Cover art for What It Is by Bad Religion
Sep. 6, 19941 viewer

What It Is Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If there's a purpose and there's a goal
There's virtuous and immoral
There's a reason for all of this
But I don't know what it is

[Verse 2]
I am one, and plural too
I accept them, but they exclude
I could make sense of all of this
But I don't know what it is

[Chorus]
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find
So I don't know what it is

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
There's a beginning and there's an end
There's a climax, some would contend
There's a way to signify this
But I don't know what it is

[Chorus]
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find
So I don't know what it is
Show me somethin' more definitive
I don't know what it is

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Release Date
September 6, 1994
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