| I Choose | |
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| First Released | Ixnay on the Hombre |
| Recorded | Eldorado Recording Studios, Hollywood, California |
| Length | 3:54 |
| Singer/Guitarist | Dexter Holland |
| Guitarist | Noodles |
| Bassist | Greg K. |
| Drummer | Ron Welty |
| Produced by | Dave Jerden |
"I Choose" is the eighth track on The Offspring's 1997 fourth album, Ixnay on the Hombre, and was released as a single to promote the album.
Chart performance[]
"I Choose" was a mild success, making it to #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #24 on the Modern Rock Tracks.
Lyrics[]
Look at me, I'm fallin' off a cliff, now
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, suckin' 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
This is life
What a fucked up thing we do
What a nightmare come true
Or a playground, if we choose
And I choose
Look at me I'm swollen like a banana fish, now
I'm never gonna make it, make it outta 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, suckin' booze with the Vatos
Discussing who was gonna live to be 21
They said they wouldn't make it, they didn't make it
We're all naked when the day is said and done
This is life
What a fucked up thing we do
What a nightmare come true
Or a playground, if we choose
And I choose
Don't know who made this all come true
Now, while you're here, you just gotta do what you gotta do
1-2-3, yeah!
Whoa whoa whoa
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
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
This is life
What a fucked up thing we do
What a nightmare come true
Or a playground, if we choose
To choose
I choose
And I choose...
Appearances[]
- 1997 - Ixnay on the Hombre