Splinter

The Offspring Splinter Lyrics
1.Neocon


2.The Noose

Well our souls are all mistaken in the same misguided way
We all end up forsaken, were just choosing our own way
The future now incinerates before our very eyes
And leaves us with emptiness of no more tries

Well our visions of glory have spiraled down the drain
The best of our intentions come crashing down in flames
The depths of our despair we are unable to contain
Its shallow living

The noose is falling
And all my friends are crawling
The noose is falling
And enemies are rising
A truth appalling
Our makr comes a calling
The noose is falling
And enemies are rising

Well the tracers from yesteryear are burning in the dust
Your bruises are reminders of naivete and trust
Youre only feeling stronger cause your bodys getting numb
Now I lay you down
Put the coins in your eyes
And blow the candles out

The noose is falling
And all my friends are crawling
The noose is falling
And enemies are rising
A truth appalling
Our makr comes a calling
The noose is falling
And enemies are rising

No more!
No more!
Nothing!

No more!
No more!
Ever!
No!
More!


3.Long Way Home

Im driving down a dusty road
Ive got nowhere to go
No place that I can call my own
On and on this road is burning

Im leaving all this crap behind
The past is gone, the futures blind
Dont care how long it takes this time
On and on Ill take the long way home

The long way home
The long way home
If its for me its on the way home

Like fragments of a broken mind
I splinter by my own design
This search is not a waste of time
On and on this road keeps burning

My hands are glued upon the wheel
The road ahead is all I feel
The only thing left thats real
On and on Ill take this long way home

The long way home
The long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own

What lies ahead
You cannot find for me
On and on Ill take the long way home


4.Hit That

The winds of fortune
Dont blow the same
She had to get out
And make a change
She had a kid now
But much too young
That baby daddys out having fun

Hes saying
Im on a roll
With all the girls I know
His baby momma
She aint so slow
Hes saying
Im on a roll
With all the girls I know
I know you wanna hit that
I know you wanna hit that
All the world is gettin with, I say
Consequences are a lot, but hey
Thats the way it
Thats the way things go

What was family
Is now a shell
Were raising kids now
Who raise themselves
Sex is a weapon
And its like a drug
It gets him right into that grave that he just dug

Shes saying
Im on the run
Im chasing guys for fun
Her baby daddy
It aint his only one
Shes saying
Im on the run
Im chasing guys for fun
I know you wanna hit that
I know you wanna hit that
Everybodys gettin with, I say
Consequences are a lot, but hey
Thats the way it
Thats the way things go

Well it winds up
Broken up
Really such a shame
But why not
Take a chance
Everythings a game
And it dont stop
Hooking up
Nothings gonna change
The more hes trying
The more hes buying

He says
Im on a roll
With all the girls I know
His baby momma
Dont need to know
Hes saying
Im on a roll
With all the girls I know
I know you wanna hit that
I know you wanna hit that
All the world is gettin with, I say
Consequences are a lot, but hey
Thats the way it
Thats the way things go


5.Race Against Myself

All I want
All I need
Always lies just out of reach
Ive been coming up empty

Ive run as fast
As I can run
Ive pushed as hard as anyone
Still theres nothing for me

Ive tried as hard as I can
Ive taken all I can stand
But I am running a race
Against myself

Burning out
Strung along
Now my sorrow is my song
My whole world is half-hearted

For my pain
I have none
After all is said and done
Now Im back where I started

Ive gone as far as I can
Ive taken all I can stand
But I am running a race
Against myself


6.Can't Get My Head Around You

Deep inside your soul, theres a hole
You dont want to see
Every single day, what you say
Makes no sense to me
Even though I try
I cant get my head around you

Somewhere in the night, theres a light
In front of me
Heaven up above, with a shove
Abandons me
And even though I try
I fall in the river of you
You manage to bring me down too

All your faking
Shows youre aching

Every single day, what you say
Makes no sense to me
Letting you inside isnt right
Cause youll mess with me
I never really know
Whats really going inside you
I cant get my head around you

All your feeding
Shows youre bleeding

Deep inside your soul, theres a hole
You dont want to see
Youre covering it up, like a cut
With the likes of me
You know Ive really tried
I cant do anymore about you

The cuts getting deeper
The hills getting steeper
I guess Ill never know
Whats really going on inside you
I cant get my head around you


7.The Worst Hangover Ever

Went out drinking late last night
I had a blast
But now the morning light has come
And kicked my ass

Ive got the worst hangover ever
Im crawling to the bathroom again
It hurts so bad that Im never gonna drink again

And by my seventh shot
I was invincible
I would have never thought
Id be this miserable

Ive got the worst hangover ever
Im rolling back and forth on the bed
Im worked so bad that Im never gonna drink again

Wont someone just kill me
And put me out of my misery
Im making deals with God, Ill do anything
Make it stop please!
Make it stop please!

Ive got the worst hangover ever
Im crawling to the bathroom again
It hurts so bad that Im never gonna drink again
Ill probably never drink again
I may not ever drink again
At least not til next weekend
Im never gonna drink again


8.Never Gonna Find Me

On a mission started by my own admission
I will leave you all behind
By direction Ill create my own protection
The real me youll never find

Aspirations turn to fear and desperation
Nothings ever good enough for you
Burn in sorrow cause I see theres no tomorrow
Youll only see what I want you to

Never gonna find me
Never gonna find me
Way down deep inside there is a real me
Im always gonna hide and this is who youll see
Never gonna find me
Never gonna find me
Way down deep inside they havent found me yet
Im always gonna hide and this is who youll get

On a mission to establish my attrition
You may think that you have won
Your rejection has brought on my introspection
Ill escape Ill only run

Accusations may destroy my motivation
I can feel it when youre pushing me
Burn in sorrow cause I see theres no tomorrow
Only I know which me youll see

Break away!
Run!
Down inside!
Ive got to!
Push it way!
Down!
I did not choose this!

I dont really know
What I want to say
I cant afford the throw
Cant make it go away
Try to make it through
Fuck your decision
I cant feel myself
But Im burning up now!

Never gonna find me


9.Lightning Rod

I am waiting
On a mountaintop
For the moment that the sky will strike
My apologies
Are forever lost
Soon to ashes in a flash of light

Miles from away from me
Hope is fading soon
Gone forever its a waste of time
My intentions
Like a sweeter room
Only bring to me a fading light

Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
If they could just teach my dark heart to feel
All Ive saved why
Is thrown away

I am waning
Like a single bloom
Lost forever in the storm of life
My intentions
Like a sweeter room
Only bring to me a fading light

Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
If they could just show these wounds how to heal
Here I am oh why
My last stand oh why
And I know For all the rising and falling theres nothing to
show

Throw me down

Its been raining
And now I will pay
Woe is come to me

I am the lightning rod

I am waiting
On a mountaintop
Oh above me
He will strike me!

Locked up forever inside
I look to the stars and ask why
If they could just teach my dark heart to feel
All I am oh why
My last stand oh why
And I know
For all the rising and falling theres nothing to show


10.Spare Me The Details

My girlfriend, my dumb donut
Went out to a party just the other night
But three hours later, and seven shots of Jager
She was in the bedroom with another guy

And I dont really want to know
So dont tell me anymore
And I really dont want to hear
About her feet all up in the air

Im not the one who acted like a ho
Why must I be the one who has to know
Im not the one who messed up big time
So spare me the details if you dont mind

Now I can understand
Friends who want to tell me
Think theyre gonna help me open up my eyes
But the play-by-play
Makes me want to lose it
Every time you do it man it turns the knife

Now I dont need to hear
About the sounds they were making
And I dont need to hear
About how long it was taking
Or how the walls they were shaking

Now lying in bed, wallowing in sorrow
Missing the tomorrow that we could have had
Running through my head, over and over
Things I never told her now just make me sad

And it drives me insane
Sitting with the vision
Stuck with that image burned into my brain
And I feel so dumb
That I could ever trust her
While someone else fucked her
Then walked away


11.Da Hui

I wont fuck with da Hui
I wont fuck with da Hui
I wont fuck with da Hui
Because da Hui will fuck with me

I wont take off on da Hui
I wont take off on da Hui
I wont take off on da Hui
Because da Hui will fuck with me

A haole with heart, thats all Ill ever be
Cause Im not a part of the North Shore society
Stuck on the shoulder, thats where youll find me
Digging for scraps with the kooks in line!

I wont park next to da Hui I wont park next to da Hui I wont
park next to da Hui Because I dont really feel comfortable

A haole with heart, thats all Ill ever be
Cause Im not a part of the North Shore royalty
Stuck on the shoulder, Im not complaining
Digging for scraps Im a kook in line!

A haole with heart, thats all Ill ever be
Cause Im not a part of the North Shore society
Stuck on the shoulder, thats where youll find me
Digging for scraps with the kooks in line!

Dont fuck with da Hui
Dont fuck with da Hui
Dont fuck with da Hui
Because da Hui will fuck with you!


12.When You're In Prison

When you're in prison, don't turn the other way
Keep your back against the wall
When you're in prison, don't turn the other way
Do not bend at all

Oh don't pick up the soap, pick up the soap
It's bad for you

Oh don't pick up the soap, pick up the soap
Someone will be waiting there for you

When you're in prison be sure to stay awake
Always lie upon your back

When you're in prison be sure to stay awake
Keep you from attack

Oh don't be no one's bitch, be no one's bitch
It's bad for you

Oh don't be no one's bitch, be no one's bitch
They won't help you make it through.

When you're in prison, don't turn the other way
Follow what I say to do.

When you're in prison, don't turn the other way
You can make it through
You can make it through
You can make it through