Lyric discussion by theyguttedus 

Cover art for Empty Lives lyrics by Star Fucking Hipsters

"unless you die like all my friends meeting silent jaded ends then a lesson might be learned you can fade away & burn"

i think the last line is a reference to part of kurt cobain's suicide note "it's better to burn out than to fade away" (neil young- my my, hey hey), and he's talking about his friends dying from heroin use (silent, jaded ends).