Staring At the Sun (Live) - The Offspring

Summer stretching on the grass Summer dresses pass In the shade of a willow tree Creeps are crawling over me Over me and over you Stuck together with God's glue It's going to get stickier too It's been a long hot summer Let's get undercover Don't try too hard to think Don't think at all I'm not the only one Starin' at the sun Afraid of what you'd find If you took a look inside Not just deaf and dumb Staring at the sun Not the only one Who's happy to go blind There's an insect in your ear If you scratch it won't disappear It's gonna itch and burn and sting Do you want to see what the scratching brings? Waves that leave me out of reach Breaking on your back like a beach Will we ever live in peace? 'Cause those that can't do Often have to And those that can't do Often have to preach To the ones staring at the sun Afraid of what you'd find If you took a look inside Not just deaf and dumb Staring at the sun I'm not the only one Who'd rather go blind Intransigence is all around Military still in town Armour plated suits and ties Daddy just won't say goodbye Referee won't blow the whistle God is good but will he listen? I'm nearly great but there's something missing I left it in the duty free, ah But you never really belonged to me You're not the only one Starin' at the sun Afraid of what you'd find If you stepped back inside I'm not sucking on my thumb I'm staring at the sun I'm not the only one Who's happy to go blind

Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing It brings me down, but I won't let them If I seem bleak Well you'd be correct And if I don't speak It's 'cause I can't disconnect But I won't be Burned up by the reflection Of the fire in your eyes As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun As you're staring at the sun (Hey) When I ran I didn't feel like a runaway (Hey) When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away (Hey) There's more to living than only surviving Maybe I'm not there But I'm still trying Though you hear me I don't think that you relate My will is something That you can't confiscate So forgive me But I won't be frustrated By destruction in your eyes As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh (Hey) When I ran I didn't feel like a runaway (Hey) When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away (Hey) There's more to living than only surviving Maybe I'm not there But I'm still trying Though you hear me I don't think that you relate My will is something That you can't confiscate So forgive me But I won't be frustrated By destruction in your eyes As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh (Hey) Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway (Hey) Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way (Hey) Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing It brings me down But I won't let them If I seem bleak Well you'd be correct And if I don't speak It's 'cause I can't disconnect But I won't be Burned up by the reflection Of the fire in your eyes As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun, oh As you're staring at the sun As you're staring at the sun

Cross the street from your storefront cemetery Hear me hailing from inside and realize, I I am the conscience clear In pain or ecstasy And we were all weaned my dear Upon the same fatigue You're staring at the sun Oh, my own voice cannot save me now It's just standing in the sea One more breath And then I go down Your mouth is open wide The lover is inside And all the tumults done Collided with the sign You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea Your body's over me Note the trees because The dirt is temporary More to mine than fact face Name and monetary Beat the skins and let the Loose lips kiss you clean Quietly pour out like light Like light, like answering the sun You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea Your mouth is open wide You're trying hard to breathe The water's at your neck There's lightning in your teeth Your body's over me You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea Your mouth is open wide You're trying hard to breathe The water's at your neck There's lightning in your teeth Your body's over me, play all night You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea Your mouth is open wide You're trying hard to breathe The water's at your neck There's lightning in your teeth Your body's over me You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea You're staring at the sun You're standing in the sea

She's like starin' at the sun She could easily blind someone Other women, I see none She's like starin' at the sun She gets on you Under your skin like a tattoo She'll always be there She holds on, stuck in your head like an old song She ain't goin' nowhere She's like standin' in the rain Washes all my cares away At the end of a long, hot day She's like standin' in the rain She gets on you Under your skin like a tattoo She'll always be there She holds on, stuck in your head like an old song She ain't goin' nowhere She gets on you Under your skin like a tattoo She'll always be there She holds on, stuck in your head like an old song She ain't goin' nowhere She's like finally coming home And seeing that light in the window on After being gone too long She's like finally coming home Standin' in the rain Starin' at the sun

Watch the sunset, hold it from afar Close as I get to being where you are While there's light left, I sing this song for you Don't know if you care, but every day I do Here I stand, staring at the sun Distant land, staring at the sun You're not there, but we share the same one Miles apart, staring at the sun Distant hearts, staring at the sun One thing's true, just like you, there's only one And I don't care if it burns my eyes And I don't care 'cause my love is blind From staring at the sun, oh-oh From staring at the sun From staring at the sun, oh-oh From staring at the sun Send my love down in those rays of light Through your window, on your tired eyes Say good morning, say it to the sun Like you're talking, talking to someone Here I stand, staring at the sun Distant land, staring at the sun You're not there, but we share the same one Miles apart, staring at the sun Distant hearts, staring at the sun One thing's true, just like you, there's only one And I don't care if it burns my eyes And I don't care 'cause my love is blind From staring at the sun, oh-oh From staring at the sun From staring at the sun, oh-oh From staring at the sun

Wait I know you got a lot of you'd like to say (to say, to say) Slow it down, think you gettin' a little carried away You're too close to the flame But you don't wanna turn around Like you got me figured out But girl, what I can promise is I'll let you down So don't put up a fight You'll get lost in the light If you keep staring at the sun, you won't see What you have become, this can't be Everything you thought it was Blinded by the thought of us, so Give me a chance, I will Up again, I warned You in advance But you just keep on starin' at the sun Wait (yeah, yeah, wait) I know I got a lot of going on with me (oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah) Now we're free to loving anyone other than me I try to rewind, I get reminded that time don't wait for nobody Can't get too close and don't let it go 'Cause I can count on you to let me down I won't put up a fight I got lost in the light (oh) If you keep staring at the sun, you won't see What you have become, this can't be Everything you thought it was Blinded by the thought of us, so Give me a chance, I will Up again, I warned You in advance But you just keep on starin' at the sun Wait Got a couple little things I would like to say (oh yeah) Today is not your day You should walk away (oh yeah) But you won't listen, you just keep on (oh yeah) Staring at the sun, you won't see What you have become, this can't be Everything you thought it was Blinded by the thought of us, so Give me a chance, I will Up again, I warned You in advance But you just keep on starin' at the sun

This world of hate and shallowness Where enemies become your consolation Those of us who win the game give up their minds I don't call that winning Say this doesn't apply to you, but ask yourself first "What have I done today to win the game, and just what have I sacrificed?" Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel Reflect on all our yesterdays My own words choke me, why were they spoken? Regret for things I've said and done just can't compare with Regret for those that I have never tried So blame this world or blame yourself It's really all the same When you are standing on that precipice From which you just cannot return Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel In the style of forgotten men, I look to my horizon I see nothing While thoughts of guns and desecration sweep through my mind But only coffins and bones remain As I look to you, the emptiness behind your eyes seals my decision Can't carry on in this world of jugglers Where all this thoughtlessness and bludgeonings Your key to success, what kind of tradition to carry on Blackball! The new disease Blackball! The new disease Blackball! Your evil ways have found their way inside, inside me Blackball! The new disease Blackball! The new disease Blackball! For a better life in this high-tech dog-eat-dog existence Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel

Mommy doesn't have a head any more Keep it underneath my bed on the floor Well that's alright, that's OK She never really used her head anyway Daddy called me a silly bore Bet he won't say that anymore Because the way his body is severed too His vocal cords are gonna be hard to use Beheaded, watch you spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes Watch my girl friend come to the door Chop off her head, she falls to the floor Now watching my baby's jugular blow Really makes my motor go Wrap a towel round the bloody stump Take my baby's body to the city dump Then wipe the mess off the bloody axe Scoop all the heads into my burlap sack Beheaded, watch her spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes All my collection, adorns my room on bamboo poles Use to be a little, but a little got more and more Now I'm craving yours Night brings bad dreams, bad dreams and guillotines Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Find another victim for my machine Put him in a home-made guillotine Blade falls, gonna need a casket Watch your head plop in a wicker basket Leave the house at a quarter to four Come back with sixteen or more Cause the more I walk, the more I see I got a funny feeling coming over me Beheaded, watch you spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes

Head over heals 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 want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see 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 you're out on your own Smash is the way you deal with your life Like an outcast you're smashing your strife Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't want to do it no more Just want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see 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 Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't want to do it no more Just want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see 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 I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want I 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 I am alive, I am alive

Sometimes I think I'm gonna drown 'Cause everyone around's so hollow And I'm alone Sometimes I think I'm going down But no one makes a sound, they follow And I'm alone Yeah, if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed And when you know you can't relate To one more shiny face Your heart breaks No one cares And when you know you can't go on 'Cause everything is wrong Your heart breaks No one's there Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed

Hitting walls for a feet With our friends and we hear this free All the dogs, dropping bombs He see HUCK IT You don't have the ties You won't have the eyes HUCK IT Cause you realize You don't need to justify That cable show is not the lives we know Drop a bomb in the publics eye Fuck the SPONSORS they always lie You are pointing to go fast and GO Broken bombs and baking skin Notify your next of kin You'll know you'll come alive some day HUCK IT Now you feel alive, Stinks like shit all the time HUCK IT Its like you gotta try Risky shit, by the time You can not practice lay it on the line HUCK IT Now you're down in luck Cause you dont give a fuck HUCK IT And go by the time You go out doin what you know No talking shit just leave it all and go home HUCK IT Now youll feel alive Stinks like shit all the time HUCK IT Like you gotta try Risky shit by the time Cant practice just lay it on the line HUCK IT Now you're down in luck Cause you dont give a fuck HUCK IT And go by the time You go out doin what you know No talking shit just leave it all and go home

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