The Offspring — I Choose

[Verse 1] Look at me, I'm falling off of a cliff now I can still hear my mama yelling, "No! No! No!" But the words mean nothing, can't catch up to me now The view is so beautiful all the way down When I was a little boy sucking juice from a bottle Believing my perceptions were oh so real But I didn't know nothing, still, knowing nothing Was just enough for me to know the way I feel [Chorus] This is life What a fucked-up thing we do What a nightmare come true Or a playground, if we choose And I choose [Verse 2] Look at me, I'm swollen like a banana fish now I'm never going to make it, make it out of my hole But I keep on laughing, doesn't really matter There's dozens of reasons for explaining my soul When I was a teenager, sucking booze with the Vatos Discussing who was gonna live to be twenty-one They said they wouldn't make it; they didn't make it We're all naked when the day is said and done [Chorus] This is life What a fucked-up thing we do What a nightmare come true Or a playground, if we choose And I choose [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Don't know who made this all come true Now, while you're here, just gotta do What you gotta do One, two, three, four! [Interlude] Ooh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh [Verse 3] Now, if I wasn't such a weenie, do you think you'd still love me? Pretending I'm an airplane on the living room floor Like a lovely generator, you stand right by me And if words were wisdom, I'd be talking even more So I keep on falling as I'm looking back above me Watching as my mama just becomes a little dot Now I'm, I'm like DeNiro, I'm Amarillo And I'll never know when I hit the ground [Chorus] This is life What a fucked-up thing we do What a nightmare come true Or a playground, if we choose Said choose, said choose And I choose