hey guys im a young guitarist and play any offspring song that is requested. if have any respond and i could play it but with no amp cuz it sounds all deep and stuff :P
DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALY WORKS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST THREE VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NOW YOU STARTED READING THIS DONT STOP.THIS IS SO SCARY.PUT THIS ON AT LEAST FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
Lol wow... so most of the song sounds like a ripoff of MOTÖRHEAD and the breakdown at 2:33 is a complete ripoff of NIRVANA. I just lost major respect points for THE OFFSPRING
@triggerhappyfoo13 Why only them? Why not every single person who wants to control what we do and say?! STAND AGAINST CONFORMITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@triggerhappyfoo13 Dude. What the hell MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOWN??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm just kiddin', but in all honesty we should stand against these dickheads and show them who the real minority is.
Some people are arguing about the meaning of the song? O_o Lemme spell it out for you:
The main singer said that it ultimately concerns school shootings. Yes, there is talk of war and the horrors within it - that is part of the song - but it all builds up to the shooting at the end. The shooter has been mentally scarred and tortured by the things he's seen in war ("bang bang it hammers in my head"), and decides to shoot up a classroom.
@TheMacatac We're playing some epic stuff. Talk to your band director. Show him/her some different arrangements. :DD I'd be pissed if I had to do that stuff D:
@GrumpyBuster It's on my profile. It's the second or third song in the video titled "Brookside Cardinal Marching Band Medina Band Show 2010" It gets announced but it's one of the first songs or last songs lol
I miss the old offspring, but the still keep it a little punk unlike some of these band who suck but call themselves punk. And what's up with this emo crap ? Man that look and music is GAY.
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92% of teens have turned to pop and hip-hop.If you are part of the 8% that still listens to real music, copy and paste this message to 5 other videos. DONT LET ROCK N ROLL DIE ! , P.S Thumbs Up If You Agree
Actually, after reading the most recent comments, both this and YGGFK could be about that, just from a different perspective. This, from the perspective of a SWAT member, perhaps.
@amagous "He's picking off the gunman through a room full of hostages. " the line "Take this life that others may live...." supports that theory as well.
I'll just chalk it up to 'can be interpreted in multiple ways'
@Nazuiko YaY for someone pointing out the obvious that surprisingly none of us saw lol. Everyone has there own opinion, and all of them have facts supporting their theory :P
While it might seem to be an anti-war song, doing some minor research and reading through the lyrics shows that The Offspring wrote it as a song from the perspective of a school shooter. "I'll take a life, ten other's may live" isn't about war, it's about the randomness and misguided violence of a school shooter. The music video portrays it that way, but the music video was created by a fan in a contest by the Offspring and doesn't reflect the lyrics of the song.
@slaphappy497 The offspring obviously wouldn't pick a music video that didn't reflect what the song was supposed to portray moron. Its a song about war, not school shootings. "I'm just doing what I'm told." School shooters aren't told what to do, soldiers are. "Through this doorway, whats on the other side. Never knowing, exactly what I'll find." A kid is almost always sure of whats on the other side of a door, soldiers never have any idea. Bombs, drugs, "bad guys", etc.
@SNaRF66666666 You obviously have little to no grasp on how many hostage situations such as that soldier's in Afghanistan have had to deal with. "My aim is true" He's picking off the gunman through a room full of hostages.
@amagous actually i looked up the meaning of the song when i posted that it is intened as a school shooting , where the shooter has the mentality of a soldier.....also i served in the us army OIF 3rd inf.
@SNaRF66666666 It doesn't matter. US army, believe it or not, invest on games about war, because those very games makes teenages believe that killing It's a good thing, so they can gather more recruits in the future. So a teen with the mind of a soldier is still a soldier.
@nitramdh so name 1 school shooting that waas a result of America Army. a kid shooting up a school is not b/c of video games its from social problems...most are regected,neglected and pussies who can handle life. You are just gonna keep running in circles blaming anything you can.
@nitramdh - A soldier has discipline. Ask any soldier, sailor, or Marine and they'll tell you that they spent more time cleaning and marching in boot camp than they did with shooting anything. It's about discipline, not about killing.
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A teen with the mind of a soldier is the 19-year-old who's overseas right now, doing everything in this song but the last verse, and kinda offended at it.
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The juxtaposition doesn't work when you break it down. Both use violence - one for good, one for evil.
@nitramdh That's a very broad generalization about teenagers who play in games about war. I play violent war video games and I would never join the military nor do I consider myself a soldier of any type. It's fantasy and a cathartic experience. Also, while it is true that the military uses these games as a tool to recruit it doesn't mean all people who play them are soldiers.
@rattlehead9127 good point mate though you do realise that most people who play these war games don't even know how to ammo check most weapons in 3-4 secs. then you got people like the Canadian cadets who don't even know what hand to use to hold the gun etc. (Canadians are against violence of any kind)
@amagous Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure Dexter was referring to "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" when he said that, and the poster was mistaken.
While there is the obvious mention of a schoolbuilding being shot, i figured that it was a G.I. who was ordered to shoot up an (presumably) Iraqi/Afghan school or something to that extent.
Just has too much of a military feel to it, though....
Just personal opinion. Feel free to flame, troll, downvote, and mark as spam if you so choose. or the opposite. dont care.
LEast favorite song on my least favorite album and this song STILL ROXX SOXX!!!
@Nazuiko Nah, I agree Nazuiko. Listen to the lyrics "I'll take a life so others may live." "I'll fight to keep my people from harm" etc etc. Straight up, its a song about a soldier, not about school shootings.
i wish they played more songs like this, and more classic rock, instead of the new age bullshit, like rap, and hip-hop. these teen singers stink at singing. johnas bros., hannah montanna, justin bieber, laydy gaga, pink,madonna, pretty much all terrible. now each album is a 1 hit wonder, back in the 80s almost every album was a total hit. and i am 13, a friend of mine got me in to classic rock, the first time i heard it, i loved it. anyway OFFSPRING 4EVER.
Holy crap... I can't believe that this pure art got only 916 502 during Lady Caca has about 120 000 000... In this moment, world is a shame! I'm desperately waiting for change! Who's with me?
sumtimes its gud for a band have the same sound especialy if the new sound sucks. cuz there are sum bands i was a real big fan of but thn lik two albums later they suck cuz they wanted to "branch out"
And to everyone confused about what this song means, It is pertaining to Violence. It's a bit of War and School shooting but the vibe here is Violence, and just fyi people who think they copied Nirvana is wrong. I listened to both parts real close and they sound WAY different. ty =] Offspring kicks ass btw, loved them since the beginning.
the only masterpiece of rise and fall... the rest is just alt rock and other shits and that sucks, well trust in you is punk too but not as good as this one
The first verse sounds like a U.S. Marine's point of view, the second a resistance fighter's, and the third a high school shooter's. But that's my opinion.
@ASKAJAIMES The reason the Offspring still make 'good' songs is because they never do anything different. They've been playing pretty much the same one song for about 20 years. At least Green Day and Metallica tried to branch out rather than just make the same music over and over again.
@dannystringer3491 ummm... The Offspring tried to branch out but people like their old stuff, Green Day started to fail after American Idiot. The Offspring's first 3 CD's were straight up punk, then they switched to Alt Rock with Conspiracy of One and Americana and then in Splinter they used a bit of some Techno in their rock. They tried to branch out but we loved their old stuff so they're sticking with what fans like to remain awesomesauce =]
Just to let you guys know, the Lyrics are from the perspective of a school shooter,
"According to singer/guitarist Dexter Holland, the lyrics are from the perspective of a gunman in a school shooting.[4] This is supported by the closing lyrics "and you can all hide behind your desks now/and you can cry teacher come help me"" -Wikipedia
if the first thing you care about in a song is how deep, touching and emotional the lyrics are, ummmmm ur in the wrong genre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what the fuck is wrong with you people. the instrumentals are awesome it get you pumped who cares about the lyrics, they're good enough for a punk rock song. how can you be that picky its the fucking offspring. they kick ass
vietnam iraq. all american wars are in vain. seriously americans stop supporting obama and the other fuckers , all controlled by the banks. stop killing your youth for wallstreet and goldman sach's
Its hard to think of troops not being supported in their homeland. As a Canadian i support both the troops of our nation and our long time allies, America.
One of the very few bands that are all american, but not because they're white but because they get it. Support your american heros, they pay the ultimate price, fuck pride they have honor............ they give our country freedom.
Yeah, I know. Can you here me laughin? No? Cause I'm not. The only reason we enjoy the being able to have this discussion, is cause of our military personal who gave they're life and who missed their family maturing because of a cowerdly terrorist or a dear John or Jane letter. Happy Memorial Day, Enjoy it. Wait for it... wait for it.. That's me laughing. Wait..oh yeah... I'm not. Enjoy your three day weekend.
They kind of mislead you with this song. 99% of it seems to be talking about war and the military until the end where its a school shooting. I dont understand how or even why it turns from war to a school shooting. Maybe they are trying to make a correlation between a soldiers mindset and a crazy ass kid with a psychological problem and a gun. Which is the dumbest thing ive ever seen....
some fags behind girlfriends and keep being gays should die
dance fucker dance now die!!!
Redhotnacho 1 month ago
Haha. Just started rehearsing this song today for marching band next year.
TheBlackdragons69 1 month ago
This sounds like another Offspring song, i forget the name!
chaster321 1 month ago
hey guys im a young guitarist and play any offspring song that is requested. if have any respond and i could play it but with no amp cuz it sounds all deep and stuff :P
krish633 3 months ago
@krish633 lolololol
jonnd272 2 months ago
It really should end at 2:31.
xD1CE 3 months ago
@xD1CE No :)
nopp1 3 months ago
@xD1CE no because then the song twists and it turns into a song about school shootings not being in the army
AtheistMinecrafter 1 month ago
is this from 93.3 the planet?
ITSME1448 1 year ago
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DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALY WORKS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST THREE VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NOW YOU STARTED READING THIS DONT STOP.THIS IS SO SCARY.PUT THIS ON AT LEAST FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
TheDavid889 1 year ago
@TheDavid889 I read it b4 and I nvr evr got kissed.
SSBBmasterXD 1 year ago
This Song Should Start at 2:22 that's when it starts getting good!
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First half of the song is epic!
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abstruse9 1 year ago
GO Noodles!
GalickGun777 1 year ago
iraq war song
JJemo97 1 year ago
the bass line at 2:36 kinda sounds like stay away by nirvana
kcarollee 1 year ago
is it me or does it go reeeeaaaaly quiet at about 0.20
DEADPOOL275 1 year ago
How does the single version differ from the album version?
Raymiles2 1 year ago
This song is total epicness
polikmujyhntgbrfvedc 1 year ago
Lol wow... so most of the song sounds like a ripoff of MOTÖRHEAD and the breakdown at 2:33 is a complete ripoff of NIRVANA. I just lost major respect points for THE OFFSPRING
Brycexhanson 1 year ago
@Brycexhanson fag
Banshee617 1 year ago
@Banshee617 seconded
ironnica 1 year ago
@Banshee617 i agree
ooOWariorOoo 1 year ago
@Banshee617 if you didn't beat me to it i would of said that
madino5 1 year ago
First time I heard this song.
I was drink Mountain Dew Baja Blast, now every time I hear this song, I think of the colour green and Mountain Dew Baja Blast.
de132 1 year ago
97 ppl got shot in a high school shooting.....
KerrankiSuomee 1 year ago
He needs to turn that M16A4 on the 97 hippies that disliked this song.
nicholsjoshua15 1 year ago
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marching band is gayer than aids
logansynder 1 year ago
This song's almost Bad Religion-esque, I like.
flawskateboards 1 year ago
dude they should make an album for sonic the hedgehog!
XxtinctionxX 1 year ago
1874 people (and counting) that enjoy real music. applause for common sense.
Ichigo9913 1 year ago
@Ichigo9913 Love the good music, 97 haters...
HATERS GUNNA HATE!
mw2xboxplayer 1 year ago
The Knights are doing this for marching band. Totally awesome.
samusarans 1 year ago
i finally found this song!!! it took me forever (O_O)
nixie123able 1 year ago
heyy dude my marching band is also playing it!! Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band :DDD
MuSiKpHaNaTiK22 1 year ago
@MuSiKpHaNaTiK22 heck yes!! its epic.
RedSoxFan2787 1 year ago
c'mon guys get the likes up to at least 2000
madino5 1 year ago
Stupid phone does weird stuff anyway @triggerhappyfoo19 the 1800 people better be the ones that like this song
madino5 1 year ago
@triggerhappyfoo19
madino5 1 year ago
me to the other 1854 people, cmon guys lets go kick 97 peoples asses!
triggerhappyfoo13 1 year ago
@triggerhappyfoo13 Why only them? Why not every single person who wants to control what we do and say?! STAND AGAINST CONFORMITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
downwithbreeders1 1 year ago
@downwithbreeders1 im kidding dude, chillz
triggerhappyfoo13 1 year ago
@triggerhappyfoo13 Yeah well I'm not. I'm a motherfucking ass-kicking, crossdressing PUNK and I'll kick anyone's ass who doesn't like that!
downwithbreeders1 1 year ago
@downwithbreeders1 i said chilz man
triggerhappyfoo13 1 year ago
@triggerhappyfoo13 Dude. What the hell MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOWN??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm just kiddin', but in all honesty we should stand against these dickheads and show them who the real minority is.
downwithbreeders1 1 year ago
@downwithbreeders1 ayea, hobey ho, lets go
triggerhappyfoo13 1 year ago
Freaking epic song.
destroyer129steam 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
lets fuck off watching dawn avrils ass :3
kankeralfabet 1 year ago
3:21
MWproductions555 1 year ago
can i watch one music vid without readin bout justin beiber. please
GwONE5forces 1 year ago
you know a band is freaking epic when your guitarists name is noodles
t00bahhero018 1 year ago 72
@t00bahhero018 the guitar player for the cartoon band gorrilaz name is noodle, but it's a girl... and a monkey... and a way different genre
Nockgale 1 year ago
@t00bahhero018 Yea my friends in my boy scout troop their uncle is the lead singer
fayburger 1 year ago
@t00bahhero018 or ur bassist is named Flea
bongrippar 1 year ago
I think that all of you guys should slow your fingers and enjoy the music. :P
TheLetter890 1 year ago
i love teh first half of the song... i find the second half a little slow for my taste
ZENUDIE 1 year ago
i'm the one camoflauge 'n' guns
nanananan-nana
EPIC SONG
ILCOVERU 1 year ago
95 junstin bieber's fans...
AsfaeksBR 1 year ago
man love this song pisses me off when people like death metal and say this shit sucks that bull LISTEN TO THE LYRICS!!
mohrs9165 1 year ago
Some people are arguing about the meaning of the song? O_o Lemme spell it out for you:
The main singer said that it ultimately concerns school shootings. Yes, there is talk of war and the horrors within it - that is part of the song - but it all builds up to the shooting at the end. The shooter has been mentally scarred and tortured by the things he's seen in war ("bang bang it hammers in my head"), and decides to shoot up a classroom.
TheSecretEye 1 year ago
@TheSecretEye sweet.
Dziuravy 1 year ago
99% of the people are retards, copy and paste if you're one of them
99% of the facts with percentages are untrue (see what i did there :D)
BTW justin bieber, she will never have kids.
thegamingfailure 1 year ago
Playing this song for marching band. Fucking win :3
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago 43
@Tyler5h03m4k3r lucky. we play crap play cirque de soleil and what not.
TheMacatac 1 year ago
@TheMacatac We're playing some epic stuff. Talk to your band director. Show him/her some different arrangements. :DD I'd be pissed if I had to do that stuff D:
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r
Nice Same Here.
YoEeMelDuh95 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r holy shit bro you go to brookside and i say tat shit it was awsome
conersucks101 1 year ago
@conersucks101 Hell yeah I do. :) Thanks man! :D
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r I salute you.
NoBaDy1999 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r video?
ironnica 1 year ago
@ironnica Go on my profile. It's my Medina Band Show video. When all of the tubas are in a vertical line at the beginning, that's hammerhead.
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r ME TO!!!!
icewizard296 1 year ago
@icewizard296 xDD for marching band??
GrumpyBuster 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r XDDDD for marching band?
GrumpyBuster 1 year ago
@GrumpyBuster Hell yeah man! It's fucking epic :D
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r LOL have someone upload the video I have to see it^^!
GrumpyBuster 1 year ago
@GrumpyBuster It's on my profile. It's the second or third song in the video titled "Brookside Cardinal Marching Band Medina Band Show 2010" It gets announced but it's one of the first songs or last songs lol
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r Legendary sir.
Neptus0 1 year ago
@Tyler5h03m4k3r I so demand a vid of that. That is beyond epic!
Lemau 1 year ago
@Lemau Look at my Brookside Medina Band Show video. It's in there somewhere :D :) Hope you like it! Comment on it and let me know :D
Tyler5h03m4k3r 1 year ago
This song kicks ass!
SkyDevice100 1 year ago
@SkyDevice100 no this band kicks ass
quickman124 1 year ago
@SkyDevice100 i think the same
chuchobeto666 1 year ago
bang bang it hammers in my head
HenryTroy715LXIX 1 year ago
fav off song.
Dziuravy 1 year ago
IS THAT AN IPHONE AT THE END?
pwwnsaucedat 1 year ago
@pwwnsaucedat no, because the iphone wasn't invented yet back in 2004
lexos1993 1 year ago
cool, I like how the song breaks into a Nirvana cover at about 2:30
adolson 1 year ago
I miss the old offspring, but the still keep it a little punk unlike some of these band who suck but call themselves punk. And what's up with this emo crap ? Man that look and music is GAY.
hitman619socal 1 year ago
@doylebobbill yep and hurts me also POM.
These new Offspring are more melodic, remember me the last cds of Bad Religion for the voice-notes..
AzhFat1 1 year ago
The Offspring = Amazing and Awesome
davidtheoffspring 1 year ago
I argree with rattlehead9127 the only way I would join is if my country needed me.
doylebobbill 1 year ago
You say Taylor Swift,I say Breaking Benjamin
You say Lady Gaga,I say Evanescence
You say Miley Cyrus,I say Slipknot
You say T-Pain,I say Three Days Grace
You say Eminem,I say Linkin Park
You say Jonas Brother,I say Green Day
You say Flowers,I say Puddle of Mudd
92% of teens have turned to pop and hip-hop.If you are part of the 8% that still listens to real music, copy and paste this message to 5 other videos. DONT LET ROCK N ROLL DIE ! , P.S Thumbs Up If You Agree
doylebobbill 1 year ago
@doylebobbill
These posts are always gay, but Evanescence? Linkin Park? Green Day?
'Fail', as the kids are saying these days.
pxe 1 year ago
@doylebobbill You say Breaking Benjamin I say Slayer
You say Evanescence I say Epica
You say Slipknot I say Cannibal corpse
You say Three Days Grace I say Municipal Waste
You say Linkin Park I say Napalm death
You say Green Day I say dr.acula
You say Puddle of Mudd I say misfits
mssPERFYDIA 1 year ago
@mssPERFYDIA
You say Slayer, I say Justin Bieber
You say Hannah Montana I say Miley Cyrus
You say Puff Daddy I Say P. Diddy
You say Napalm Death I Say Deicide
You say Crap I say Rap
You say Rock i Say Brazilian Streetfolk
You say Horse I say Panda
99% of the people are retards, copy and paste if you're one of them
BartBruggeling 1 year ago
@BartBruggeling i say coca cola u say pepsi
u are a funny guy
mssPERFYDIA 1 year ago
@BartBruggeling you have serious issues chummer
Demonmaster41 1 year ago
@BartBruggeling i see what you did thar...
Dziuravy 1 year ago
@BartBruggeling ??? that didn't work
DETHFAN18ALL 1 year ago
@BartBruggeling Um. I think you mean that...
You say Justin Bieber, I say Metallica,
You say Miley Cyrus, I say AC/DC
You say P. Diddy, I say KISS.
You say Brazillian Streetfolk I say ROCK!!!
You say Lady Gaga I say Cream.
You say that pop, rap and hip-hop is better than rock, I say ROCK'N ROLL!
Copy and paste this to keep rock alive.
DarkpoolFantasy 1 year ago
@DarkpoolFantasy rock, rock rock
chuchobeto666 1 year ago
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@mssPERFYDIA
But nobody actually says this shit to you. Shut the fuck up cunt.
Grungadin 1 year ago
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You say Taylor Swift,I say Breaking Benjamin
You say Lady Gaga,I say Evanescence
You say Miley Cyrus,I say Slipknot
You say T-Pain,I say Three Days Grace
You say Eminem,I say Linkin Park
You say Jonas Brother,I say Green Day
You say Flowers,I say Puddle of Mudd
92% of teens have turned to pop and hip-hop.If you are part of the 8% that still listens to real music, copy and paste this message to 5 other videos. DONT LET ROCK N ROLL DIE ! , P.S Thumbs Up If You Agree
doylebobbill 1 year ago
The Offspring
26 years of awesome, going strong.
de132 1 year ago
I think this album is a return to form.What do people expect!
topcat148 1 year ago
Far from being the best song of Offspring though.
lequinow 1 year ago
Actually, after reading the most recent comments, both this and YGGFK could be about that, just from a different perspective. This, from the perspective of a SWAT member, perhaps.
@amagous "He's picking off the gunman through a room full of hostages. " the line "Take this life that others may live...." supports that theory as well.
I'll just chalk it up to 'can be interpreted in multiple ways'
Nazuiko 1 year ago
@Nazuiko YaY for someone pointing out the obvious that surprisingly none of us saw lol. Everyone has there own opinion, and all of them have facts supporting their theory :P
amagous 1 year ago
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jager00x 1 year ago
While it might seem to be an anti-war song, doing some minor research and reading through the lyrics shows that The Offspring wrote it as a song from the perspective of a school shooter. "I'll take a life, ten other's may live" isn't about war, it's about the randomness and misguided violence of a school shooter. The music video portrays it that way, but the music video was created by a fan in a contest by the Offspring and doesn't reflect the lyrics of the song.
slaphappy497 1 year ago
@slaphappy497 The offspring obviously wouldn't pick a music video that didn't reflect what the song was supposed to portray moron. Its a song about war, not school shootings. "I'm just doing what I'm told." School shooters aren't told what to do, soldiers are. "Through this doorway, whats on the other side. Never knowing, exactly what I'll find." A kid is almost always sure of whats on the other side of a door, soldiers never have any idea. Bombs, drugs, "bad guys", etc.
amagous 1 year ago 2
@amagous And you can all hide behind your desks now!
And you can cry "teacher come help me!"
Through you all, my aim's true!
My aim's true!
My aim's true..
SNaRF66666666 1 year ago
@SNaRF66666666 You obviously have little to no grasp on how many hostage situations such as that soldier's in Afghanistan have had to deal with. "My aim is true" He's picking off the gunman through a room full of hostages.
amagous 1 year ago
@amagous actually i looked up the meaning of the song when i posted that it is intened as a school shooting , where the shooter has the mentality of a soldier.....also i served in the us army OIF 3rd inf.
SNaRF66666666 1 year ago
@SNaRF66666666 It doesn't matter. US army, believe it or not, invest on games about war, because those very games makes teenages believe that killing It's a good thing, so they can gather more recruits in the future. So a teen with the mind of a soldier is still a soldier.
nitramdh 1 year ago
@nitramdh so name 1 school shooting that waas a result of America Army. a kid shooting up a school is not b/c of video games its from social problems...most are regected,neglected and pussies who can handle life. You are just gonna keep running in circles blaming anything you can.
SNaRF66666666 1 year ago
@nitramdh - A soldier has discipline. Ask any soldier, sailor, or Marine and they'll tell you that they spent more time cleaning and marching in boot camp than they did with shooting anything. It's about discipline, not about killing.
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A teen with the mind of a soldier is the 19-year-old who's overseas right now, doing everything in this song but the last verse, and kinda offended at it.
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The juxtaposition doesn't work when you break it down. Both use violence - one for good, one for evil.
3055DOG 1 year ago
@3055DOG Good and evil are very subjective terms.
rattlehead9127 1 year ago
@nitramdh That's a very broad generalization about teenagers who play in games about war. I play violent war video games and I would never join the military nor do I consider myself a soldier of any type. It's fantasy and a cathartic experience. Also, while it is true that the military uses these games as a tool to recruit it doesn't mean all people who play them are soldiers.
rattlehead9127 1 year ago
@rattlehead9127 good point mate though you do realise that most people who play these war games don't even know how to ammo check most weapons in 3-4 secs. then you got people like the Canadian cadets who don't even know what hand to use to hold the gun etc. (Canadians are against violence of any kind)
Dogma997 1 year ago
@amagous Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure Dexter was referring to "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" when he said that, and the poster was mistaken.
Nazuiko 1 year ago
@amagous erm I think the same thing about this song then you
anyway a song can be interpreted in many way and I don't think you should insult people for what they think!
thats actually how war start...
marclebest 1 year ago
What a great Anti-War song. It's hillarious to see all the morons thinking it is some sort of Pro-Death Pro-War song.
It's basically saying that SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE MORE JUSTIFIED than the so called Wars we fight. Just corporate Oil Grabs.
biebersucks11 1 year ago
worst quality ever o_O
MKiller5 1 year ago
This song is my shit!
67DieHardPatriot454 1 year ago
They've released much better albums. This album is not even near the other ones.
fifa2800 1 year ago
*Not saying your wrong, poster*
While there is the obvious mention of a schoolbuilding being shot, i figured that it was a G.I. who was ordered to shoot up an (presumably) Iraqi/Afghan school or something to that extent.
Just has too much of a military feel to it, though....
Just personal opinion. Feel free to flame, troll, downvote, and mark as spam if you so choose. or the opposite. dont care.
LEast favorite song on my least favorite album and this song STILL ROXX SOXX!!!
Nazuiko 1 year ago
@Nazuiko Nah, I agree Nazuiko. Listen to the lyrics "I'll take a life so others may live." "I'll fight to keep my people from harm" etc etc. Straight up, its a song about a soldier, not about school shootings.
amagous 1 year ago
i wish they played more songs like this, and more classic rock, instead of the new age bullshit, like rap, and hip-hop. these teen singers stink at singing. johnas bros., hannah montanna, justin bieber, laydy gaga, pink,madonna, pretty much all terrible. now each album is a 1 hit wonder, back in the 80s almost every album was a total hit. and i am 13, a friend of mine got me in to classic rock, the first time i heard it, i loved it. anyway OFFSPRING 4EVER.
any
promethiusnbob 1 year ago
@promethiusnbob pink , madonna , id leave those out of ur list ... :P
Trunx44 1 year ago
Holy crap... I can't believe that this pure art got only 916 502 during Lady Caca has about 120 000 000... In this moment, world is a shame! I'm desperately waiting for change! Who's with me?
WolfOfRage333 1 year ago
sumtimes its gud for a band have the same sound especialy if the new sound sucks. cuz there are sum bands i was a real big fan of but thn lik two albums later they suck cuz they wanted to "branch out"
andreap023 1 year ago
Bullshit this song is about a school shooting. He wrote it about soldiers, then later said it was about a school shooting to seem edgy.
thescariestbear 1 year ago
@thescariestbear then how do u explain the part about hiding behind ur desk and saying teacher come help me i doubt a soldier wood do tht
joey07141 1 year ago
yeah though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i fear no evil fort thou art with me :D coolest lyrics ever!
justinlawesome 1 year ago
@justinlawesome try reading the bible...
EricTough 1 year ago 6
@EricTough though I go through the valley of death I fear no evil for I am at 40,000 feet and climbing a quote from an SR-71 blackbird pilot
zetagundam12 1 year ago
@zetagundam12 Thats pretty sweet actually.
EricTough 1 year ago
@zetagundam12 - heh. Good one.
3055DOG 1 year ago
@EricTough y should he reaad the bible?
Zryinx 1 year ago
@EricTough hihi actually bible is a book of metaphor and symbols people need to think to read ans understand it
do you really think a kid like this one could do this ? I have some doubts
though i thumps up your comment ^^
marclebest 1 year ago
@justinlawesome From pulp fiction, but yeah, they are awesome.
Nazuiko 1 year ago
@Nazuiko it was the bible, its just that samuel l. jackson was reciting it
jiraiya1HBK 1 year ago
@justinlawesome Its a verse
kunschner 1 year ago
@justinlawesome psalms 23-4
XDarnyX 1 year ago
And to everyone confused about what this song means, It is pertaining to Violence. It's a bit of War and School shooting but the vibe here is Violence, and just fyi people who think they copied Nirvana is wrong. I listened to both parts real close and they sound WAY different. ty =] Offspring kicks ass btw, loved them since the beginning.
ethanrodgers 1 year ago
A Great Anti-War song!
InsaneGoonRules 1 year ago
@InsaneGoonRules This is not an anti war song, it is about a school shooting
unclesoftouch 1 year ago
@unclesoftouch it's kind of both, i guess
thereaperonthe13thst 1 year ago
@InsaneGoonRules Are you mentally retarded?
karinosai 1 year ago
95 people missed the like button
blagerthor 1 year ago
the only masterpiece of rise and fall... the rest is just alt rock and other shits and that sucks, well trust in you is punk too but not as good as this one
OreMartin17 1 year ago
The first verse sounds like a U.S. Marine's point of view, the second a resistance fighter's, and the third a high school shooter's. But that's my opinion.
chache9279 1 year ago
And they're STILL making good songs. Unlike most bands.
*Cough**Cough*Greenday*Cough*Blink182*cough**cough*Metallica*Cough*
ASKAJAIMES 1 year ago
@ASKAJAIMES The reason the Offspring still make 'good' songs is because they never do anything different. They've been playing pretty much the same one song for about 20 years. At least Green Day and Metallica tried to branch out rather than just make the same music over and over again.
dannystringer3491 1 year ago
@dannystringer3491 ummm... The Offspring tried to branch out but people like their old stuff, Green Day started to fail after American Idiot. The Offspring's first 3 CD's were straight up punk, then they switched to Alt Rock with Conspiracy of One and Americana and then in Splinter they used a bit of some Techno in their rock. They tried to branch out but we loved their old stuff so they're sticking with what fans like to remain awesomesauce =]
ethanrodgers 1 year ago
@ethanrodgers Ya, and I think rise against is one of the few that actually made it this far
kunschner 1 year ago
the beginning sounds like the mortal kombat theme song
brageritu 1 year ago
Just to let you guys know, the Lyrics are from the perspective of a school shooter,
"According to singer/guitarist Dexter Holland, the lyrics are from the perspective of a gunman in a school shooting.[4] This is supported by the closing lyrics "and you can all hide behind your desks now/and you can cry teacher come help me"" -Wikipedia
AlphaAGENT144 1 year ago
if the first thing you care about in a song is how deep, touching and emotional the lyrics are, ummmmm ur in the wrong genre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what the fuck is wrong with you people. the instrumentals are awesome it get you pumped who cares about the lyrics, they're good enough for a punk rock song. how can you be that picky its the fucking offspring. they kick ass
jorbman05 1 year ago
nice song!!!
thumbs up,
but the lyricis aren't the best.
lololer8888 1 year ago
Great anti-war song! Bravo!
InsaneGoonRules 1 year ago
This song smells like "Ace of Spades" in the verse part.
SquallMonteZ 1 year ago
WORLD PREMIERE
thereaperonthe13thst 1 year ago
vietnam iraq. all american wars are in vain. seriously americans stop supporting obama and the other fuckers , all controlled by the banks. stop killing your youth for wallstreet and goldman sach's
ADURADPROTESTOR 1 year ago
there's a part in this song where it sounds like stay away form nirvana
GalGx007 1 year ago
Its hard to think of troops not being supported in their homeland. As a Canadian i support both the troops of our nation and our long time allies, America.
Industrious1 1 year ago
sounds like ace of spades xO
SickBearage 1 year ago
Anyone can tell them to come to The Netherlands :-)))))))
They are Amazing!!!
ItsDirtyHouse 1 year ago
It's just a song, why do people have to over complicate it looking for hidden meanings? Watch the southpark episode of Scrotty McBoogerballs.
venomman01 1 year ago
One of the very few bands that are all american, but not because they're white but because they get it. Support your american heros, they pay the ultimate price, fuck pride they have honor............ they give our country freedom.
cgquintanilla 1 year ago
@cgquintanilla They do fight but not all of ours wars are neccesary, so thus its dying in vain.
Johnnythat1dude 1 year ago
oh.. The holy army of the united states! xP
ZXUL23 1 year ago
Yeah, I know. Can you here me laughin? No? Cause I'm not. The only reason we enjoy the being able to have this discussion, is cause of our military personal who gave they're life and who missed their family maturing because of a cowerdly terrorist or a dear John or Jane letter. Happy Memorial Day, Enjoy it. Wait for it... wait for it.. That's me laughing. Wait..oh yeah... I'm not. Enjoy your three day weekend.
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Tiomteotimmy 1 year ago
They kind of mislead you with this song. 99% of it seems to be talking about war and the military until the end where its a school shooting. I dont understand how or even why it turns from war to a school shooting. Maybe they are trying to make a correlation between a soldiers mindset and a crazy ass kid with a psychological problem and a gun. Which is the dumbest thing ive ever seen....
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