The Future Is Now

[Bants36c]

I do believe this album is going to ROCK! Thanks for the lyrics Dexter!

[LIGHTING ROD]

this is a great song!!! the music and the lyrics are good!!!Fortunately this song doesn't look too "savior"

[My Name Was Taken]

Ok guys, here you go:

This city’s made of diamonds
And tomorrow glass will grow
On the freedoms that divide us
They’re coming after me
Flashback 1984
Now who’s knock-knocking at your door?
A thought that starts a riot
They’re coming after me now

Life is not the same
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames

Will you take what’s in my head?
And erase me when I’m dead?
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing

The day has turned to night
Can you save me from the light?
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear

Running down a spiral
With the light of better men
Shouting progress is survival
Take one last look and see me
Now you see me, now you don’t
No vow to break
No string of hope
My hero, your pariah
They’re coming after me now

Life is just god’s game
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames

And you get what you deserve
When revenge is what you serve
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing

I’ll sink into the night
And I’m turning off the lights
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear

So the end’s what you make it
And that’s what you’re looking for
This is the future
The future is now

Disappear
I disappear

Now turn off the lights
The skies are blue inside you
Turn off the lights
They’ll get inside of you

Is is weird that I actually let out an insanely high pitched squeal at this?
Ahhh Dexter <3
Now my throat hurts.

[Llamas]

Days Go By never got me very excited for the new album. Maybe I'll like it more when we get the studio version, though, because I think my biggest gripe with it is that Dexter can't hit the notes live and is terribly flat - and since it's a slower/softer song, his voice is very exposed and every mistake it obvious. But the magic of the studio should take care of that :P Maybe I'll like it more when I can listen to it without cringing, haha.

But The Future Is Now has officially got me excited for this album. I've been listening to The Offspring for almost two weeks straight now, which is weird considering I rarely listen to them anymore. I feel like they're my favorite band again And for the first time in YEARS, when I come to the BBS, I check GOD before GC... super weird. The Future is Now has me just so damn excited!

[Mad Tiger]

Is is weird that I actually let out an insanely high pitched squeal at this?
Ahhh Dexter <3
Now my throat hurts.

I did the same thing...

[DMelges]

That's good to hear ilovellamas. Somestimes I stay a while not listening to Offspring songs, but once I start again, I remember every single reason why I love them so much and why I have an Offspring tattoo on my arm.

I'd kinda like to discuss the meaning of The Future Is Now. As far as I can tell (so far), this song jumps around a lot of different meanings.

"This city’s made of diamonds
And tomorrow glass will grow
On the freedoms that divide us
They’re coming after me
Flashback 1984
Now who’s knock-knocking at your door?
A thought that starts a riot
They’re coming after me now"

Can't really decide what this first verse means....
City made of diamonds... maybe a reflection on how capital cities depend on money, and "glass will grow" meaning that this notion will end up hurting us and diving us even more.

I'm not sure what the Flashback 1984 reference means... 1984 was the year Offspring was formed.

"Life is not the same
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames"

What I got from this is that despite being only one person individually, you can still achieve great power, be that by yourself or eventually having others join you.

"Will you take what’s in my head?
And erase me when I’m dead?
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing"

Now this I like. You are dying, and all you're worried about is if the information inside your mind, which you've accumulated threw out your life will be useful to the world once you're gone, while you and your name will be erased from history. The future, which we all saw coming and were afraid of, has finally arrived.

"And you get what you deserve
When revenge is what you serve
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing"

This I also like very much. Very self explanatory. When all you think of is revenge, you don't end up well.


Everyother verse that I didn't mention here is either self explanatory or I simply don't quite understand what the message was. Any ideas? Also, "they're coming after me", I don't know exactly who "they" might be.


Damn I love overthinking songs

[GamerKT]

These lyrics are actually amazing. Sounds like revolution or something to me. Could 1984 be referring to the book? Or the year of the band's formation?

[MAXTER]

Ok guys, here you go:

This city’s made of diamonds
And tomorrow glass will grow
On the freedoms that divide us
They’re coming after me
Flashback 1984
Now who’s knock-knocking at your door?
A thought that starts a riot
They’re coming after me now

Life is not the same
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames

Will you take what’s in my head?
And erase me when I’m dead?
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing

The day has turned to night
Can you save me from the light?
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear

Running down a spiral
With the light of better men
Shouting progress is survival
Take one last look and see me
Now you see me, now you don’t
No vow to break
No string of hope
My hero, your pariah
They’re coming after me now

Life is just god’s game
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames

And you get what you deserve
When revenge is what you serve
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing

I’ll sink into the night
And I’m turning off the lights
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear

So the end’s what you make it
And that’s what you’re looking for
This is the future
The future is now

Disappear
I disappear

Now turn off the lights
The skies are blue inside you
Turn off the lights
They’ll get inside of you

Thank You Very Much Dexter! Great Lyrics! Great Song!!!

[generalpike]

i must say, dexter holland is a class act to come on the forums and post the lyrics like that.... how many musicians would do that?

[Degstur Lolland]

I'm getting the current economical crisis from it. Wall Street's neo-conservative bullshit and 99%.

But, it's very universal.

Great song, great lyrics.

Maybe we should google some riots from 1984.