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.
Turning Into You
The Offspring Lyrics
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Are heavy on my mind
The pictures are broken, the front door is open
The scars are left behind
Tables turn you once they burning
Leaving me undone
A vision shaking till I break I
Swear to God more words, could you just hear me
I've been drowning in the sea
Of tryna please you
It's all I'll ever be, it's all I ever knew
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
Music is hurting, the drugs aren't working
Walls come crushing down
Another rejection, my insurrection
It's crawling back somehow
Tables turn these words they burn I
Never should have come
A vision shaking till I break I
Swear to God more words, could you just hear me
No, really hear me
I've been drowning in the sea
Of tryna please you
It's all I'll ever be, it's all I ever knew
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
Turning into you
I'm not how I used to be,
I'm changing 'cause of you
I'm screaming just to breathe
It's all I can do
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
Turning into you
Anymore, find a way, hey, hey
Anymore, find a way to bear
It's all that I can see, it's all that I can do
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
I've been drowning in a sea
Of tryna please you
It's all I'll ever be, it's all I ever knew
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
Turning into you
I'm not how I used to be,
I'm changing 'cause of you
I'm screaming just to breathe
It's all I can do
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
Turning into you
The lyrics of The Offspring's song "Turning Into You" express the feeling of being lost within oneself and feeling like you are becoming someone else entirely. The lines "Tables turn you once they burning, leaving me undone" and "Music is hurting, the drugs aren't working, walls come crushing down" depict the hardships and frustrations in life that lead to feeling lost and conflicted. The chorus repeats the idea of trying to be oneself, but ultimately turning into someone else due to external pressures.
The phrase "turning into you" can be interpreted in different ways. It might represent becoming more like someone else or losing oneself to another person's influence. Additionally, the lines "I'm not how I used to be, I'm changing 'cause of you" depict the idea of how others can shape an individual and cause them to evolve.
Overall, the lyrics of "Turning Into You" describe the struggle of trying to remain true to oneself amid external pressures and influences that lead to a loss of identity.
Line by Line Meaning
Try to remember, the echoes and embers
Are heavy on my mind
I can't forget the way things used to be and how those memories continue to haunt me
The pictures are broken, the front door is open
The scars are left behind
The physical damage may have healed, but the emotional wounds are still there
Tables turn you once they burning
Leaving me undone
The power dynamic has shifted and I'm left feeling helpless
A vision shaking till I break I
Swear to God more words, could you just hear me
Just really hear me
I'm desperate for someone to truly listen to what I have to say and understand my perspective
I've been drowning in the sea
Of tryna please you
It's all I'll ever be, it's all I ever knew
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
My constant efforts to make you happy have taken over my own identity and I'm becoming more like you
Music is hurting, the drugs aren't working
Walls come crushing down
Another rejection, my insurrection
It's crawling back somehow
I'm struggling to cope with my emotions and the negative ways I've been trying to escape them aren't working
Tables turn these words they burn I
Never should have come
The things you've said and done have caused a dramatic shift in our relationship and it's tearing me apart
I'm not how I used to be,
I'm changing 'cause of you
I'm screaming just to breathe
It's all I can do
Your influence on my life has completely altered who I am and it's suffocating me
Anymore, find a way, hey, hey
Anymore, find a way to bear
It's all that I can see, it's all that I can do
I try to be me, but I'm turning into you
I'm desperately searching for a way to handle this situation and maintain my own sense of self, but it feels impossible
Turning into you
This repeated line emphasizes the main theme of the song - the artist's fear of becoming too much like the person they've been trying to please at the cost of their own identity
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