Bad Religion - Sanity Lyrics






There's a watch in my pocket and its hands are broken.
The face is blank but the gears are turning.
Confusion is a fundamental state of mind.
It doesn't really matter what I'm figuring out.
I'm guaranteed to wind up in a state of doubt
And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that is always changing,
And sanity is a state of mind
That you believe in, sanity.
There's a shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling.
My body's moving forward but my mind is reeling.
Depression is a fundamental state of mind.
It doesn't really matter how my day has turned out.
I always end up living in this world of doubt
And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that is always changing,
And sanity will make you strong
If you believe in sanity.
And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that is always changing,
And sanity is a state of mind
That you believe in, sanity.





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  1. l.... c....

    Sorrow, Live Again (The Fall of Man), Honest Goodbye, Cyanide, Dept of False Hope, and My Sanity are the Bad Religion anthems of each of their respective 21st century albums. Bad Religion is amazing.

  2. G.... S....

    My sanity is insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane..

  3. J.... M....

    You know when a Bad Religion album it's gonna be great when



    They release it

  4. J.... M....

    Simply my fav song

  5. D.... C....

    Billie Joe Armstrong on the thumbnail with Terminator eye in Bad Religion logo style.

  6. V.... d....

    Queria que tivessem tocado mais do novo disco no show em São Paulo, mas mesmo assim, foi fantástico!

  7. P.... L....

    I'm in love with BR since the summer of my 16th year (1991), when the thought-provoking lyrics, the guitar riffs, the powerful drumming and the thrilling vocal harmonies of Suffer, No Control & Generator started to be part of my life.

  8. F.... Z....

    This song made me lose my sanity 🤪

  9. F.... E....

    Fuck this song is amazing. Bad Religion are literally one of the best bands of all time.

  10. P.... L....

    Last year, this song was uploaded on my birthday and it was probably the best surprise I've found in my sub feed...I got the album 6 months later in May

  11. J.... S....

    Trust you guys to punch really, _really_ close to home. Man, this is somewhere between awesome and painful.

  12. P.... ....

    I can relate to the picture on the eyeball thing, so this song made me tear up a little. Thanks Bad Religion

  13. C.... S....

    Classic BR.

  14. F.... G....

    "...And ask why do my favourite songs always make me cry?"


    THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM 😭❤️

  15. J.... S....

    Friend: "Bad Religion can't possibly top New Dark Ages. There's no way."


    Me: *[Schizo-active]* "There's always a way, yo. The mind is an awful, awful thing."

  16. F.... W....

    When I look up to the sky and ask a question about my favorite songs, this is one of them.

  17. S.... ....

    Crazy how this huge label takes notice of a band like Bad Religion. 😂

  18. S.... P....

    Man this song speaks a lot of truth.

  19. F.... R....

    My little daughter loves this song and linoleum from nofx

  20. W.... G....

    This is how I feel .

  21. M.... L....

    Esta chingon

  22. R.... S....

    I love this song.

  23. C.... C....

    En Peru el 02 de noviembre 2019!!!

  24. S.... S....

    Listened 100+ times, for sanity.

  25. D.... P....

    One of their best releases....... Mix of oldschool and a newer vibe.... Awesome!!!

  26. C.... B....

    Good to know that Bad Religion are still making great music. almost 40 years after they began. I'll bet they're still putting on great live shows too. I'll find out about that next week

  27. E.... A....

    Bad religion is the best what punk band can make you cry yes they are that good

  28. F.... M....

    Sanity is freaking awesome !!! thanks for that!

  29. B.... P....

    THIS SONG IS GREAT..sorry ...I had to scream!

  30. G.... ....

    The start of another amazing album Thanks BR :D

  31. c.... r....

    This song is stuck in my head all day its ironic that it is making me lose my sanity

  32. c.... r....

    My neighbor's love the song so much they threw a brick through my window so they can hear it better

  33. R.... K....

    Listen to Prof. Graffin, kids.

  34. A.... S....

    Alguém no brasil 2019!!?!?!

  35. G.... A....

    Gets me through the hard times , there's a lot of hard times.

  36. c.... l....

    Just what I needed

  37. R.... B....

    Turbo loves boxing.

  38. R.... B....

    Riots katy perry. What

  39. f.... ....

    There comes a time when you look up to the sky and ask "why is no lefty aware that fox and cnn switched places?"

  40. K.... B....

    Just commenting to get the comments closer to 666.

  41. R.... P....

    "Alternative facts"...a phrase by KellyAnn Conway, counselor to President Trump. I'm just now listening to the new album of my 2nd favorite band, I'm really hoping it's not all Trump bashing, unless they bash the left as well.

  42. T.... E....

    It makes me cry too, in a positive way!

  43. J.... B....

    This. All the time.

  44. o.... ....

    I wish the instrumental was louder on this mix. The vocals are almost karaoke like.

  45. J.... S....

    You can't always tell where your mind's going to go. It's scary and it's very, _very_ real how it all works out. The mind is both very powerful and incredibly delicate, capable of great things and also the harshest failures.


    As a guy with mental issues, this is just a fantastic fucking song. Sing it, Greg.

  46. J.... Q....

    My sanity 🤣

  47. P.... S....

    You dont have any sanity bad religion

  48. G.... A....

    ORANGE MAN BAD!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqqwTgk8ri0

  49. A.... K....

    the best band ever. period.

  50. y.... b....

    fuck he can sing fair dinkum

  51. a.... s....

    So much for a 8 year old

  52. a.... s....

    I LOVE THIS SONG

  53. M.... O....

    How can you dislike?

  54. K.... V....

    My favorite on the album so far.

  55. P.... R....

    Fucking amazing song! These guys still sound fresh af!

  56. B.... F....

    Each song I've heard has been better than the last.

  57. B.... P....

    2019?
    Bad religion?
    I am loosing it?
    What a great song from the boys!
    Your my sanity bad religion.i love you guys...

  58. L.... T....

    Thank you bad religion for this new album!

  59. S.... L....

    A great song! Been listening Bad Religion for >30 years and I am still amazed about the quality of the new songs, lyrics, singing and how well the band plays.

  60. E.... C....

    Muy bueno ✊💪

  61. A.... p....

    Fuck i love it!BR!

  62. E.... E....

    Did Brett write this song?

  63. x.... ....

    to kalytero tragoudiiiii touss

  64. U.... R....

    I hope Trump's dominance keeps driving Bad Religion insane. Swallow Trump's massively successful balls you scumbag Greg. Bias Religion is their new name

  65. V.... M....

    Бля, ребят, просто охуенно

  66. K.... B....

    Bend the Knee

  67. E.... t....

    This new album is so good

  68. P.... W....

    Instant classic! Bad Religion is back!

  69. P.... H....

    Do the tour in Brazil. As they have always done !!! Do not forget us, because here we are a big and busy crowd with a lot of crap !!!!

  70. D.... T....

    Yeap. This one is my favorite. I hate that i fall to using other people's descriptions of life to convey my own inner thoughts but, goddamn, it's like my heart was there when this was written.

    D.... T....

    I can only hope there are many more out there that feel the same way.

  71. R.... A....

    it's pretty wild, but I dare say this song is even better at 75% speed. Plus, it's way more accessible to English language learners that way. I'm thinking of bringing this song & lyrics in as a supplemental class activity for my B1 level group next week. I share the class w/ another teacher who loves to bring in pop songs with exceedingly vapid lyrics, based mostly around simplistic romantic encounters, parties and fashion. I hope to use this song to segue into a conversation about the value of sanity in art & society now vs. two centuries ago when the regional king of sanity-bending in literature, Nikolai Gogol was developing his writing style and outlook on life. It should be fun :)

    R.... A....

    let me know how it goes

  72. b.... r....

    Anyone notice ZERO negative comments on this page. BR fans are just good people.

  73. T.... P....

    Shite tbh

  74. T.... T....

    30 years in, and Bad Religion is more necessary than ever.

    T.... T....

    Absolutely bro...i was just talking to my girl about this subject. 👊👊👊

  75. I.... A....

    I love how Gregg's voice never change through the time

  76. J.... K....

    Wait, I had SANITY to begin with? Sometimes I do realize that I am too deep into my subjective reality, then I smack myself some Bad Religion tracks on to find a True North. However, the individual has to ask, from an epistemological perspective, that "sanity" is not always dictated by one's social circles but more by the reigning intelligentsia or public opinion whose experiences are antithetical to an individuals'. Days of insane optimism are better than sane pessimism of reality.

  77. b.... h....

    The most important band to ever walk the planet.

  78. M.... V....

    This song is so goddamn mother fucking good.

  79. d.... ....

    yes!!! fucking BXR ALL DAY - monster

  80. J.... l....

    TDS theme song.

  81. E.... B....

    Generator style

  82. A.... C....

    I can’t wait for the full album

  83. J.... W....

    this makes me so glad i got slamdunk tickets.

  84. b.... ....

    My dear sanity

  85. L.... o....

    Everyone in this comment section, gets it 🤘🏽

  86. L.... ....

    "SANITY IS A FULL TIME JOB"

  87. A.... R....

    Bad Religion forever!✊, el próximo álbum promete ser igual de excelente a 'True North', o mejor aun, superarlo.

  88. S.... ....

    Bad Religion is the music that made me the man I am today.

  89. J.... S....

    I don't always know where my mind is actually going. In the legitimate and very scary sense that I'm not always really sure whether or not the same me will be here tomorrow.


    I can focus and meditate and attempt to forcibly pull myself in, but there's not always a way to be sure that what I'm experiencing is actually the real world as it's supposed to be.


    I just hold myself fast, like it's an anchor or something, to the idea that I'm sane and that my medication is doing what it's supposed to.


    This song is probably more real than it has any right to be.

    J.... S....

    it's almost too real. i relate to every word you typed. this is not the real world.

  90. k.... ....

    I miss live recorded sounding vocals. I mean, nevermind...im just playing "sound engineer " again.

  91. M.... p....

    Chulada!

  92. D.... C....

    Sanity? What Sanity? BR FOREVER!!!

  93. D.... D....

    sweet!!

  94. H.... S....

    and its all i have. my dear sanity... this music is myself state of mind

  95. A.... A....

    My favorite band of all time and honestly the very best Epitaph has ever had to offer.

    A.... A....

    That is good considering they the ones that run it. lol

  96. a.... l....

    Depiction of my current actual state. Craving and longing for sanity