives are worn How Can one little street swallow so many lives? Chances thrown nothing's free longing for what used to be still it's hard hard to see fragile lives shattered dreams GO! Jannie had a chance, well she really did instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids mark still lives at home cuz he's got no job he just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay committed suicide Brandon ODed and died What the hell is goin on? The cruelest dream, reality