Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement and farsightedness
"
In sagacious dialog they despise their average ways," -
Inner Logic
- Greg Graffin
1. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence
2. Profoundly wise
"
No matter what sage advice he has to give" -
The Dodo
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
"
But the storybook sages fill their pages" -
The Grand Delusion
- Greg Graffin
Of a sickly, yellowish color
"
Our long and sallow faces turn the other way," -
Tiny Voices
- Greg Graffin
1. to dance or leap
2. to move abruptly
"
What they call straight I do relegate as I cautiously saltate along." -
Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
Literally meaning "continuous flow", is the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation) within Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Bön, Jainism, and Yoga.
"
Oh yeah samsara's coming down like dharma and the bomb" -
Dharma and the Bomb
- Brett Gurewitz
To set apart for sacred use, to consecrate
"
It sanctifies the future, yet renders us with fear." -
Change Of Ideas
- Greg Graffin
Pretending to be devout and righteous
"
And sanctimonious reverence for peace." -
Mediocrity
- Greg Graffin
"
The sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet" -
Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
Relating to the art of the tailor
"
A scalpel and a sartory," -
Chimaera
- Greg Graffin
"
When I need to sate, I just accelerate" -
Supersonic
- Brett Gurewitz
To walk in a leisurely manner; stroll
"
Loneliness saunters in its breeze," -
The Lie
- Greg Graffin
"
Saunters by, I can't explain" -
Who We Are
- Brett Gurewitz
Knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact
"
We're savoir faire and debonaire" -
Part IV (The Index Fossil)
- Greg Graffin
"
Savoir faire in full despair" -
Prove It
- Greg Graffin
Burning, boiling, searing, blistering
"
So here we are again to experience the bitter, scalding end" -
Pessimistic Lines
- Greg Graffin
"
And the scathing trajectory from the past." -
Markovian Process
- Greg Graffin
"
No one can deny a return to form irrespective of the morass, shame, and scorn." -
Someone to Believe
- Greg Graffin
"
And a pack of wild desperadoes scornful of living." -
Stranger Than Fiction
- Brett Gurewitz
1. Intense study of someone or something
2. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case
"
Or have you escaped from scrutiny," -
God Song
- Greg Graffin
"
Fortune bears no scrutiny" -
Land of Endless Greed
- Greg Graffin
"
It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny" -
Scrutiny
- Greg Graffin
"
And cannot withstand our honest scrutiny." -
Who We Are
- Brett Gurewitz
"
And incipient senescence" -
Materialist
- Greg Graffin
Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
"
From this insulated, blind and lame senility." -
New America
- Greg Graffin
A toxic condition resulting from the spread of bacteria or their products from a focus of infection
"
Cleansed your mind of sepsis and autonomy?" -
God Song
- Greg Graffin
"
There's been concentrated sepsis blowing in the breeze" -
The Voracious March Of Godliness
- Greg Graffin
Caused by a bacterial invasion of the body
"
A warm and septic breeze." -
Recipe For Hate
- Greg Graffin
"
Radiating from so many septic sources," -
The Streets Of America
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
"
Sequestered and content," -
Against The Grain
- Greg Graffin
"
Sequestering the blueprints of daily life," -
Inner Logic
- Greg Graffin
"
A drastic severance" -
The Same Person
- Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Brian Baker
(plural of sheaf) A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine
"
Well the sheaves have all been brought, but the fields have washed away," -
Change Of Ideas
- Greg Graffin
1. embarrassed, as by having done something wrong
2. like sheep, as in meekness
"
And he hides his hatred with a sheepish grin." -
Leaders And Followers
- Greg Graffin
1. A stretch of shallow water
2. A sandbank or rocky area, esp. one that can be seen at low water
"
On the shoal in the sea of what" -
Epiphany
- Greg Graffin
Thailand. The country's official name was Siam until June 23, 1939,[12] when it was changed to Thailand.
"
But it’s a long way to Harlem, and a long stretch to the king of Siam." -
Ad Hominem
- Greg Graffin
A utensil of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or pureeing
"
And it's all so oppressive my mind feels like a sieve." -
Big Bang
- Brett Gurewitz
"
Life is the sieve through which my anarchy strains," -
Delirium Of Disorder
- Brett Gurewitz
Having curves in alternate directions; meandering
"
Oh the sinuous trails of concrete and rails and exhausted roars," -
Grains Of Wrath
- Greg Graffin
A loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
"
And fashion trips on tangled skein" -
Where The Fun Is
- Brett Gurewitz
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an influential American psychologist, author, inventor, advocate for social reform, and poet.
"
Oh yeah! Apologies to Skinner, " -
The Surface Of Me
- Greg Graffin
Make less active or intense
"
If you need to slake that aching in your brain" -
Where The Fun Is
- Brett Gurewitz
A very light state of sleep, almost awake
"
Bring the dissident from slumber" -
Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
"
Slumber will come soon" -
Slumber
- Greg Graffin
"
Just a smidgen of success pie and a pinch of social grace;" -
Leaders And Followers
- Greg Graffin
1. Dirty, depressing.
2. Involving immoral and selfish behaviour.
"
Reveries, sordid histories." -
1000 Memories
- Greg Graffin
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
"
Challenge conventions and radiate your splendor" -
Blenderhead
- Brett Gurewitz
To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion
"
An urban sprawl sits choking on its discharge" -
The Answer
- Greg Graffin
"
Navigating a sprawl without end" -
Wrong Way Kids
- Brett Gurewitz
To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate
"
He squandered the hours of his day." -
Billy
- Brett Gurewitz
1. (adj.) having or marked by imposing physical strength
2. firm and resolute; stout
1. (noun) one who is physically and morally strong
2. one who steadfastly supports an organization or a cause
"
But we're lookin' for a few more stalwart clones." -
Come Join Us
- Greg Graffin
Harsh, unpleasant, and plain
"
The fox-stained leaves of civilization depict a stark repeat" -
Chaos From Within
- Greg Graffin
"
Iniquity in stark relief" -
Faces of Grief
- Brett Gurewitz
"
Truth is stark and leaves its mark as limited constraints" -
Scrutiny
- Greg Graffin
"
You can live in staunch denial" -
New America
- Greg Graffin
1. a printing plate made from a mold cast in type metal
2. an idea or expression lacking in freshness or originality
3. a conventional or standardized conception or image
"
But to me it's just a stereotype" -
Portrait Of Authority
- Greg Graffin
Something external that influences an activity
"
But I cannot ignore the stimuli." -
Struck A Nerve
- Greg Graffin
"
If I could only get the tools, the stimuli and" -
The Grand Delusion
- Greg Graffin
Something external that influences an activity
"
The stimulus for this somber ceremony" -
Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
"
A stolid proposition from a man unkempt as I," -
Entropy
- Greg Graffin
Former of arranged in layers
"
And then you stratified accumulations," -
Chimaera
- Greg Graffin
1. The atmospheric layer between about 15 and 50 km above the earth
2. An extremely high or the highest point or degree on a ranked scale
"
You're talking in the stratosphere," -
You've Got A Chance
- Greg Graffin
Conflict, fight, struggle
"
I'm tired of this city, all this toil and strife." -
Frogger
- Greg Graffin, Greg Hetson
"
Full of hunger, pain and strife," -
The Answer
- Greg Graffin
"
Fortified with the vitriol of strife." -
There Will Be A Way
- Greg Graffin
"
But it can't assuage all the toil and strife" -
What Are We Standing For
- Greg Graffin
"
And a lonesome muted stripling with a rapt remedial gaze." -
Sometimes It Feels Like
- Brett Gurewitz
"
Tomorrow's the redemption, we strive for that exception." -
Anxiety
- Greg Graffin
"
Sometimes we strive undeterred" -
Dream Of Unity
- Greg Graffin
"
Power, motivation: Temporary fixtures for which we strive." -
Entropy
- Greg Graffin
"
My fellow man and what he strives to do," -
Lookin' In
- Greg Graffin
"
From realizing what we strive to be," -
New America
- Greg Graffin
"
That which many strive to be," -
Portrait Of Authority
- Greg Graffin
1. the act of bringing under complete control; conquering
2. the act of making one submissive or subserviant; enslavement
"
Prepare yourself for subjugation," -
Part II (The Numbers Game)
- Brett Gurewitz
1. elevated or lofty, as in thought
2. inspiring awe or veneration
3. exalted or noble
"
Not vulgar nor sublime," -
Markovian Process
- Greg Graffin
Excessively submissive, subordinate
"
Subservient in total to one's perspective." -
Epiphany
- Greg Graffin
"
Ancient people succumbed to it, can it happen here," -
Destined For Nothing
- Greg Graffin
"
Enslaving all who dare succumb to the temptations of the forbidden beat." -
Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
"
Who succumb rapidly." -
God's Love
- Greg Graffin
1. the right to vote
2. a prayer, esp. a short intercessory prayer or petition
"
And your pathetic moans of suffrage tend to lose all significance." -
Entropy
- Greg Graffin
"
The vector of suffrage," -
Recipe For Hate
- Greg Graffin
1. To call people together; to convene
2. To ask someone to come; to send for
"
An ultra-violent call summoning both poet and thrall" -
Heroes & Martyrs
- Brett Gurewitz
1. lying on the surface; external
2. not deep or thorough
"
Could it be that it's only superficiality?" -
The Handshake
- Greg Graffin
"
All he found was vulgar superficiality," -
Them And Us
- Greg Graffin
1. something of the highest possible excellence
2. the highest degree; the acme
"
As I'm bombarded by superlatives," -
Struck A Nerve
- Greg Graffin
Lying on the back of having the face upward. Lethargic; Passive
"
And our hearts palpitate anxiously as we soon will lay supine" -
Tiny Voices
- Greg Graffin
1. to ask earnestly or humbly for, as by praying
2. to make a humble entry; beseech
3. to make a humble, earnest petition; beg
"
Supplicate and survive this transubstantiation " -
Honest Goodbye
- Brett Gurewitz
"
I'm afflicted (Supplicate you), you're addicted (With thorny roses)." -
Infected
- Brett Gurewitz
Excess; an excessive amount
"
His surfeit has become his demise?" -
How Much Is Enough?
- Brett Gurewitz
An amount or a quantity in excess of what is needed.
"
That no surplus can repay." -
Don't Sell Me Short
- Greg Graffin
A light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons
"
But soon enters dusk as the last surrey rusts and a new day upon us results." -
Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
A suspicious person or device, thought to cause or intend an undetermined outcome that is usually bad
"
I'm the suspect device" -
The Same Person
- Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Brian Baker
To keep in existence; maintain.
"
But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us no more." -
Faith Alone
- Greg Graffin
"
But now the wisdom that sustained us is in full retreat." -
Kyoto Now!
- Greg Graffin
"
Have you lost your sense of sustainability?" -
New America
- Greg Graffin
"
Creatures sustained by desire, heart and soul," -
The Hippy Killers
- Greg Graffin
"
Yeah can you hear the call in our rambling land susurrations, " -
New Dark Ages
- Brett Gurewitz
A strip, belt, or long and narrow extension of anything
"
The swath endogenous of ourselves will be our quandary." -
Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
- Jay Bentley
(plural of synapsis) The region of contact between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another neuron, across which nerve inpulses are transmitted in one direction only
"
Something in our synapses assures us we're ok," -
Entropy
- Greg Graffin
Pertaining to the study of grammatical sentences in a language
"
Syntactic is our elegance, incisive our disease," -
Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
- Jay Bentley