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The Future Is Now Lyrics
This city’s made of diamonds
And tomorrow glass will grow
On the freedoms that divide us
They’re coming after me
Flashback 1984
Now who’s knock-knocking at your door?
A thought that starts a riot
They’re coming after me now
Life is not the same
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames
Will you take what’s in my head?
And erase me when I’m dead?
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing
The day has turned to night
Can you save me from the light?
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear
Running down a spiral
With the light of better men
Shouting progress is survival
Take one last look and see me
Now you see me, now you don’t
No vow to break
No string of hope
My hero, your pariah
They’re coming after me now
Life is just god’s game
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames
And you get what you deserve
When revenge is what you serve
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing
I’ll sink into the night
And I’m turning off the lights
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear
So the end’s what you make it
And that’s what you’re looking for
This is the future
The future is now
Disappear
I disappear
Now turn off the lights
The skies are blue inside you
Turn off the lights
They’ll get inside of you
And tomorrow glass will grow
On the freedoms that divide us
They’re coming after me
Flashback 1984
Now who’s knock-knocking at your door?
A thought that starts a riot
They’re coming after me now
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames
And erase me when I’m dead?
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing
Can you save me from the light?
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear
With the light of better men
Shouting progress is survival
Take one last look and see me
Now you see me, now you don’t
No vow to break
No string of hope
My hero, your pariah
They’re coming after me now
I am one but
Sparks turn into flames
When revenge is what you serve
Cause the future is now
And now I’m disappearing
And I’m turning off the lights
Cause the future is here
And this is how I disappear
And that’s what you’re looking for
This is the future
The future is now
I disappear
The skies are blue inside you
Turn off the lights
They’ll get inside of you
Song Info
Submitted by
inverse_paradise On Jun 13, 2012
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Actually, I have every reason to believe they may not be talking about DK. They may be referring wholly to the book/movie 1984, which conspicuously enough, matches up to this entire song, almost word from word, and how now that it's happening with social media, in the way that if you say something unpopular, there are many places on the web that will "Make you disappear."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_%28film%29
"Flashback 1984 Now who's knock-knocking at your door?"
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles: "Now it's 1984 Knock-knock at your front door"
I just realized the DK reference and came here to see if anybody else did. There is only one comment here.
Good work, fellas.
The Offspring started around 1984, being older and listening to them all my life, to me it speaks of getting old. When your younger the future of getting old seems far away. Well now the future in now and your disapearing, your not young or relevant anymore. It's a total opposite of Nitro off of Smash.
@tony111676 I agree completely , the 1984 reference being autobiographical, yet giving a tip of the hat to the DK at the same time. Kinda clever. Oh, yeah. It IS the anti song to nitro
@tony111676 I agree completely , the 1984 reference being autobiographical, yet giving a tip of the hat to the DK at the same time. Kinda clever. Oh, yeah. It IS the anti song to nitro
For me this is 100% about George Orwell's 1984. The obvious reference being 'flashback nineteen eighty four'.
The lyric 'erase me when I'm dead' is very distinctive and definitely references the novels mention of removing any record of undesirable people - hence erasing them.
For me the most noteworthy example is 'a thought that starts a riot'. The central theme of the book is controlling the population so far as to policing their thoughts with the protagonist being the latest to rebel. It is repeatedly mentioned that even thinking about rebelling is a crime punishable by death and this lyric speaks volumes to that end.