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What It Is
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Written by: Greg Graffin
Released in: 1994
BPM: 166
Lyrics
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There's a purpose, there's a goal,
There's virtuous, and immoral,
There's a reason for all of this
And I don't know what it is!

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!

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...

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!

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 something more definitive,
I don't know what it is!

Versions
Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States MC 2018
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Europe CD 2018
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Europe 12" 2018
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 86994-2 United States CD 2018
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Europe 12" 2013
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 6994-1 Europe 12" 2013
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 6994-1 United States 12" 2010
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States 12" 2009
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction R1 82658 United States 12" 2009
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 82658-2 United States CD 2004
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction n/a Russia MC 1996
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction ESCA 6057 Japan CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Germany MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343-1 Germany 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343-1 Germany 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Germany 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343-1 Germany 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Brazil 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 82658-2 United States CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction CD 82658 Canada CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343 60 Europe CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 82658-4 United States MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Spain MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Canada MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Yugoslavia MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United Kingdom 12" 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Russia CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 82658-2 United States CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343 2 Israel CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction United States CD 1994
Live
2:20 Tested EPIT-69952 Europe CD 2008
2:20 Tested DRA 486986 1 Germany 2x12" 1997
2:20 Tested DRA 486986 2 Germany CD 1997
2:20 Tested Esca 6658 Japan CD 1997
2:20 Tested 486986-4 Turkey MC 1997
2:20 Tested DRA 486986 4 | 485019 4 Poland MC 1997
2:20 Tested DRA 486986 4 Netherlands MC 1997
2:20 Tested Germany MC 1997
2:20 Tested Russia MC 1997
2:20 Tested Spain MC 1997
2:20 Tested DRASAMPCD39522 Germany CD 1997
2:20 Tested 486986-2 Australia CD 1997
2:20 Tested 758.329 / 2-486986 Brazil CD 1997
Not specified
Stranger Than Fiction United States 12" 2018
2.08 Stranger Than Fiction 86994-1GRY United States 12" 2018
Stranger Than Fiction United States 12" 2018
Stranger Than Fiction EPIT-69942 Europe CD 2008
Stranger Than Fiction Russia CD 1997
Stranger Than Fiction 82658-4 United States MC 1994
Stranger Than Fiction United States MC 1994
Stranger Than Fiction MJM337M Poland MC 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction Canada CD 1994
Stranger Than Fiction DRA 477343 2 Germany CD 1994
Stranger Than Fiction MATTCD003 Australia CD 1994
2:08 Stranger Than Fiction 82658-2 United States CD 1994
Stranger Than Fiction Germany MC 1994
Stranger Than Fiction 78 26584 Canada MC 1994
Stranger Than Fiction 82658 United States MC 1994
Stranger Than Fiction 789.076 | 2-477343 Brazil CD 1994
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