Get It Right
♫The Offspring [1993 - Ignition] Lyrics

I've been told that to get what you want
I've been advised that to obtain the desire, you must

You just gotta give what you can
You just have to extend whatever you can

But I know for what I want it don't come easy as that
However, the object of my desire doesn't come easily like that

They say, "Look out, boy
People say, "Be careful, boy

Tomorrow comes and things will look better by then."
Tomorrow arrives and things will appear better by then."

But I'll look out the window
I'll check outside the window

Then look in the mirror at the same old me again
And then look in the mirror and discover the same old me again

Still can't get it right
I'm still incapable of getting it correctly

And for all I know
And based on my knowledge

I swear I never will
I promise I never will get it right

Do you think you'd sell your soul
Do you consider that you would trade your principles

To just have one thing to turn out right?
Just to have one thing go according to plan?

For the thousandth time you turn and find
For the thousandth time, you turn around and find

That it just makes no difference to try
That it's pointless to attempt

Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself
Similar to Holden Caulfield, I insist to myself

There's got to be a better way
There has to be a more efficient approach

Then I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling
Then I lay in bed and gaze at the ceiling

Dream of brighter days
Fantasize about brighter days

Same old stuff always drags me down
I'm consistently held back by the same old problems

Never gonna get it
I'll never be able to grasp it