Gotta Get Away Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Getting edgy all the time
Someone around me just a step behind
It's kinda scary, the shape I'm in
Walls are shakin' and they're closin' in
Too fast or a bit too slow
Paranoid of people and it's startin' to show
One guy that I can't shake
Over my shoulder is a big mistake

[Chorus]
Sittin' on the bed and I'm lyin' wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take
I think I'm on a roll, but I think it's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is I gotta get away from me

[Verse 2]
Tell you, something just ain't right
My head is on loose but my shoes are tight
Avoidin' my friends, they all bug
Life is like a riddle and I'm really stumped
If you reason, don't you know
Your own preoccupation is where you'll go

Bein' followed, look around
It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground
[Chorus]
Sittin' on the bed and I'm lyin' wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take

I think I'm on a roll, but I think it's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is I gotta get away from me

[Post-Chorus]
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me

[Bridge]
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh

[Chorus]
Sittin' on the bed and I'm lyin' wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take

I think I'm on a roll, but I think it's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is I gotta get away from me

[Post-Chorus]
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me

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Genius Annotation

Gotta Get Away is one of the singles released from The Offspring’s Smash album. The song talks about a paranoid person. According to Dexter Holland, he probably used that subject because they were under time constraints, as he was having a difficult time finishing the song.

Though the man on the single cover’s face is censored, he is revealed in the song’s music video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXNIp5HgW3g

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Release Date
April 8, 1994
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