Take Back

Track 15 on Nimrod

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“Take Back” is a short, hardcore-style song that ranks as one of the hardest songs Green Day have done on this album alongside “Platypus (I Hate You)”. The lyrics talk… Read More

Oct. 10, 19971 viewer13.7K views

Take Back Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You pushed me once too far again
I'd love to break your fuckin' teeth
I'd stick a knife in the center of your back
You better grow some eyes in the back of your head
I fight dirty, just like your looks
Can't take, can't take, can't take any more

[Chorus]
Take back
Take back
Take...

[Verse 2]
Taste of bad blood on the tip of my tongue
An eye for an eye, a gun for a gun
Cold-cocked, I'm takin' back what's mine
Expect it when you're least expectin' it
No loss of love, the smell of regret
Lights out, I take, can't take any more

[Chorus]
Take back
Take back
Take back
Take back

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[Outro]
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About

“Take Back” is a short, hardcore-style song that ranks as one of the hardest songs Green Day have done on this album alongside “Platypus (I Hate You)”. The lyrics talk about someone who has been pushed just a little too far by someone else and is willing to resort to violent retribution to “take back” whatever dignity he could still get.

This is the shortest song on the album, clocking in at only 1 minute and 9 seconds.