Bad Religion - Billy (Lyrics) video free download


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Bad Religion - Billy

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From the album 'No Control' (1989)

I can recall the warm youth of a summer day

The sweetest lemonade

The darkest game arcade

And billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind

It moved him secretly

It moved him powerfully

But prescience was lacking and the present was all

And his aptitudes were carelessly wasted

And challenging life with the abandon of a fool

He squandered the hours of his day

Then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face

It hit him like a friend

Struck something deep within

He couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him

Just like a fatal tie

Toward the other side

And billy was a lunatic just barking at the moon

And his brain was totally wasted

He then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon

And he threw his future away

Bolt the door and throw away the key

Your dim reflection is all that you can see

So where is the justice when no one is at fault

And a human life is tragically wasted?

How fragile is the flame that burns within us all

To light each passing day?

Comments

9 years ago

Charles Mundy-Castle

I first heard Bad Religion in 1988 when I was 13. No Control, Suffer, and Against the Grain were the soundtrack of my high school years, and this song in particular always brings me close to tears. Now I'm almost 40, and I got to see them for the 7th time last night in El Paso. They played the entire No Control album! Epic! Thank you Bad Religion you got me through my teenage years in one piece and you still rock!

9 years ago

Michael haider

Epic! I So much behind the lyrics. I can't believe im almost 40 now and it is still such a unique sound and I still enjoy Bad Religion. Glad I was fortunate enough to see them and grow up listening to them.

9 years ago

Dennis Lyons

Man I wish that I had knew about these guys back in the 80s and early 90s cus I hadnt been made aware of their existance until the first time I heard 21st Century Digital Boy which I likes the first time I heard it! And until I got my first computer in 1999 I hadnt heard any of their music except for 21 Century Digital Boy. Now I try making up for lost time! Some of the BEST MUSIC AVAILABLE in my opinion!!!!!!!!

9 years ago

Dennis Lyons

Man this song is just like the life of my best friend Billy Luyendyk who overdosed and died.. wow just like it... It FUCKING SUCKS ASS TO LOSE SUCH A GOOD FRIEND OVER SUCH WORTHLESS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS MOTHER FUCKING WORLD WITH EVERY BIT OF MY BEING!!!!!

10 years ago

ANTIKUMAS

one of my favorite bad religion's songs, does anybody know why there is no live version of this?

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