Offspring, The - Down Lyrics






Chill
Light on my side as my ego becomes
A funky child with some words on my tongue
Be like intake of breath and my mouth gets loose
So while I scatter my spit, I dream of juice
Have you ever made out in dark hallways?
Displayed a kiss that made the day?
Or, say, play a track from your record collection
It's your mix, congratulations

We changed a lot and then some, some
Know that we have always been down, down
If I ever didn't thank you, you
Then just let me do it now

I bet you light up when we start the show
Follow me now, very closely 'cause I told you so
You know we glow because we throw sun rays
Now we be freaky and we want to stay

We changed a lot and then some, some
Know that we have always been down, down
If I ever didn't thank you, you
Then just let me do it now

Keep my feet on the ground
Keep my head in the clouds
Electrified by the sound
It comes from the down, and

Lightning strikes, yo we be in that violent force of light
Guaranteed to turn it out as bad as Dolemite
Because we're dope, kid, change like the chameleon
And the channel, whatever the whack show the "Real World" is on
You know we dazzle like ghetto box boomin' battles
Rattle inside your head, feel redeemed like Cola bottles
Fall in love with your teachers, on the wax we are self made
Check the technique, always in L.A.

We changed a lot and then some, some
Know that we have always been down, down
If I ever didn't thank you, you
Then just let me do it now

Keep my feet on the ground
Keep my head in the clouds
Electrified by the sound
It comes from the down, and

We changed a lot and then some, some
Know that we have always been down, down
If I ever didn't thank you, you
Then just let me do it now

Then just let me do it now





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  1. Y.... D....

    311 is amazing, and there are a lot of fantastic Offspring songs. But this just hurt to hear.

  2. J.... &....

    Damnit Offspring, that was painful

  3. d.... s....

    Those thumbs down better be ironic.. To those haters.. My middle finger is up up

  4. P.... P....

    this is terrible

  5. P.... ....

    As a loyal fan of 311, I must admit I'm digging The Offspring's punk version.

  6. T.... S....

    Both of these covers are horrible

  7. J.... S....

    Sounds like Turnstile lol

  8. C.... W....

    this is fuckin awful

  9. g.... 1....

    This is punk rock dude

  10. J.... C....

    Que porra é essa? Suicidal Tendencies? Tanto cover pra fazer, péssima escolha.

  11. S.... R....

    Can you guys just re-record the 89 THE OFFSPRING album... ty.

  12. M.... C....

    The chorus sux!

  13. A.... T....

    Reminds me of the sex pistols for some reason lol. Great song

  14. G.... 3....

    Well this is just fantastic

  15. B.... T....

    Listening to some else do SA's lines is hysterical.

  16. i.... ....

    This is fucking SICK. PuNk fucking rock.

  17. e.... r....

    this is a pure shit

  18. R.... S....

    I love both bands, but this is terrible.

  19. R.... A....

    Ruim...Offspring é bacana mas cagou na versão..

  20. H.... H....

    They made it their own 👍

  21. 3.... J....

    Not good.

  22. G.... b....

    The Offspring cover GarageBand https://youtu.be/kA3ZsBSgwT0

  23. M.... F....

    Love how chaotic this version is. Better than the original.

  24. V.... O....

    great band we want it and voice and song our the great fan stand OFFSPRING..MORE

  25. L.... S....

    Aggressive, loud, fast and funny! That Offspring gotta be respected. #WeMetAtBrazil

  26. H.... K....

    in my room going to try to get throo at least 2 albums

  27. A.... C....

    Haha. This is fucking terrible. I say that as both a fan of Offspring and 311. No. Just, no.

  28. s.... o....

    Just threw up in my mouth a little...

  29. S.... P....

    На буханке гоняют))))

  30. �.... �....

    Looks like a Sum 41 song

  31. b.... ....

    MY FAVORITES OFFSPRING, NIRVANA, 311, LED ZEPPELIN, WHITE STRIPES

  32. A.... M....

    Jesus Christ, what a let down.

    A.... M....

    A.P. Miller They’re getting old. What do you expect?

  33. B.... H....

    It's cool that they did it and for some reason I hear weird all but the original 311 version is much much much much better

  34. D.... I....

    Not the offspring. Sounds like someone is trying to SOUND like dexter and the guitar amping is way off.

  35. U.... ....

    This is ass. Unwiped ass in 105 degree heat. It is so awful that sucking shit is being generous in describing it.

  36. �.... �....

    Release Album please!

  37. J.... H....

    I found this awesome song from Getting Doug with High. Pnut mentioned it on the show!

  38. A.... K....

    It sounds like they would make this song

  39. K.... F....

    This is fucking awesome.

  40. L.... A....

    Muito legal o cover

  41. C.... A....

    Way better than the original. 311 was one confused af band not pop punk, not ska, no rapcore or nu metal. I bet they still haven't figured it out yet

  42. P.... P....

    You fucking ruined it

  43. C.... M....

    I love the Offspring, but wow, this is not a great cover.

  44. R.... �....

    I love you, skating has been about you, 90s kid here

  45. y.... ....

    It's so cool these two did this!

  46. u.... ....

    Only in true Offspring fashion

  47. A.... Z....

    I understand they covered each others songs for the tour but man even the offspring can't make 311 sound good. 311 got the better end of the deal

  48. D.... ....

    Kinda like it , kinda dont..

  49. G.... Y....

    This is awful

  50. R.... C....

    Blasphemy.

  51. K.... T....

    I like this versions but the original 100000X better

  52. D.... E....

    I love both of great bands cover thier song!

  53. C.... D....

    The bridges and chorus sound like they still have Nick hexum in there

  54. J.... ....

    Love both bands, but this just doesn't sound right. Leave the 311 songs to 311.

  55. D.... H....

    The song is awesome but the hook ruins it

  56. A.... ....

    I swore this was Weird Al so much I had to verify who posted this song...

  57. L.... E....

    311 lo mejor , buen intento de.cover, me quedo con la original , y por cierto me gustó el cover que hicieron los de 311 de su canción más conocida.

  58. A.... N....

    I always thought that the original song was really poor but this version is really good.

  59. b.... s....

    I'll be seeing Offspring for the first time ever on the 28th, never thought I would get the chance, absolutely pumped!

  60. O.... B....

    This is fucking terrible

  61. U.... ....

    I appreciate the effort but this cover fuckin sucks. It doesnt feel like 311 or Offspring at all

  62. T.... ....

    The last 2 albums were pretty terrible, the downhill started with Splinter album however unfortunately which only had one really good song in "The Noose" after that Rise & Fall *shivers* album came out which was pretty much pure toilet. Days gone by had 4-5 good songs but overall didnt feel energetic enough to listen to like their old stuff i lost interest in it rather quick, not as bad as rise & Fall but still pretty average.

    Never heard the original of this cover but it sounds way too pop aswell and Dexter voice is really weak here very dissapointing track. If this cover is what the new album might have to offer it doesnt look promising this is by far one if not their worst covers ive heard.

    T.... ....

    TheGamerPandA you do realise Dexter is in his 50s right and energy wise I think this is pretty good

  63. S.... B....

    this is disrespect to a great song.. yo Offspring do better!

  64. D.... C....

    This is horrible

  65. F.... ....

    first 10 seconds sound like form intro from zeke & luther :D

  66. N.... G....

    I'll take three thousand copies of the dual cover CD I pray y'all already dropped and maybe I'm late and if not we need it now thx

  67. E.... B....

    So much better than what 311 made tbh

  68. T.... F....

    Haha blasting good

  69. b.... ....

    cool how they each covered each other while they’re touring together.

  70. J.... r....

    sum 41?

  71. R.... K....

    How dare you change the riff tho

    R.... K....

    ..oh and didn't they steal NIRVANA Stay Away riff on one of their albums too?

  72. W.... O....

    Gaaayyyyyyy

  73. G.... ....

    What. The. Hell. Is. This.

  74. N.... A....

    IMO neither version is good, but this isn’t as bad as the original

  75. L.... ....

    Please release it won't get better..love that song

  76. C.... ....

    Ouch. That was not very good.

  77. d.... ....

    This is so horrible.

  78. S.... A....

    Sound like old offspring what i miss this sound.

  79. P.... M....

    I think The Offspring would actually be suited to playing this song in the original way then it would sound like Pretty Fly or Original Prankster. Then maybe do the fast punk tempo for the final chorus.

  80. K.... S....

    I appreciate they put their spin on it....but this is pretty bad. Sounds like weird al

  81. b.... h....

    Not bad! The singers voice still sounds great.

  82. m.... ....

    Fucking dumpster fire.

  83. D.... T....

    Zdecydowanie lepsze niż oryginał😍😍

  84. T.... H....

    It’s like SA had a baby with a chipmunk.

  85. T.... R....

    Oh my god this is awful...

  86. j.... a....

    No pasa nada

  87. Z.... ....

    Dexters voice here sucks wtf

  88. H.... V....

    Not bad. I like how they put their spin on it. I think I like 311s cover better but this is still dope.

  89. S.... Q....

    Mega cringe.

  90. N.... A....

    OMG I didn’t knew that you were still making music

  91. D.... R....

    Not bad, gotta give credit to both bands, they did a decent job and they obviously had fun.

  92. j.... ....

    Some parts sound like The Offspring, but then you can really tell it was by 311 at the same time. I think I'm more into this cover than 311's for Self Esteem, which was okay.

  93. C.... U....

    Back in 1994, at 14 years old, hitch hiked 200 some odd miles to St. Louis to see The Offspring (and Guttermouth) live. My mom still doesnt know! Best show EVER!

  94. C.... U....

    Freaking love this version of Down. Reminds me cruising down to San Onofre or Blacks back in the 90s, early 2000s. Classic California PUNK!

  95. p.... g....

    Good to hear the old Punk sound coming back I thought they went south after Conspiracy Of One, they the ending of this one does sound Grunge xD. So I hope they stick with the old Punk and not the Blink 182 style of music. (Which is not music Blink-182 can't do anything for peanuts, Ashford & Simpson sound better then Blink and that's saying something)

  96. c.... v....

    That wasn’t good.

  97. I.... ....

    Fucking terrible.