Bad Religion

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Do What You Want

Do What You Want

Hey, do what you want but don't do it around me
Idleness and dissipation breed apathy
I sit on my ass all goddamn day
A misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to say what you must
Do all you can, break all the fucking rules
And go to hell with Superman and die like a champion
Hey, I don't know if the billions will survive
But I'll believe in God when 1 + 1 = 5
My moniker is man, and I'm rotten to the core
I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door

 

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Part IV (The Index Fossil)

Part IV (The Index Fossil)

We're widespread and well fed, the earth's rotating fate is in our head
We're dominant and prominent and all our deities omnipotent,
And immortality is in our mastermind and we destroy everything we can find
And tomorrow when the human clocks stops and the world stops ticking,
We'll be an index fossil, buried in our own debris
We're listless, promiscuous, and life to us is either hit or miss
We're savoir faire and debonair and things we do are done with pride and care

 

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Pessimistic Lines

Pessimistic Lines

So here we are again to experience the bitter, scalding end
And we're the only ones who can perceive it
But others sing of beauty and the story that has unfolded
As one that deserves praise and ritual
My pessimistic lines
Your superstitious lives
And the modern ages lies won't absolve you
And the professional truth
And the dear clairvoyant
Youth and, of course, the nightly news
Will deceive you
(Watch out)

 

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Change Of Ideas

Change Of Ideas

Well the sheaves have all been brought but the fields have been washed away
And the palaces now stand where the coffins all were laid
And the times we see ahead we must glaze with rosy hues
For we don't wish to admit what it is we have to lose
Millennia is coming, the modern age is here
It sanctifies the future, yet renders us with fear
So many theories, so many prophesies
What we do need is a change of ideas
When we are scared we can hide in our reveries
But what we need is a change of ideas
Change of ideas, change of ideas
What we need now is a change of ideas

 

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Big Bang

Big Bang

This isn't just another new fashion, or a new wave plastic trend
Everybody is just searching for something
In the meantime let's all just pretend
I've got this feeling and I don't know what it is
This room is overcrowded man I need air to breathe
Big bang, big crunch, you know there is no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know, it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around
A million hopeless faces dwell within protective walls
ALL waiting for a moment in their lives when they can heed the clarion call
And it's all so oppressive my mind feels like a sieve
This city is overcrowded man and I need room to live
Big bang, big crunch, you know there is no free lunch
What goes around always comes around
I think of the countless shadows that have all come and gone
All suffering in the notion of better things to come
If you share these beliefs you know I wish you well
'Cause there's no room left in heaven
And there's sure no room in hell
Big bang, big crunch, you know there is no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know, it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around

 

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No Control

No Control

Culture was the seed of proliferation but it has gotten melded into an inharmonic whole
Consciousness has plagued us and we cannot shake it though we think we're in control
Questions that besiege us in life are a testament of out helplessness
There's no vestige of a beginning no prospect of an end (Hutton 1795)
When we all disintegrate it will all happen again
Time is so rock solid in the minds of the hoards but they can't explain why it should slip away
History and future are the comforts of our curiosity but here we are rooted in the present day
Questions that besiege us in life are a testament of out helplessness
There's no vestige of a beginning no prospect of an end (Hutton 1795)
When we all disintegrate it will all happen again
If you conquer you'll be king for a day
But you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away
And believe these words you hear when you think your path is clear...
We have no control, we do not understand
You have no control, you are not in command

 

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Sometimes I Feel Like

Sometimes I Feel Like

There's a specter in the corner of an illustrated page
And a lonesome muted stripling with a rapt remedial gaze
The poverty of his language and the wealth of his emotion
Bring him endless murky musings and unexpected frustration
Angst and madness weave the fabric of his life
Tomorrow might be better but right now it feels like
There's a panther wild and proud behind the doors of a redolent cage
And an undeveloped intellect filled with impotent and static rage
And don't think you're exempt if you earn a good weekly wage
'Cause your neighbors going crazy and insanity is contagious
I know there's so much you want to say but your tongue gets in the way
And sometimes it feels like
I know there's so much you want to say and the tumbrel of your mind gets in the way
It's the same for everybody to degrees we all get that foggy freeze
And sometimes it feels like

 

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Automatic Man

Automatic Man

He's the latest superhero with powers so profound
He can leap a dotted line in just a single bound
I know you must have seen him in the books and magazines
He's the quintessential mindless modern epicene
His life is meaningful because he gets things done
Bang bang he's dead chalk up another triumph for our hero
The automatic man
It's true you must have met him he's your best friend and your foe
His opinions are determined by the status quo
A true creature of habit, he smokes three packs a day
When he has an original thought he forgets it right away
He's the automatic man
He's a paradigm of carefree living he's our mentor
Disturb him if you can he's the answer if your peace of mind is lacking
He's our savior he is the common man
So if you are troubled by the daily bump and grind
Then take a careful look around and brother you will find...
The automatic man

 

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I Want To Conquer The World

I Want To Conquer The World

Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand
You're actions speak so loud I can't hear what you're saying
Hey sister bleeding heart with all of your compassion
Your labors sooth the heart but can't assuage temptation
Hey man of science with your perfect rules of measure
Can you improve this place with all the data that you gather?
Hey mother mercy can your loins bear fruit forever?
Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?
I want to conquer the world and give all the idiots a brand new religion
Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness and toil
Promote equality in all of my decisions with a quick wink of the eye
And a "god you must be joking"
Hey mister diplomat with all your worldly aspirations
Did you see the children cry when you left them at the station?
Hey moral soldier you've got righteous proclamations
And precious tomes to fuel your pulpy conflagrations
I want to conquer the world expose the culprits and feed them to the children
I'll do away with air pollution then I'll save the whales
We'll have peace on earth and global communion
I want to conquer the world

 

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Sanity

Sanity

There's a watch in my packet and it's hands are broken
The face is blank but the gears are turning
Confusion is a fundamental state of mind
It doesn't really matter what I'm figuring out
I'm guaranteed to wind up in a state of doubt
And sanity is a full time job
In a world that is always changing
And sanity is a state of mind that you believe in
Sanity
There's a shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling
My body's moving forward but my mind is reeling
Depression is a fundamental state of being
It doesn't really matter how my day has turned out
I always end up living in this world of doubt
And sanity is a full time job
In a world that is always changing
And sanity is state of mind that you believe in
Sanity
And sanity is a full time job in a world that is always changing
And sanity is state of mind that you believe in
Sanity