Álbum: Tested

Listado de Canciones

1. Operation Rescue2:11

   Letra

   It is an S. O. S. Sent out telepathically, signs of our distress don't Allow complacency, we need restoration now of our integrity and a Drastic bold reminder of our morality, the rectifying troop is here, The ones we have needed all these yers to stop the heious wrongdoings And verify our moral benevolence as a people, operation rescue, They're here to right our fall, they have heard a troubled call, Operation rescue, you may wonder where they come from, but I just Wonder why they're here at all, life ever-after is what they're in the Business for, see them brandish the key to their kingdoms door, it's Persuasive, it's a part of yoy and me but it's not overwhelming as They wish it to be, if no one believed in fairy tales there would be Nothing they could do but fail yet everywhere we look someone is Trying to reassure our moral benevolence as a poeple, operation Rescue..., you may wonder where they come from, but I just wonder what Compels them all
2. Punk Rock Song2:24

   Letra

   Have you been to the desert? Have you walked with the dead? There's a hundred thousand children being killed for their bread And the figures don't lie they speak of human disease But we do what we want and we think what we please Have you lived the experience? Have you witnessed the plague? People making babies sometimes just to escape In this land of competition the compassion is gone Yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on We keep pushing on This is just a punk rock song Written for the people who can see something's wrong Like ants in a colony we do our share But there's so many other fuckin' insects out there And this is just a punk rock song (like workers in a factory we do our share But there's so many other fuckin' robots out there) Have you visited the quagmire? Have you swam in the shit? The party conventions and the real politik The faces always different, the rhetoric the same But we swallow it, and we see nothing change Nothing has changed... 10 million dollars on a losing campaign 20 million starving and writhing in pain Big strong people unwilling to give Small in vision and perspective One in five kids below the poverty line One population runnin' out of time
3. Tomorrow1:54

   Letra

   Every day we profit so Leaning toward the great unknown Asking how it pertains to tomorrow Aim for places we've not been Trample paths that go between Yesterdays foundations and tomorrow It's the way they say it's got to be We spear ahead and forge our destiny Who do they represent? Who do you belive? Make a sound decision for others to heed Try to set a faster pace Try to build a master race One that will make a contribution to tomorrow It's the way they say it's got to be We put aside our fears and make history The clothes are in the dryer and the writing is on the wall We're trying everything we can to stop this fall Everyday we profit so Leaning toward the great unknown
4. A Walk2:27

   Letra

   I'm going for a walk Not the after dinner kind I'm gonna use my hands And I'm gonna use my mind And who the hell are you to tell me what to do? You can't even tie your own haggard shoes Your closet is a mess, and your backyard's falling down And I have no grand ideas or intentions of sticking around I'm gonna build a world Independant and exempt All alone I'll be an empire With no mortgage and no rent And I don't need to live in your stinking zoo You can't even feed the animals donated to you Your storage sheds are ramshackled, flies decorate the walls And you expect me to die here in this shit-filled tiny stall? And I know you're watching! Everything I do Call me threat to your children call me socially unglued Call me master of insanity, unable to relate Call me lazy, bane, and filthy Call me monstrous reprobate I'm going for a walk and there's nothing you can do 'cuz I don't have to live like you So I'm going for a walk
5. God Song1:48

   Letra

   And did those feet in ancient times trod on america's pastuers of Green? And did that anthropocentric god wane with their thoughts and Beliefs all unseen? I don't think so, he's up there with the others Laying low, vying with those who you've traded your life to to bless Your soul, and have they told you how to think, cleansed your mind of Sepsis and automony? Or have you escaped scrutiny, and regaled Yourself with depravity? Now we all see, "religion is just synthetic Frippery, unnecessary in our expanding global cultural efficiency" and Don't you fear this impasse we have built to our future? Ever so near, And oh so austere
6. Pity the Dead2:59

   Letra

   There's a boy in crimson rags with a grimace and a spoon, and a little sullen Girl face-up staring at the moon And there's no one around to hear their lonesome cries Then they pass away alone into the night Why do we pity the dead? Are you churned by emotion from voices in your head? (are you scared of the logic that swirls within your head) Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why Oh why do we Pity the dead? Pity the dead! Well, you've seen the disease, suffering and decay, And you whisper to yourself blissfully "it's okay" And you still refuse the possibility That the dead are better off than we Tell me what you see, tell me what you know Is there anyone who lives a painless life? If there is show me so The destitute and famished, demonic and the Banished, dejected and the ostracized, the Brainwashed and the paralyzed, the conquered And objectified, the few who see the other side Tell me what you see! It's a mortal wretched cacophony In the end you may find there's no guiding subtle light, No ancestors or friends, no judge of wrong or right Just eternal silence and dormancy And a final everlasting peace
7. One Thousand More Fools1:39
8. Drunk Sincerity2:17

   Letra

   The smell of virgin pages wafted through the swinging doors And the croaking speech he'd heard from countries counselors before They said "we all care for you, we know how you suffer But I know you can succed, I used to have it so much rougher" There's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes It's so easy to be misled by the savvy gentle guise And like fools we trust the delivery But it's all just drunk sincerity In maternal family assembly poised regarding the blue tube The numbers crept up higher and the hawks stayed out of view Then the generals said "we don't want our boys dead Your sons and your husbands will be coming back heroes soon" With steam, heat, and rhythm in the back seat of the car And adolescent perspective projecting life's forecast to the stars You heard love from the lips and you were rapt by the hips And the promise was eternal but you couldn't see that far
9. Generator3:23

   Letra

   Like a rock, Like a planet, Like a fucking atom bomb, I'll remain unperturbed by the joy and the madness That i encounter everywhere I turn I've seen it all along In book and magazines Like a twitch before dying Like a pornographic sea There's a flower behind the window There's an ugly laughing man Like a hummingbird in silence Like the blood on the door It's the generator Oh yeah, oh yeah, like the blood on my door Wash me clean and I will run Until i reach the shore I've known it all along Like the bone under my skin Like actors in a photograph Like paper in the wind There's a hammer by the window There's a knife on the floor Like turbines in darkness Like the blood on my door It's the generator
10. Change of Ideas0:59

    Letra

    Well the sheaves have all been brought, but the fields have washed away, And the palaces now stand where the coffins all were laid, And the times we see ahead, we must glaze with rozy hues, For what don't wish to admit what it is we have to lose. Millenia in coming, the modern age is here. It sanctifies the future, yet renders us with fear. So many theories, so many prophecies, 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.
11. Portrait of Authority2:52

    Letra

    Recorded live June 26, 1996 at The Arena in Berlin, Germany Nothing more, nothing less, An icon on the wall, decoration and duress, That which many strive to be, It's the marble statue standing over me, And nobody has the will to tear it down, It determines wrong and right, But to me it's just a stereotype And it makes us lose our sight The portrait of authority, You tell me that's what I'm supposed to be (it embodies what he cannot be) Another time, another man, An oppressive intrusion And a plague across his land, And it haunts him every day, It tells him he has no chance His hopes just fades away, And he lives his life prepared to tear it down, But he can't muster the support, And to him it's just a stereotype Of his life-long fight
12. What It Is2:20

    Letra

    There's a purpose, there's a goal, There's a virtuos, and immoral, There's a reason for all of this, And I don't know what it is I am one, and plural too, I accept them but they exclude, I could make sense of all of this, But I don't know what it is The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind, The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find, so I don't know what it is There's a beginning, and there's an end, There's a climax, some would contend, There's a way to signify this, But I don't know what it is
13. Dream of Unity2:50
14. Sanity2:43

    Letra

    There's a watch in my pocket 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 mind. 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 will make you strong If you believe in sanity. 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.
15. American Jesus3:15
16. Do What You Want1:15

    Letra

    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, yeah hey! Hey I don't know if the billions will survive, But I'll believe in God when 1 and 1 are 5. My moniker is man and I'm rotten to the core. I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door. So do what you must, do all you can, Break all the fucking rules and Go to Hell with Superman and Die like a champion, yeah hey!
17. Part III2:54

    Letra

    The final page is written in the books of history, As man unleashed his deadly bombs and sent troops overseas To fight a war which can't be won and kills the human race, A show of greed and ignorance, man's quest for dominance. They say when a mistake is made, a lesson has been learned But this time, there's no second chance, the hate engulfs the world. A million lives are lost each day, a city slowly burns, A mother holds her dying child, but no one is concerned!
18. 10 in 20102:24
19. No Direction3:07

    Letra

    A sullen figure walks along a dusty road His life was holy and he couldn't bear the load He left his people and a simple life behind He raised his torso and he looked into the sky Shouting his questions Looking for directions "what do I do now?" Now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray The stresses of maturing compound every day She glances up to see her favorite video And gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes In need of affection She craves a direction Her heroes offer her Everyone is looking for something And they assume somebody else knows what it is No one can live with the decisions of their own It seems so they look to someone else To tell 'em what to be Tell 'em what to wear Tell 'em what to say Tell 'em how to act and think and compel others compulsively Until the world is all like them A righteous student came and asked me to reflect He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect I don't believe in self important folks who preach No Bad Religion song can make your life complete Prepare for rejection you'll get no direction from me You'll get no direction from me You'll get no direction from me
20. Along the Way1:38

    Letra

    I refuse to abuse what is kind to the Muse, But it's there and it's happening to me along the way. As we go through the snow, we cannot forget our foes, But the dinner's always waiting at the table 'long the way, yeah. What you see, not for me, isn't what you planned to be, But you'll have what you wanted in the end along the way. And we'll try as we cry and our brothers pass us by, To be strong through the ages of our tears along the way, yeah. Now we grow as we show that the morals we must know Will be shapen and mistaken by the falls along the way. But forget, don't regret, to find love and happiness Unless you're willing to be strong when they are gone along the way. Like Tommy, you are free, and you will not follow me, Until we see each other once more on the path along the way.
21. Recipe for Hate2:15

    Letra

    Can't you feel it can't you see it The promise of prosperity It's overwhelming you and me It afflicts us like a disease Ubiquitous compelling too We cling to you like crazy glue And inject such a potent seed It's best for all humanity The spread of culture The sword of progress The vector of suffrage A warm and septic breeze The pomp and elation The duty and vocation The blood of the hybrid It's just a recipe Re-living our ancestry The frightful lack of harmony Our fore-fothers who led the way Their victims are still here today Now it's time to erase the story Of our bogus fate Our history as it's portrayed It's just a recipe for hate
22. Fuck Armageddon3:00
23. It's Reciprocal2:04
24. Struck a Nerve3:36

    Letra

    There's an old man on a city bus Holding a candy cane And it isn't even christmas He see's a note in the obituary That his last friend has died There's an infant clinging To his overweight mother in the cold As they go to shop for cigarettes And she spends her last dollar On a bottle of vodka for tonight And I guess it struck a nerve Like I had to squint my eyes You can never get out Of the line of sight Like a barren winter day Or a patch of unburned green Like a tragic real dream I guess it struck a nerve Every day I wander In negative disposition As I'm bombarded by superlatives Realizing very well that I am not alone Introverted I look to tomorrow for salvation But I'm thinking altruistically And a wave of overwhelming doubt Turns me to stone And I guess it struck a nerve Sent a murmur to my heart We just haven't got time To crack the maze Like a magic speeding clock Or a cancer in our cells A collision in the dark I guess it struck a nerve I try to close my eyes But I cannot ignore the stimuli If there's a purpose for us all It remains a secret to me Don't ask me to justify my life
25. Leave Mine to Me2:13

    Letra

    There are desperate times upon us, There are codes of white and black, Political resentment and people start to crack, There's hate and opposition, There's fumbling dialog, Yet you sit there and judge me And you think it makes a difference If you think I'm all alone you are foolishly wrong, There's an entire army who blindly follow along, And you happen to be one of them believe it or not, Even though you try not to be we are of the same plague The other ways we're taught to fear, Don't even scratch the surface of the problem here, I'm not blind, and I'm not scared, So many crucial factors exist out there, And we're but one, and they're bout two, And how we come to terms will help us pull through Things cannot change too fast, It took us this much time, To reach our current platform and walk this fragile line, If I thought I'd make a difference I'd kill myself today, But so many are like me lost in the fray You create your own reality, And leave mine to me
26. Tested3:05

    Letra

    Bad religion - tested Yeah they say theres a place free of trouble and care, And you have to pass a test for, to make it there. It has something to do with a road that's straight and narrow, And the only way to go it is by being like them... Theres always one more hill to climb, Theres always one more hill to climb! Bombarded by multiple choices twenty-four-seven, Navigate your tangled web of logic compassion, Guided by subconcious voices astute and sharpened, Tested, Tested, oh oh oh. Options, well maybe one, what were supposed to do. Stand and deliver, or see the conflict through. And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky, Our plans bent invalid, and determination dies. Theres no preperation and no guide! Just what youve done before here with your life... Bombarded by multiple choices twenty-four-seven, Navigate your tangled web of logic compassion, Guided by subconcious voices astute and sharpened, Tested, Tested, oh oh oh. Acting on will, The test is a reaction. Opening your heart, The test is the emotion. Rolling the dice, The test is the agility. Burning out your mind, The test is the recovery... One two. You can play by the rules, or bend them to your needs. But the test isn't over till you reach your dark eternal sleep. There are no absolutes, no big wheels in the sky... You don't have to be first, just to get a sundown goodbye. Yeah, Bombarded by multiple choices twenty-four-seven, Navigate your tangled web of logic compassion, Guided by subconcious voices astute and sharpened, Tested, Tested, oh oh oh. Tested.
27. No Control2:03

    Letra

    Culture was the seed of proliferation but it's gotten melded Into an inharmonic whole, to an inharmonic whole. Consciousness has plagued us and we cannot shake it Though we think we're in control, though we think we're in control. Questions that besiege us in life are testament of our helplessness. "There's no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." [(Hutton, 1795] When we all disintegrate it will all happen again, yeah. Time is so rock solid in the minds of the hordes but they can't Explain why it should slip away, explain why it should slip away. History and future are the comforts of our curiosity but here we are Rooted in the present day, rooted in the present day Questions that besiege us in life are testament of our helplessness. "There's no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." [(Hutton, 1795] When we all disintegrate it will all happen again, yeah. If you came to 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 have no control. We have no control, we do not understand. You have no control, you are not in command. You have no control. We have no control. No control. No control. You have no control.