Somebody keep my balance
I think I'm falling off
Into a state of regression
The expiration date
Rapidly coming up
It's leaving me behind to rank

Always move forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere

I'm taking one step sideways
Leading with my crutch
Got a fucked up equilibrium
Count down from nine to five
Hooray
We're gonna die
Blessed into our extinction

Always move forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere

Always move forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere

In nowhere, in nowhere


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Jaded Lyrics as written by Frank E. Billie Joe Armstrong

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    its like we're all jaded...we all are born, go to school, get a 9 to 5, retire, and die, more or less returning to where we started from (going straight will get you nowhere).

    smallthoughtson June 10, 2003   Link

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