ETID should die and be held in the same esteem as defunct hardcore legends like Refused (VERY recently reunited), The Ghost of a Thousand, Anti-Flag, etc.
"A vulgar loud unforgettable end"
The nature of hardcore music. Loud, vulgar, and unforgettable.
"...purple hearts."
Likely refers to the Purple Heart, given in the military to those wounded or killed. This, in relation to the genre, says that these hardcore bands tried and tried, but they didnt "make it" - the industry or population neglected them or their message, and they died.
"Against this even gods fight violently in vain"
Even big names of the past cannot penetrate the music industry when the Lil Waynes and Katy Perrys of the world are artificially catpulted into the mainstream. Limp Bikzit, Blink 182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarder, Third Eye Blind, Rage Against the Machine - all great rock bands that dominated 10-15 years ago, all together or reunited, none can hit the highs that the creatively owned pop princes(ses) do.
"We're the last of the lost, but now we are the first of the fashionably late."
They are part of a dying breed of hardcore bands, but when they die/end/hiatus/label drops/descend into irrelevance (hope not) or whatever else, they will join their "brothers" who have come and gone. The peak of the hardcore scene was not any time in the past decade, so arguably the speaker is pining for it and wishing to join them.
"I refuse to be the only man put to rest in a mass grave. You were all there with me."
Clearly a calling out to all the other amazing hardcore bands that are now defunct, pioneers of a genre whose heyday came before ETID could help it out. They will all die together, figure of speech.
PS ETID is not breaking up or ending any time soon, but the song is clearly flirting with the idea of the death of the group.
"We made the scene when we made a scene And though it was brief, it meant everything."
They began a long time ago and I'd say ETID exploded long before this record. This alludes to that. The scene is bluntly obvious - the hardcore scene. It meant everything to them.
"Oh what a pity, now they're bound to make us saints."
When the band is done/dead, like many artists, they will be held in much higher esteem than during their life.
"I want to be dead with my friends"
ETID should die and be held in the same esteem as defunct hardcore legends like Refused (VERY recently reunited), The Ghost of a Thousand, Anti-Flag, etc.
"A vulgar loud unforgettable end"
The nature of hardcore music. Loud, vulgar, and unforgettable.
"...purple hearts."
Likely refers to the Purple Heart, given in the military to those wounded or killed. This, in relation to the genre, says that these hardcore bands tried and tried, but they didnt "make it" - the industry or population neglected them or their message, and they died.
"Against this even gods fight violently in vain"
Even big names of the past cannot penetrate the music industry when the Lil Waynes and Katy Perrys of the world are artificially catpulted into the mainstream. Limp Bikzit, Blink 182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarder, Third Eye Blind, Rage Against the Machine - all great rock bands that dominated 10-15 years ago, all together or reunited, none can hit the highs that the creatively owned pop princes(ses) do.
"We're the last of the lost, but now we are the first of the fashionably late."
They are part of a dying breed of hardcore bands, but when they die/end/hiatus/label drops/descend into irrelevance (hope not) or whatever else, they will join their "brothers" who have come and gone. The peak of the hardcore scene was not any time in the past decade, so arguably the speaker is pining for it and wishing to join them.
"I refuse to be the only man put to rest in a mass grave. You were all there with me."
Clearly a calling out to all the other amazing hardcore bands that are now defunct, pioneers of a genre whose heyday came before ETID could help it out. They will all die together, figure of speech.
PS ETID is not breaking up or ending any time soon, but the song is clearly flirting with the idea of the death of the group.
"We made the scene when we made a scene And though it was brief, it meant everything."
They began a long time ago and I'd say ETID exploded long before this record. This alludes to that. The scene is bluntly obvious - the hardcore scene. It meant everything to them.
"Oh what a pity, now they're bound to make us saints."
When the band is done/dead, like many artists, they will be held in much higher esteem than during their life.