Gotta Find You
Operation Ivy Lyrics

Back in school you ever get busted for tryin to walk
Did you ever get in trouble for just walking in school?

and have some administrator tell you
And did an administrator give you some advice?

Son, you can construct your obligations, and try to be different from your peers
They probably told you that you can create your own responsibilities and not follow the crowd.

But responsibility is your future
But they also mentioned that being responsible will affect your future.

Gonna find you,
The chorus repeats the phrase "Gonna find you."

Well i saw this kid get beaten down because he was out of luck
The singer saw a student being bullied because they were unlucky.

In the lottery of acceptance in the school of growing up
This student probably didn't win the lottery of popularity in the school of adolescence.

Saw a bunch of convicts doing time inside a cage
The singer saw people imprisoned in literal cages.

Got locked in factories within the school of paid wage
Others are locked in metaphorical factories of low-paying jobs without hope of escape.

Saw this boy so strung out that his body sweats and shakes
The singer saw a boy addicted to drugs, experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

From his field education in the school of cheap escapes
The boy was probably taught by society that drugs provide a cheap escape from the difficulties of life.

Got told the school of human thinking teaches only truth
Someone probably told the singer that the only truth is what you learn in school.

And one of its educations is gonna find you
And that one way or another, the lessons of school will catch up to you.

Saw a civilization where grabbing onto wealth
The singer saw a society that values wealth above everything else.

Was the only guarantee of freedom peace and health
People in this society believe that only with money can you hope for freedom, peace, and health.

Dollar sign value system upheld as the truth
This society considers their system of valuing dollars above all else to be the only truth.

And if you can't find a place its gonna find you
And if you can't fit into this system, it will eventually catch up to you.

Saw the paranoid response to all of the examples
The singer saw how people are paranoid about those who don't fit the norm.

Of the ones that don't fit in this way of living geting trampled
Those who don't fit suffer because they are ignored or crushed in this way of living.

Success is obedience to a structured way of life
In this society, success only comes from following a structured way of life.

You can't ignore the structure because were all within its sight
But you can't ignore this structure because we are all under its close observation.

Gonna find you,
The chorus repeats the phrase "Gonna find you" to emphasize the idea that no one can escape the consequences of not fitting in.

Gonna find you,

Gonna find you,

Gonna find you