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Simple Plan

Generation

Release date: 2001

From Simple Plan
Track 6
3:03
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About This Track

'Generation' by Simple Plan is an alternative track from the album 'Simple Plan', released in 2001. The lyrics set a defiant, impatient tone, railing against pressure from other people and insisting on taking control rather than waiting for permission. Lines such as “You say we got no future” frame the song as a riposte to pessimism, with a focus on challenging the idea that the next step is closed off.

"Generation" is a track by Simple Plan, from the album Simple Plan, released 2001. The track is 3:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Simple Plan.

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Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Lyrics

Generation

I'm sick of all this waiting
And people telling me
What I should be
What if I'm not so crazy?
Maybe you're the one who's wrong
Not me

So what you gonna do
What you gonna say
When we're standing on top
And do it our way?
You say we got no future
You're living in the past
So listen up
That's my generation

(Hey ho, let's go)
It's going down tonight
(Hey ho, let's go)
We're gonna do it till we die
(Hey ho, let's go)
'Cause I, I, I've got no reason to apologize
That's my generation

I don't need to say I'm sorry
I do what everybody wants to do
It's not so complicated
'Cause I know you want the same thing too

So what you gonna do
What you gonna say
When we're standing on top
And do it our way?
You say we got no future
You're living in the past
So listen up
That's my generation

(Hey ho, let's go)
It's going down tonight
(Hey ho, let's go)
We're gonna do it till we die
(Hey ho, let's go)
'Cause I, I, I've got no reason to apologize
That's my generation

Listen

Don't need to say I'm sorry

It's not so complicated
'Cause I know you want the same thing too

(Hey ho, let's go)
It's going down tonight
(Hey ho, let's go)
We're gonna do it till we die
(Hey ho, let's go)
'Cause I, I, I've got no reason to apologize
That's my generation

(Hey ho, let's go)
That's my generation
(Hey ho, let's go)
We're gonna do it till we die
(Hey ho, let's go)
'Cause I, I, I've got no reason to apologize
That's my generation

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Track details

From Simple Plan

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Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Simple Plan
2001
Track number
6
Release year
2001
  1. 1When I'm Gone
    3:43
  2. 2Take My Hand
    3:51
  3. 3The End
    3:22
  4. 4Your Love Is a Lie
    3:42

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  • 5Save You
    3:46
  • 6Generation
    3:03
  • 7Time to Say Goodbye
    2:56
  • 8I Can Wait Forever
    4:54
  • 9Holding On
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  • 10No Love
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  • 11What If
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  • 12Shut Up! (Live from Montreal)
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  • —Running Out of Time

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Arnold Lanni, Chuck Comeau, Danja, Max Martin, Pierre Bouvier
    Producer
    Danja, Dave Fortman, Max Martin
    Producer
    Danja, Max Martin
    Drums
    Chuck Comeau
    Guitar
    Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Vocals
    Pierre Bouvier
    Background Vocals
    David Desrosiers, Sébastien Lefebvre
    Bass Guitar
    David Desrosiers
    Digital Audio Editor
    Jeremy Parker
    Mastering Engineer
    Ted Jensen
    Mixing Engineer
    Chris Lord-Alge
    Recording Engineer
    Dave Fortman, Doug McKean, Jeremy Parker, Marcella Araica, Max Martin, Seth Waldmann
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