Along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, The Offspring have been credited with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s. To date, The Offspring has released eight studio albums, one compilation, four EPs and three DVDs. They have sold over 34 million albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time. Each album since the release of their 1994 album Smash has sold over a million units.
Since the release of Smash, which is the best-selling independent label album of all time, The Offspring has achieved commercial success over five albums, with singles such as "Come Out and Play", and "Self Esteem". The band’s next three albums, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana and Conspiracy of One, were also successful, with Ixnay on the Hombre and Conspiracy of One reaching platinum certification, and Americana achieving multi-platinum status. Longtime drummer Ron Welty left The Offspring in early 2003, and was replaced by Atom Willard. Later that year, the band released their next album, Splinter, to moderate sales and fairly warm reviews. In 2005, The Offspring released a greatest hits album and toured in support of the compilation. Their eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, was released on June 17, 2008 with the hit singles "You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid" and "Hammerhead."
Days Go By is the band’s ninth studio album and is due to be released on June 26, 2012. The Days Go By Songfacts reports that the title track was released as the first single and was premiered on KROQ on April 27, 2012.
2. Offspring was a short-lived English pop duo of the early 1970s, consisting of Mike Brayn and John Howard, who met at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex, United Kingdom. They released just one single, 'Windfall' (1972). Their planned studio album was never completed.
Dividing by Zero
The Offspring Lyrics
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Down to the wire, fighting's only begun
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
I will interfere
I'm not the only son, my will will be done
A dissent begun
It's closing in on you, closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, closing in on you
Oh, and no way out
Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun
I will persevere, I will resist you here
I will interfere
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh, oh
Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
The Offspring’s song “Dividing by Zero” suggests the urgency of the situation through the lyrics. It demonstrates a desire for release from difficult circumstances through ascending “higher, all the way to the sun.” The lyrics communicate a sense of perpetual pursuit of escape from impossible adversity throughout the song, with “fighting’s only begun” as the invitation to prepare for what’s to come.
The chorus describes a dire situation with the line “it’s closing in on you, it’s closing in on you,” and the defiance and slight mania of “gonna make it through” being repeated twice. The lyrics “divide by zero like a wrecking crew” suggest the singer’s intent to break the laws of the universe in order to overcome, highlighting the desperation of the situation.
The repeated refrain of “oh and no way out” is a reminder that the singer is trapped, and is only adapting to the challenges thrown their way. The song is a rallying cry of sorts, a challenge from the singer to their problems, declaring their defiance and determination to keep going.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun
I want to reach the top and be the best
Down to the wire, fighting's only begun
I'm in a tight spot, but I won't give up
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Problems are getting closer and more intense
Run from the fire raining down on you
Try to escape trouble as best you can
Oh, and no way out oh oh
There seems to be no escape from these issues
I will persevere, I will resist you here
I won't let my problems defeat me
I will interfere
I will take action to solve my problems
I'm not the only son, my will will be done
I won't let anyone control me
A dissent begun
I'm going against what is expected or accepted
Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through
I will overcome this challenge
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
I'll go beyond what's thought to be possible
Oh, and no way out
The obstacles seem impossible to overcome
Lyrics © OBO APRA/AMCOS
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@jakehildebrand1824
Allow me to provide you with some help.
Division by Zero, while not impossible, is treated as impossible in mathematics because the outcome of the equation does not provide a mathematical answer, instead drawing you into the fields of general relativity, quantum mechanics, and string theory but even then is so complexthatit breaks the rules of these fields.
The actual output of division by zero is infinity, which is the formula for a singularity (a black hole). We still don't have a definite explanation for how black holes actually function, thus rely mostly on theoretical functions like hawking radiation to make calculations and observations.
(String theory is literally just an attempt to make black holes work in our current understanding of quantum mechanics and general relativity)
In short, while its not impossible to devide by zero, it might as well be.
@williamarmstrong7163
reminder that in this video slim pickens survived:
1:18 being shot at by airplanes
1:42 his airplane being blown the fuck up
1:58 jumping off a airplane while blowing it up
2:03 riding a missle while being shot at from all sides
2:16 the explosion of a airplane missle and a rocket launcher shot going off in his face
2:22 merging souls with the demon dude
2:38 like a 400ft drop
3:36 being attacked by demons
4:00 a grenade explosion that was powerful enough to destroy a airplane eariler
the only thing able to kill him was being torn out from the inside by a demon
@Login2play
everything in this song is colour coded
yellow=good/slim
red =bad/red commander
blue=chaos/blue angel
orange=order/robots
gray=neutral/crowed
and I think that the gas was the robots trying to sniff out the demons in the crowed in order to kill them, and the reason it worked on slim was because the red com was fused with him by B angel.
edit: we can also possibly assume two things from the lyrics, #1: that blue angel's name is anarchy and #2: that the robots are trying to organize hell, all the demons in hell had hidden themselfs as everyone else. That's what the blue gas was for.
@MrZooganopolos
I don't think the blue angel is chaotic at all. I think it's a matter of calculus in grade school. That is, it's not easy to understand much of anything from the human perspective -- as if you live to be 100, you'll have seen so little, yet still be convinced that things have changed in a massive way. The best any can do is study so as to understand why something that seems chaotic is actually very definite order. Presuming you understood all of the variables going into the roll of dice, you could use fair dice and get the roll you expect every time without any hokey manipulation (like weighted or otherwise unfair dice).
Both sides are about to murder each other. Thus, both sides are evil. We just have a tendency to choose sides based on imagery, which is why some of the commenters see this and like red, while most, prefer yellow because of the character they've set as the protagonist versus a horned beast of a critter for red. If yellow was truly good, not a single red would die, and yet, they would still be victorious (IE, all of the red side might be put into a sleep-state and captured and processed with zero deaths).
Orange, and the hell they exist in, are pairs like you said, with demons in human suits, who swallow the remaining humanity in those around them when offered a "blue" gas, like a bait and food, giving them more strength than the human side. Like working with wild animals, you use nets to contain something that might lash out versus catching it with your bare hands. In the future, what amounts to a net, might just be a gun that temporarily paralyzes a given creature without a dart, or chemical. The robots aren't likely to be either consumed, or perverted by those who never mastered their sin around them.
If you've seen the anime Bleach, there are a few scenes where Ichigo speaks with his hollow form. They talk about who will ride the other, like a horse. It's not much different than the Bible's, "Master your sin, or it will master you," speech that God gives Cain prior to Cain murdering his brother.
A house divided, is a house that falls. If all humans currently on the earth are products of Noah's offspring, then how divided are we? If a king has two heirs and must divide the kingdom, lest one becomes jealous of the other, what do those heir's children do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjI44WXKMI Watch "One Tin Soldier, There will be no trumpets blowing Come the Judgement Day" Also note, that God didn't destroy Sodom, until there were no more decent people there.
I like that you took the time to think this all over though!
@samuelhedge1965
Lyrics:
DIVIDE BY ZERO
Oh take me higher
All the way to the sun
Down to the wire
Fighting's only begun
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Run from the fire
Raining down on you
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Woah! And no way out
Woah! Woah!
I will persevere
I will resist you here
I will interfere
I'm not the only son
My will will be done
A dissent begun
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Run from the fire
Raining down on you
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Woah!
And no way out
Gonna make it through
I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Woah! And no way out
Woah! Woah!
Oh take me higher
All the way to the sun
I will persevere
I will resist you here
I will interfere
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Run from the fire
Raining down on you
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Woah! And no way out
Woah! Woah!
Gonna make it through
I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you
Closing in on you
Woah! And no way out
Woah! Woah!
SLIM PICKENS DOES THE RIGHT THING AND RIDES THE BOMB TO HELL
Take me for a ride
I'm the one you pushed aside
But it's coming back to you
Yeah it's coming back to you
(Hey!)
Run to the sound
Take it back and double down
'Cause it's coming back to you
Yeah it's coming back to you
Well Ahhhhh!
Well we're pouring gasoline
So dance around the fire
That we once believed in
Ahhhhh!
It will never be the same now
'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed
Give it up, The Champions of Greed
So come around and have another round on me
Dance fucker dance
Let the motherfucker burn
(Hey!)
Snake is in the grass while
You're living in the past
Say what're you gonna do?
Yeah what're you gonna do
(Hey!)
Earn. Never learn
When you're cheering while it burns
Well we're coming after you
Yeah we're coming after you
(Hey!)
Slim Pickens well he does the right thing
And he rides the bomb to hell
Yeah he rides the bomb to hell
Watch the pulse
It quickens after every little sting
If you're gonna go to hell
Drink it up you might as well
Are you really gonna take it like that?
Riding on a missile with the cowboy hat and
Ahhhh!
Well the world is gonna end
So dance around the fire
That we once believed in
Ahhhh!
Wanna tear it down again now?
'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed
Give it up the sons of anarchy
So come around and have another round on me
Dance fucker dance
Let the motherfucker burn
(Hey!)
Are you really gonna take it like that?
Riding on a missile with the baseball bat and
Ahhhh!
Well we're pouring gasoline
So dance around the fire
That we once believed in
Ahhhh!
It will never be the same
The takers and the liars that
We all believed in
Ahhhh!
Well we're going down in flames
So dance around the fire
We dance around the fire
'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed
Give it up: The Champions of Greed
So come around and have another round of me
(Hey!)
(Hey!)
Dance fucker dance
Let the motherfucker burn!
@thesquishedelf1301
My interpretation of this video, despite having been deleted upon the video's reupload, is something along these lines:
The three main characters each represent the Superego, Id and Ego as defined in Freudian psychology. The Superego is the yellow guy, the Id is the barbarian/fascist, and the ego is the blue Angel of Death. We get shown a situation where the superego prevails, and then the id, all while the ego does the exact opposite of it's job.
The ego is a warped and broken individual that encourages and revels in the internal conflict here, when it's supposed to be a mediator between the two forces.
The red leader, the Id, is impulsive and powerful. He clearly rules with an iron fist, and most of his soldiers seem terrified to be out there. He uses violent, scary imagery to intimidate, and is clearly strong and crazy enough to keep control of his army.
Yellow guy represents the superego, which is usually associated with morals, societal norms, and the tendency to consider one's options. His forces are clearly inferior to the red forces in numbers (the superego is often considered to be about 20% of the mind, while the Id is 70%,) and he is also clearly not the leader, just another cog in the machine. He somehow manages to, through training and luck, sacrifice himself to take out the enemy leader. If we also take into account the lyrics and nazi vs allies imagery, he clearly represents the "good" guys we're supposed to root for - society and selflessness. With this he "wins" the first song, as he means little to the yellows but eliminates the red leader.
The story really happens in the second part though - the ego finally does some of his job and unites the superego and id, merging them as they're sent to hell. When they land, yellow guy takes firm control as the "mask", and observes his surroundings; he quickly befriends the guy in the other cage, who seems nice... and who is then killed while the crowd cheers, shocking him. The blue smoke represents him starting to see the cruelty of this world, as the guards beat the crowd; seeing this, the id screams out for self-preservation and control, nearly taking it before they get put into the sacrifice cage. It's here that the id takes enough control to save the pair of them, exploding the grenade and destroying the control centre while saving the pair's life. Released into a violent and lawless crowd, yellow guy is quickly proven incapable compared to the id, who promptly takes control, "winning" the second song and proving his value.... And is immediately murdered by the laughing, insane ego, resulting in further chaos.
@ancalagon1919
Lyrics !!!!!
Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun
Down to the wire, fighting's only begun
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
I will persevere, I will resist you here
I will interfere
I'm not the only son, my will will be done
A dissent begun
It's closing in on you, closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, closing in on you
Oh, and no way out
Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun
I will persevere, I will resist you here
I will interfere
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Run from the fire raining down on you
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh, oh
Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through
Divide by zero like a wrecking crew
It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you
Oh, and no way out oh oh
Take me for a ride
I'm the one you pushed aside
But it's coming back to you
Yeah it's coming back to you, hey!
Run to the sound
Take it back and double down
'Cause it's coming back to you
Yeah it's coming back to you
Well
Well we're pouring gasoline
So dance around the fire that we once believed in
It'll never be the same, now
'Cause there's nothing left for us to be
Give it up the champions of greed
So come around and have another round of me
Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey!
Snake's in the grass while you are living in the past
Say what're you gonna do?
Yeah what're you gonna do, hey!
Earn never learn
When you're cheering while it burns
Yeah we're coming after you
Yeah we're coming after you, hey!
Slim Pickens well he does the right thing
And he rides the bomb to hell
Yeah he rides the bomb to hell
Watch the pulse, it quickens after every little sting
If you're gonna go to hell
Drinking up you might as well
Are you really gonna take it like that?
Riding on the missile with the cowboy hat, and
Well the world is gonna end
So dance around the fire that we once believed in
Wanna tear it down again, now
'Cause there's nothing left for us to be
Give it up the sons of anarchy
So come around and have another round of me
Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey!
Are you really gonna take it like that?
Riding on the missile with the baseball bat, and
Well we're pouring gasoline
So dance around the fire that we once believed in
It'll never be the same
The takers and the liars that we all believed in
Well we're going down in flames
So dance around the fire
We dance around the fire
'Cause it's never left for us to be
Give it up the champions of grief
So come around and have another round of me
Hey, hey!
Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey!
@pixelexplorer8859
"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"
Pickens: why not both?
@MrZooganopolos
They fed him the "juice" in gas form. I don't think he had a chance as the amplified "evil" in him grew. But I think that was the point. It's the, "we are all sinners," that certain Christian groups talk about. Because they legitimately want all things to have been some form of evil rejected from the heavens. I would be curious to see their version of what a functional prison and rehabilitation center would be like. Likely just a bunch of prisoners trying to screw each other over. lolz That is, they would have the blind leading the blind with, "we are all, yadda yadda, yadda." We are not all the same.
@MrZooganopolos
(in reference to my last comment here) In Plant Science, we use various chemicals to grow only certain kinds of things when we need/want them. More roots? There's something for that. More flowers? There's something for that. More shoot growth? There's something for that.
If there are two trees growing, and one is desired, and the other is a living pile of wood, you need to keep the one in check so that it doesn't shade the other. Otherwise, the one you want will die.
@matchboxschrieverpetersonl7
I've got a better idea.
@Wanderingsage7
And then go back in time as an insane(?) executing angel?
@liamoliver5848
@@MrZooganopolos Wait does this band have story lore?
@killian9314
shooting down a perseuing ship with a pistol while riding a bomb, that's the most badass thing i've seen in 2020
@aleksanderzaremba9695
Its basically just cause franchise xD
@OMGITZRUFFLZ
Came out 5 years ago 😉
@ATankEnjoyer
@@OMGITZRUFFLZ I only discovered this video recently, so it’s the most badass thing I’ve seen in 2021.