Miguel+V-W

Album: Rise and fall, rage and grace (2008)
 * __You’re gonna go far kid – Offspring __**



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 * Lyrics: **

Show me how to lie

You’re getting better all the time

And turning all against the one

Is an art that’s hard to teach

Another clever word

Sets off an unsuspecting herd

And as you step back in the line

A mob jumps to their feet

Now dance, f*cker, dance

Man, he never had a chance

And no one even knew

It was really only you

And now you steal away

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Take him out today

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nice work you did

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re gonna go far, kid

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good disguise

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Slowly out of line

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And drifting closer in your sights

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So play it out I’m wide awake

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It’s a scene about me

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">There’s something in your way

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And now someone is gonna pay

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And if you can’t get what you want

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Well it’s all because of me

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Now dance, f*cker, dance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Man, I never had a chance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And no one even knew

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And now you’ll lead the way

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Show the light of day

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nice work you did

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re gonna go far, kid

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Trust, deceived!

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good disguise

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Now dance, f*cker, dance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">He never had a chance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And no one even knew

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So dance, f*cker, dance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">I never had a chance

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good disguise

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Clever alibis

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Lord of the flies

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives.


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">You’re gonna go far, kid **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’m going to talk about: <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Introduction <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Lyrics <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Favorite part <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Conclusion <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- Activity


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Introduction: **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The song I’ve chosen is “You’re gonna go far, kid”, from Offspring. This song is the third track in the “Rise and fall, rage and grace” album, and was one of the greatest hits in 2008 and therefore one of the most commercially successful single from Offspring. This song sold more than 500,000 copies throughout the United States of America in 2008. What’s more, this song was on a Pepsi advert on TV last year, which made it even more popular in this country. This song had such an impact in the group that was, along with “Hammerhead” and “Half-truism”, one of the songs that where played before the album was launched. As most of the Offspring songs, this one was written by Dexter Holland.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">My reason for choosing this song is simply because of the rhythm and lyrics of the song. They, in some way, remind me of a past Christmas holiday where, with this song, I passed great moments with my family and friends.


 * I had a great time with family and friends


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lyrics: **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Basically, the lyrics reflect the story of a young man who even if starting with nothing, he, little by little, starts getting richer and richer by his selfish and greedy acts. His recently earned power and success goes to his head making him even more and more greedy and selfish than before. This gets on and on until he loses everything due to the fairy, which realizes that the special guitar she gave him isn’t doing any good.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This is a perfect metaphor showing that greed and selfishness only guides you to disaster and failure. What’s more, it perfectly describes the style of life of the famous pop stars, which gain a great success in very little time and then lose it all by the same reason; the fame goes into their heads, or what’s worse, the great amount of pressure make them get into drugs.


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Favorite part: **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">My favorite part, by far, is the chorus. It has a fantastic rhythm and it makes me feel better in some way, happier than before and, of course, cheerful. What's more, it has something that makes me remember it for all day.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">it something which means I remember it all day long / can't get it out of my head

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">However, the chorus is not the only part I like, the whole lyrics are both clever and rhythmic.


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Conclusion: **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In conclusion, I should say that the exact moment I heard this song in the Pepsi advert on TV, the rhythm and lyrics reached me, not for the sentimental value it had or anything like that, it’s just I loved them. This made me start looking for its name every time I heard it until finally my sister told me the name. Since then I have been listening to this song as one of my favorites, which haven’t bored me yet. What’s more, every time I hear it I feel as in Christmas time without the stress and boring routine of an every-day life at school.


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Activity: **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Show me how to …… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re getting better all the time <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And turning all against the one <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Is an art that’s hard to teach <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Another ………… word <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Sets off an unsuspecting herd <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And as you step back in the line <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">A mob jumps to their ………

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Now dance, f*cker, dance <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Man, he never had a ………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And no one even knew <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And now you ………… away <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Take him out today <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nice work you did <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re gonna go far, kid

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good …………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Slowly out of ………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And drifting closer in your sights <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So play it out I’m wide awake <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It’s a scene about me <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">There’s something in your way <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And now someone is gonna pay <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And if you can’t get what you want <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Well it’s all because of me

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Now dance, f*cker, dance <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Man, I never had a ………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And no one even knew <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And now you’ll lead the way <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Show the ………… of day <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nice work you did <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re gonna go far, kid <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Trust, deceived!

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good …………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Now dance, f*cker, dance <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">He never had a ………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And no one even knew <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So dance, f*cker, dance <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">I never had a ………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was really only you

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">With a thousand lies <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And a good …………… <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Clever alibis <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">………… of the flies <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Hit ‘em right between the eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">When you walk away <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nothing more to say <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See the lightning in your eyes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">See ‘em running for their lives



pd: im sorry for the format the whole text has but the wiki changed it all... :S