He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I woke the other day
And saw my world has changed
The past is over but
Tomorrow's wishful thinking
Can't hold on what's being done
Can't grab on what's to come
And I just wish that I could stop but
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe these eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
The memories are bittersweet
Good times we can't repeat
Those days are gone and we can
Never get them back
Now we must move ahead
Despite our fear and dread
We're all just wishing we could stop but
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe your eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
With all our joys and fears
Wrapped in forgotten years
The past is laughing as
Today just slips away
Time can't stand what we've made
Cause it's another day
And I'm just wishing we could stop
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe these eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
Time rolls on
And saw my world has changed
The past is over but
Tomorrow's wishful thinking
Can't hold on what's being done
Can't grab on what's to come
And I just wish that I could stop but
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe these eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
The memories are bittersweet
Good times we can't repeat
Those days are gone and we can
Never get them back
Now we must move ahead
Despite our fear and dread
We're all just wishing we could stop but
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe your eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
With all our joys and fears
Wrapped in forgotten years
The past is laughing as
Today just slips away
Time can't stand what we've made
Cause it's another day
And I'm just wishing we could stop
Life goes on
Come of age
Can't hold on
Turn the page
Time rolls on
Wipe these eyes
Yesterday laughs
Tomorrow cries
Time rolls on
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
This song is great. I just can't tell you how happy I get when I hear this song. It reminds me of how great the things in the past were for me. It seems that they can't get better, and this song just tells me that life will continue regardless. You can't stop time.
Wow, a new song. That's a good sign. Just heard it yesterday. And it's pretty damn good! But I agree with dannymp3. It's about times past where he had a great time. And now that time has passed and time for a serious or lesser life has come. Probably something about how f*cked up the world is today, but it could be about something like being a student (fun) - moving on after that (job) as well.
It's a great example of how great a band Offspring is. As the band grows and ages, so does their music mature with them.
It's a reason they're still around. There's plenty of bands out there that have a strong first or even second album, but never anything successful past that, because they can't grow.
it makes me think of graduating, and leaving behind the attitude of messing around and having a good time in favor of...working. shudders maybe that's just my attitude 'cause i'm about to graduate, and quite frankly i don't wanna.
made me think of the same thing as iquit666 since I just graduated 2 weeks ago
This would make an awesome graduation song. :)
why the fuck are their only 6 comments on this beautiful song, and you know whats ironic, is that the song is called cant REPEAT, yet it sounds JUST like the kids arent alright, hmmm, wtf?
This song is the thing I hate about the Offspring, or at least hate about them recently. They release a really good single like this on a soundtrack, or in this case a greatest hits compilation, and I get my hopes up, yet the next album isn't nearly as good as I expected it to be.
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i think this song is about groing older and not being able to go back to a happier time no matter how hard u try
i think this song is about groing older and not being able to go back to a happier time no matter how hard u try