The Offspring’s own ‘Dexter’ Holland composed the majority of the album’s songs. He is actually the band’s primary song composer. Songs on the album belong primarily to the genres Punk rock and Pop Punk. Three singles being released prior to the album, it has a collective duration of 33 minutes, 21 seconds and produced by Robert Jens Rock also known as Bob Rock, who is a Canadian musician, sound engineer and record producer. They finally released this album on 21 st April, 2021. The wait was due to the search for a new label for their album, after splitting up with Columbia Records. They have been in existence since 1984 (37 years). The band released “Let the Bad Times Roll” in 2021 after a wait of almost a decade. “Let The Bad Times Roll”įour-member band The Offspring are known for releasing tracks belonging to the genres Punk Rock, Skate Punk, Pop Punk, Alternative Rock and Melodic Hardcore. This song is one of the songs found on the “Let the Bad Times Roll” album. The composition of “Gone Away” was handled by ‘Dexter’ Holland. Combining that assertion with what is put forth in the bridge, it reads as if the vocalist is dedicated to making sure the memory of the addressee doesn’t die. So even though he doesn’t namedrop the lady, outside of grieving over her we will conclude by saying that this song perhaps also serves the purpose of memorializing her. So he is depressed along the same lines that anyone would be if they unexpectedly lost someone whom they loved.Īnd in the aftermath, he has vowed to ‘save her soul’.
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Indeed “the world” itself “has grown cold” in her absence. In fact, since she’s left, to him “it feels like heaven is so far away”. What such a metaphor likely means is that he resultantly has a decreased sense of hope. And in once again referring to the second verse, he “still care(s)” for her even though she’s departed.
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Some of the sentiments expressed include the vocalist fantasizing about meeting the addressee “in another life”. He also feels that the fact she was ‘pulled away before her time’ is “so unfair”. And as the story goes back in the ‘90s when this tune was conceived, Dexter Holland’s girlfriend unfortunately died in a car accident. So she is the person whom he is addressing.Īnd as to be expected under such circumstances, this is a song of lament.