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A Thousand Days Lyrics
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you
I'll tell you no lies
When all is said and done
Does it really matter who's wrong or right?
Don't ask me for a reason, I can't explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
As I lie bleeding here I still
I still reach for you
A thousand days
Have passed away
A thousand days
Were captured in her eyes
Your eyes are open now but you know
It's still hard to see inside
When action and intention
Are two seperate things
Now I somehow wish I could explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath
I still reach for you
A thousand days
Have passed away
A thousand days
Were captured in her eyes
Forever we've been
Trapped by our hearts
Trapped by our minds
I'd like to leave
I'd like to win at love
But I just can't let it go
And I just can't watch it slipping away
And I just can't let it go
And I just can't stand another minute
Maybe now someday our shattered lives
Will mend themselves again
But now a million miles away
I still wish I could
And though I somehow know, I can't explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath
I still reach for you
I'll tell you no lies
When all is said and done
Does it really matter who's wrong or right?
Don't ask me for a reason, I can't explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
As I lie bleeding here I still
I still reach for you
Have passed away
A thousand days
Were captured in her eyes
It's still hard to see inside
When action and intention
Are two seperate things
Now I somehow wish I could explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath
I still reach for you
Have passed away
A thousand days
Were captured in her eyes
Trapped by our hearts
Trapped by our minds
I'd like to leave
I'd like to win at love
And I just can't watch it slipping away
And I just can't let it go
And I just can't stand another minute
Will mend themselves again
But now a million miles away
I still wish I could
And though I somehow know, I can't explain
Why we hurt one another again and again
Like someone on his dying breath
I still reach for you
Song Info
Submitted by
frozen Dry Fly On Jun 04, 2002
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i love the offspring!!
I think its just sort of an anti war sort of message, and as the war is still being fought, the people are still suffering, eg. 'on his dying breath' or 'lie bleeding here'
ah, the good ole days when the offspring weren't pop...you gotta love it
What? Smash was their most well-received (popular) album, but you wouldn't call that pop, would you? The Offspring are not pop.
Anyways,I don't see what it has to do with war. I think it is about a past love who he is no longer with, and a thousand days have passed since they were together.
Because an album has commercial success doesn't mean it's pop music. In this day and age, there's a very not-so-fine line between an album being popular and being pop music.
This song has definite anti-war overtones (as do several songs on The Offspring's self-titled album) but it goes further than that. It's questioning why leaders feel the need to let pride get in the way of rational judgement sparking conflicts that don't need to be started. The part that seems to hint at it being about love in a traditional sense represents love and peace in the world and our inability to reach it.
A very good song
Interesting, I didn't think of this as an anti-war song. I just took it as about a relationship. I see what you mean now you mention it tho. The singer wants to win at love rather than win at war. And people on either side of the conflicts, even though they fight each other, still try to reach out to each other. Nice interpretation.
I've always thought that this song was about a bad relationship, although I do like the war interpretations above too. Basically the relationship is causing both people pain and they keep hurting one another, but they keep reaching for one another and going through it all again, although they don't know why. It seems to have been going on for a thousand days (i.e. a really long time!). He says that he wants to leave and win at love (in other words find a happier relationship) but just can't let the relationship go. I think that when he says 'action and intention are two separate things' he means that each time they reach for one another again they intend things to be different but they never are. It's a vicious, never-ending circle.