The Offspring - Takes Me Nowhere Lyrics

When the day begins
All the guilt sinks in
And I look on the wreckage of the night
Though I try to break free
The cycle breaks me
Am I ever gonna see the light?
All the friends I've lost
And the pain I've caused
Have never been enough just to make me stop
The lines I draw to look at myself
Are turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
'cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up
Open on this scene
A familiar dream
Of you telling me what I already know
Though the truth seems near
You can't get there from here
But you sure know where you're gonna go
As the rumor wind blows
My infamy grows
Seeing friends above
And I hit another low
The picture I paint to look at myself
Is turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
'cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up
But today, if I change
And stop digging my own grave
I will try, set things right
'cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up

[@slushii4230]

This song is great. It’s a relic from the past

[@Fox_FurryYT]

To the band that gave me my first taste of good music, i love you offspribg and will always be my summer of '96

[@24maestro24]

SINCE 20 I STILL LOVE THEM

[@restinmurderface]

I gotta say. I like the pre-chorus more then the main chorus.

[@andonj251]

Same

[@YeOldeKamikaze]

This one and "have you ever" are much needed slaps in the face. Many times, the bad things happening in our life are a product of our own actions (or inaction, it depends).

[@anntakamaki9251]

Facts i always comment about how “have you ever” when the truth walks away everyone stays because the truth about the world is that crime does pay like that lyric line always sticks in my head

[@omarfernandomartinez263]

Such an underrated song, what a shame.

[@angelejaugey7882]

@Grant420 1AA1qqqqqqqq

[@thelonelywolf88]

Goddamn this is a big slap in the face with my life

[@MrRcTruggy]

I can relate

[@Angry_Cinnamion_toast]

sadly, same

[@anntakamaki9251]

Same here

[@thelonelywolf88]

This still rings true day after day. Seeing everyone I know being married with a sex life throws me into the gutter. It makes me bitter and very jealous to where I just break down. I fear I will be relationship-less and sexless for the rest of my life

[@augustinehuizing6683]

This song kinda sounds like a similar song I’ve heard before, maybe it was just this song though.

[@JJHardman1]

Ive noticed a few of their songs kind of sound liek some nirvana espcially the guitars in some like the riffs bit slightly diffrent