You're Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PirateRed 

Cover art for You're Gonna Go Far, Kid lyrics by Offspring, The

...you all do realize that this song has nothing to do with the book, Lord of the Flies, right? "Lord of the Flies" is a nickname for Satan or Beelzebub. He's basically calling whoever the song is aimed at 'Satan'. Although it's neat to see how you can connect the song to the book, I highly doubt the two are actually related.

Exactly, what I was explaining in my below post.

No, you're wrong. The song is clearly talking about the book. Almost all the lines are related to the book in some way, not just "Lord of the Flies".

Full explanation can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jh64tjJktE

Oh, I forgot the mention. The explanation is the vid description