When we are kids we see the world differently than as adults and when we grow up we see the world for what it truly is!!!! Cruelest dream- reality. I love this song!!! So much truth and meaning

@agentsmithassassin8021

5 жыл бұрын

Marissa Gray I have to agree 100%!! so much hidden truth and meanings in songs from back in the day. too bad so much music is bastardised and manipulated these days.

@hidudes227

4 жыл бұрын

Ye

@joshriddle1710

3 жыл бұрын

In reality the world is shit thanks to all the real people that's not a drone we can change this place for the better

@thefracturedbutwhole5475

3 жыл бұрын

Do you really think now we see the world for what it really is? we're all still just children only seeing a small fraction of what is really going on.

@bigblackearl6852

2 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it the only childhood friends I had are dead or drug addicts I'm the same old stoner drunk asshole I used to be

It still hurts to listen to it because im only 18 and have been homeless for about 14 months. My family died from a gun shooting in our house. This was my dad's favorite song ever.

@marcusfaze

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry

@johnnyflorence219

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck. Breaks my fucking heart reading this.

@marcusfaze

3 жыл бұрын

@Kendog Weis I’m sorry for your losses

@mixtips637

3 жыл бұрын

God can only help types wounds no offense

@lordBritish1

3 жыл бұрын

get over it and get a education so you can get a good job to support yourself

I was born in 88. So listening to the song as a kid, I would just sing along, and what the song was actually saying never really occurred to me. But listening to it now, at 34, with more dead friends than any 75-year-old should have, this mess hits hard. Sometimes growing up really does suck.

@imzoltan

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine not being able to grow old though. That sucks, too.

@mosswine5417

2 жыл бұрын

@@imzoltan exactly. I used to think growing old sucks. But I too, was born in the early 90’s and most of the kids I grew up with from the time are dead, in prison or on the run! Our minds were not in the right place. And many are stuck with that fucked up mentality they develop as they grow. I realized all long as I’m still alive I should be grateful and have many opportunities, because there are many that didn’t have that chance to even get their minds right before it was too late! So it would be extremely disrespectful to those that died too early or did something for me to say life sucks and just give up!They are part of the reason I should keep going. They should be part of your motivation. Being able to grow old is what we should look forward to. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and tell everyone to get their minds right before they make fucked up decisions that end them!

@MaxBrainDevices

Жыл бұрын

Same

@l2dacreborn830

Жыл бұрын

Same april 1988

@katiebea9258

8 ай бұрын

JUST heard about the band and checking out the songs. Heard of them cuz my son is using "PRETTY FLY" as his walk-in anthem for his first amateur boxing match. Hilarious ... not up there with "bye, bye, miss American pie", but sure rings true for all generations. Global elite definitely rushing the rest of us into poverty. The son has lost dozens of military-met friends to suicide over the last six years. All that can be said is flip life the bird, go into mma and slap or choke someone out; for therapy.

its been a really long time since i was a teenager. is it weird that i'm in my 50s and still find this song emotionally impactful? i haven't forgotten what it was like back then

@jazionpurnsky1185

2 жыл бұрын

I find it more and more impactful as I get older. But I'm only approaching 30. Still weird to see how of course myself and some of my peers have gotten.

@reluctantgrower4897

2 жыл бұрын

I had just been married when this came out and after 20 years I can say we still are not alright

@bugnut82

Жыл бұрын

Me too. 40 year old, and I am crying up a storm because these lyrics are my life. Just like most of you guys.

@cardheon6091

Жыл бұрын

People your age and mindset aren't common people older than millennials don't seen to understand if you have no parents or no financial help from your parents you're basically fucked

@Alejandr0_68ll8rd0

Жыл бұрын

That's how my dad is

As a teenager I never thought about it but this song is becoming too real for me 😓

@kerdnerl8588

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a teenager and it's already starting to be a reality

@Namkify

3 жыл бұрын

I've been happening this to me for years now. It gives me comfort knowing I ain't the only one walking my path and still ending up somewhere

@rwbyfanfix554

3 жыл бұрын

Do you play guitar and smoke a lot of pot?

@Marciopsyco

3 жыл бұрын

My name is Mark...the only difference between my reality and this lyrics is that i live with my wife and i have a job ahahahah

@river_acheron

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both :(

It's weird being a kid who never experienced the innocence part. When people around you were already ODing, children being harmed by adults, etc you spend your whole life waiting for the chance to feel "normal" and it never comes.

@jpablogonzalez4089

3 жыл бұрын

@LordMightyTrousers TT.cm tn m mi lo Tp

@ironcrossadmiral9418

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, I lost two this month. I don't even know how to react anymore.

@GamerModz123

3 жыл бұрын

Tough break kid, here's a peppermint.

@kevingray4980

3 жыл бұрын

@LordMightyTrousers Exactly! Once you're no longer a kid, it's usually possible to cut yourself off from a toxic environment 'Gotta get away.' The hard part is discovering your inner freedom, which is possible in any circumstance. Viktor Frankl was a major inspiration to me.

@akmd114379

2 жыл бұрын

True, fragile lives shattered from birth.

So underrated, even in their prime. Great song with loads of reality & feels wrapped neatly inside.

@papapedro890

26 күн бұрын

It wasn't underrated. It was suppressed. That the mainstream does when the truth is put out there.

Beat - good Lyrics - sad, but real Band - amazing Me and my brain: time to hear some more music for my expansion of songs

@hawtsauce1988

3 жыл бұрын

Ayo man how many songs you got?

@charliefinnmichael4770

3 жыл бұрын

@@hawtsauce1988 from what band?????

@hawtsauce1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@charliefinnmichael4770 like what amount of songs you got in ur playlist (I also do playlist expansion)

@charliefinnmichael4770

3 жыл бұрын

@@hawtsauce1988 hard to say since I have numerous, but my Spotify playlist has somewhere around 2,000-3,000 songs and that's just the liked songs I have

@hawtsauce1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@charliefinnmichael4770 you listened to every single one of them?😶

This song got me in the feels man.

@ianmichael9409

6 жыл бұрын

Ghost Rider *sigh* same here man. Its just tough man

@nestys7238

5 жыл бұрын

The first moment you realize what life actually is its the toughest feeling you have ever felt

@bunnyhopp

2 жыл бұрын

or just remember a little memory ..

Never gets old. Quarantine 2020.

@I_am-lost.

4 жыл бұрын

Never gets old quarantine 2060

@oneil7188

4 жыл бұрын

Never gets old quarantine 3056

@brunorodrigues3053

3 жыл бұрын

Never gets old. Quarantine 2021.

@guilhermesuperg

3 жыл бұрын

Never gets old. Quarentine 2022

@gabrielbezerragomes7650

3 жыл бұрын

oh yes the first year of quarentine

He made this song after going back to his home town and seen what happened to them after a long time

@wmasterjam3824

3 жыл бұрын

yup

one of the few songs that really honestly portraying the harsh reality of life

@theneworder3098

2 жыл бұрын

made by the same band that made pretty fly (for a white guy)

That really hits hard. The last time I saw my cousin (6 days before he took his life) I said "What happened to us?" And he replied "We grew up." And that is the most depressing sentence I have ever heard in my life! I don't want to "Grow up!" Growing up kills!

This is my favorite song. I’m 13 and I understand this songs meaning. In so many words, Life sucks, there’s nothing we can do about it, we just gotta ride the wave. The choices we make are what write our destiny. And not fate’s heavy grasp. And life isn’t always gonna be roses and sunshine, there’s still gonna be a shit-ton of thorns.

@lakeman9

2 ай бұрын

love the imagery you added there, your message meant a lot.

@SpyGaming-zdxs

2 ай бұрын

@@lakeman9 Thank you kind sir

i was really into the offspring when i was little and listened to this song, i never understood the meaning but now that i’m growing up, these lyrics hit too close to home.

Probably will be my favorite song for a long time. Big reason for it is is that its so relatable. See you guys in the future! Don't let this song die, it spits truth!

Lyrics: Longing for what used to be Me: is it just me or does anyone else not hear the word "what" in that sentence

@hidudes227

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@bentschemes1107

4 жыл бұрын

I don't hear it either

@PRESIDENT_LEMON

4 жыл бұрын

i hear "longing for, used to be"

@ohyeah8224

4 жыл бұрын

@@PRESIDENT_LEMON I used to think the "fooooor" in the background was the "whaaaaat" like they were playing off eachother

@gehtdianschasau8372

4 жыл бұрын

@@PRESIDENT_LEMON it's even more depressing, when someone stops longing for stuff, when even hope has died.

Wow those lyrics ... I really admire this band.. . 90's music will last FOREVER !!

@theneworder3098

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, but no

@kellydavies3818

5 ай бұрын

It really was an amazing time for music, take me back to the 90s when the world was safer and kinder.

It crazy how everyone can relate to this song the same. I'm 27, I remember hearing this song as a kid and just Jaming out and today it really truly hit me with the lyrics... I'm sitting hear crying over this. Shits crazy how songs can relate so much. I just realized he said Brandon Overdosed and died.. that's my name and I've over dosed more then I'd like to say and I got friends that had one and done.. this song definitely hits you in the feelers as you grow. Keep rocking on with life as best as you can tho man, that's what I've learned my self. You got one shot so make it count..

@Maximus5775

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man you got one life so live it to the fullest

@oblitusunum6979

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I heard it from my older brother so it brings tears to my eyes. He was murdered and the same bastard tried to kill the rest of us too 14 years ago. I was so close to him and he was just gone. In such certain songs, send me back

Song is about rough stuff. But it’s real. And one of my favorites Can’t get over the melody lyrics and instruments. Top 30 songs all time for me

I'm 34 with a wife and this song still hits home. During highschool and college is was all playing Halo 2 with all my friends. Now 2 have passed away, one has like 5 kids and no support, and I have no clue where the rest are.

Such a sad song but so true, its painful how this song just describes growing up sometimes

20 years ago, I liked this song. Now I understand this song...

Lyric: *sings about sad things* Me: Feather just concentrate on guitar, just guitar

Jamie had a chance, well he really did. Instead he became Joe Rogan's producer and being told to do stuff by Brendan Schaub.

@GBrai-mu5zy

4 жыл бұрын

"Pull that shit up" 😂

@rustycub3520

3 жыл бұрын

True Story!

@alexbowers3404

2 жыл бұрын

Fanfuckingtastic 😂

Love this song and it definitely puts me in my feelings more now as I've gotten older.

Brings me back to my high school days when my future was bright. So many years later nothing but shattered dreams.

2024? Anyone

@maberickjairparedesroblero7461

17 күн бұрын

me

My dad would blast this in the car when I was younger. I never really understood the lyrics but listening to this again is crazy.

i’m scared of how accurate this could end up being in just a few years

I remember going to my 30th hs reunion in 2009. Seen many familiar faces, remember talking to people and quite a few said they were retired. I figured they either were unemployed or were ashamed of their jobs. I remember the table of the dead with pics of classmates who passed on. Every generation goes through this.

When you grow up you really start to appreciate the lyrics

"Chances thrown, nothing free" I felt that

@XxSimon2

9 ай бұрын

When time has passed time has passed. You can not rollback time. When you had a bad childhood you can't change it.

2 of my closest friends where named jay and brandon. died the same way as this song. both in 06 when we where 18. miss them everyday.

This song need to come out again the world needs it

This is the most relatable song I’ve heard in a while.

I loved this song in middle school but the more im getting closer to the end end of eleventh grade...this just hits me because the older I get the more I see the truth on reality and im 17 now but I'll be 18 in a few months...this just hits hardly on how hard life is...

@gregwilliams1879

2 жыл бұрын

Cherish these moments while you can. You're gonna miss them one day.

@josephhensley552

Жыл бұрын

You're still young. Word of advice from a 37 year old that has no education that works a 5am-2pm hard manual labor job. Do good in school, know what you want to do in life, go to college and study that field of interest, enjoy college life with friends (study your ass off) and do what you want to in life. Don't end up like me. Life sux for almost everybody, but if you follow my advice, it will suck less. Trust me

@shaunchahal1652

Жыл бұрын

​@@josephhensley552I was going to reply my story. But you're story is enough.

Feels like im teenager again.. 😭😭

@Dd-ft2tp

4 жыл бұрын

Me too... 🙁

@hahahehe4495

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe😂

@DeadEyeDiamond

4 жыл бұрын

I was listing to this when I was a kid :D

@Cyrus_got_verified

4 жыл бұрын

DEADEYEDIAMONDDOSS -DEDD I am 14 and this is my first time listening to it

@oneil7188

4 жыл бұрын

DEADEYEDIAMONDDOSS -DEDD I still am

these lyrics are so powerful.

@mokakuma7329

3 жыл бұрын

Speciality of offspring

I listened to this song in high school now that I graduated early two years ago just shows how brutal life is the truck I got at 16 is now broken beyond repair this is coming from a guy who did nothing but read and clean to cope for depression. Stay strong live below your means it will get better

Hope everyone here is doing okay these days. Please be safe and know that people care about you, even if it may not feel like it at times. If you are feeling troubled, maybe professional help is the answer, or talking to a trusted friend about what you are going through. Wish you the best.

Chanced upon this song , I listened to it . Longing for what it's used to be .

Live your adult life in a way that would make your childhood self stoked to grow into 🔥

I am listening to this song and crying. Wow.

Bruh I've some relatable songs but this one takes the cake

I'm only 13 and I've been listening to this band my hole life

@RobertWilliams-hj8rr

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he lives in a hole, why do you ask?

@pi3.14etc

20 күн бұрын

​@@RobertWilliams-hj8rrwhat

This song is really deep and sad, love it ♥️♥️

The cruelest dream, reality One of the rawest lines ever

@dariusreed563

2 жыл бұрын

As well as one of the most truthful 😔

It never gets old. Quanrantine 2020 (Year 2)

This song has become reality Kids being bullied by their parents, starting to do drugs and smoking it's just sad to think of as a 15 year old

@user-mt6nk3im6k

6 ай бұрын

This was my life,but classmates instead of parents,i'm struggling with urge to smoke sometimes,but i'm gonna be strong and reject It i mustn't show weakness in front of those that threw my dignity into the mud

This is deeply meaningful

Holy crud, i never knew the lyrics until now. I liked the song, but jeez, this hits a bit to close to home, especially this year... (Edit: i know im not alone in this feeling, but remember that others care about you. Its hard sometimes, but please try to stay positive. Please don't end up like those in the verses who didn't make it. Stay strong)

Man, I cried fr.

I remember listening to this when I was about 9-10. Damn. Shit was prophetic.

Im 13, but I can't say everything is innocent right now, like the world is shit right now, but I was happier when I was a little kid and I got to know more things and realized more things as the years went by, love this song too.

@SilVer-hu2ps

Жыл бұрын

Ha... you'll get to know more. If life is sh*t for you rn I don't what is when you're in your 20s, 30s, 40s. Keep yourself together. There's a long road ahead.

When you grow up and understand the lyrics, then realize that things just got real.

The story of Generation X.

@MdSifat_

7 жыл бұрын

THE ONE 😂😂 lol bizkits wont like it 😜

@mixwb

3 жыл бұрын

Millenials too

@vaddix9980

3 жыл бұрын

@@mixwb Especially Millenials

@mixwb

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaddix9980 True, I'm a millenial and I relate too much with the song

@vaddix9980

3 жыл бұрын

@@mixwb Same. I love The Offspring

I remember my teen years made me drop out of school. Heard from nobody. Atleast I quit playing guitar and smoking pot and got a part time job which I'm so not ready to quit

@BitchlessLing

3 жыл бұрын

How's life so far? I'm not trying to sound rude or anything :)

@thatmtgnerd

3 жыл бұрын

If you love gutair why quit but none the less congrats on quitting pot

@garredmcintyre3665

3 жыл бұрын

@Eric Yoder I used for alot of years and it sort of ruined my life. I was in and out of mental wards not only because of it but I didn't help. I tell all my friends it was the hardest thing I had to do is quit. I have nothing against Mary Jane but it's deff. Hard to quit you know what I mean.

@garredmcintyre3665

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatmtgnerd I quit guitar because I keept trying to learn something that I felt was taking up to much of my life. I found better things to do then sit in my parents basement playing sappy songs all the time. Thanks bro, anyone struggling with marajuana keep trying life's waiting

@garredmcintyre3665

3 жыл бұрын

@@BitchlessLing life is meh man. I like to drink and went to addictions council ING this Monday. I have my hopes up for sobriety in the near future. And this job I said I loved, lost it last month due to covid 19. Heck what can a guy do but search again. Funny story

This hits a whole lot different now from when i was a kid. My first time seeing lyrics been searching for this song

Lifes is hard, still hard, nothing is free, but, can be funny like this Song. Hey Jay, DON'T do that...

@MillDog529

3 жыл бұрын

Instead of "Jay committed suicide" I always used to hear "Chicken Man hit suicide"

Now in my 40s This song is actually a documentary for me.

So true today more than ever. The kids aren’t definitely alright today. They’re even worse. 😢

Those first few lines hit and just took me backb

I like this song. I can relate in some ways, except I don't long for what used to be, even though I was happy back in the old days.

@gannonfitzgerald6485

3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward and not looking back to mourn, I like and respect that

This band is on my bucket list!!!!!

This song has always hit close to home

@Mate-vg2ft

4 жыл бұрын

Way too close my man

@nikberrie3918

Жыл бұрын

0:58 I love this part of the song and also 1:38

I identify with these lyrics,now i'm searching redemption,i pray to God,started reading the bible instead of just leaving it open on a corner,sometimes i remember some of my past but i will forget it all someday and be a man of worth,you reading must not believe in God but i wish you all blessings.(i'm in my dad's account by the way)

its like younger listeners are starting to understand this now. i don't think there's anymore going uphill from here

Lyrics When we were young, the future was so bright Woah-oh The old neighborhood was so alive Woah-oh And every kid on the whole damn street Woah-oh Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn Woah-oh The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn Woah-oh How can one little street swallow so many lives? Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for, used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (go!) Jamie had a chance, well, she really did Woah-oh Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Woah-oh Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job Woah-oh He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay commited suicide Woah-oh Brandon OD'd and died Woah-oh What the hell is going on? The cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for, used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams (Go!) Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for (what), used to be Still it's hard, hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams

This is the theme song of Millennials.

I'm 52 this song has played out in reality over and over in my life.

This one’s for the people from our childhoods that didn’t make it.

I try not to get emotional listening to this, kinda hard to even get emotional because this song is kickass.

When I was a teenager I had a bright future. I had a wonderful family, I was good-looking, all of my friends adored me. I was supposed to become a sensation of tennis, I was the lead singer of my own Metal band, and I volunteered in the Red Cross rescuing people from car accidents or needing assistance once a week... Now at 45 I am the one staying home smoking pot all day, my girlfriend (when we were teenagers) committed suicide not even 2 years ago like my friend Theo and Alex died of overdose. This song is too painful and TRUE💔 😢

He doesn’t speak about grownups ‘ disillusion. He speaks about a massive social-economic change taken place in US since 70s.

Never gets old. Quarantine 2021

This song came out the year i was born, so i grew up listening to it and never paid attention to the lyrics, now that i have, i have reason to listen to it more going forward

This song never gets old.

this songs makes me cry

Today i found out the meaning of this song. It hits different

As a Boomer, I can relate to this song. These things happened in my youth too

It's 2022 an this is still better than anything else out there today The Off Spring 🤘🏽

love this song

Love that the title is a play on words from The Who's "The Kids are alright!"

The Millennial Anthem

As a teen, I agree with what this song's saying. People my age are just messed up. Nothing's alright in gen z

@JaZzyGfUnK0

9 ай бұрын

yep :(

Pretty sure he says chances thrown not blown. This is the first offspring cd I owned and I had too much time on my hands i was a kid. They print lyrics in their albums. I read em over and over again...been an offspring fan every since.

Crazy this song came out 30 years ago and it’s still prevalent, 20 years old, relating too much😢

@Skltonshld

3 жыл бұрын

I did not know that it came out 30 years ago

@Skltonshld

3 жыл бұрын

It’s still fucking good

@dariusreed563

2 жыл бұрын

It's one of those songs that becomes more and more painful to listen to because as time passes it become more relevant only this song applies to everyone and will until they die because it's about growing up

Well if this song doesn't hit differently now I'm older

the sad truth of today's generation

@daslothhhhh

8 жыл бұрын

sad truth is that this can apply to all generations

@aaronmk7

7 жыл бұрын

Every generation was fucked in every way. Sooner or later this generation will change completely and something else will fuck it up...Earth always changes and so do humans.

@Dennden

7 жыл бұрын

This applies to my area. I would say town, but it's a cluster of towns.

@ronniedenmon1643

7 жыл бұрын

Zori This song has allot of meaning. You are so right. Every generation is the same repititious cycle.

@ramsayxsalvchester5630

6 жыл бұрын

skylr butterfield I agree with you

Don't mind me. I just need this song right now.

True Lyrics Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn The kids are grown-up but their lives are worn How can one little street Swallow so many lives Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams (GO!) Jamie had a chance, well she really did Instead she dropped out, had a couple of kids Marcel is in home cause he has no job He plays guitar, smokes a lot of pot Jay committed suicide Brandon OD and died What the hell is going on cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams

@finnmusic8163

3 жыл бұрын

but its basically the *exact same thing*

@allietherocketqueen

2 жыл бұрын

No offense but it's literally the exact same thing as the video. There is no point of typing the lyrics when it's already in the screen 👁👄👁

@tomkelly00

2 жыл бұрын

Nice job copy pasting you attention seeking dipshit

@agx8447

2 жыл бұрын

Mate it's a lyric video

We still have a chance to turn this around. One last chance before the planet burns and humanity no longer has a home. Where there’s a chance there’s a way, and we need to cling to that hope.

when u listen to this song however many years later and it dont jus slap its jus relatable

2022 stiLL watching... 🤘😁

Esta canción es simplemente extraordinaria. La letra está realmente increíble.

This will forever remind me of Columbine 1999....same year I graduated and also had the horrible experience of being rushed to a sports complex to “hide?/&be safe” after my school had a call in from some a**holes.

The cruelest dream, reality. 💯

1:39 my fave part

This always hit hard.Always.I knew what it all meant even as a kid.