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Reconcile to the belief
Consumed in sacred ground for me
There wasn't always a place to go
But there was always an urgent need to belong, yeah
All these bands and all these people, all these frieds and we were equals
But what you gonna do when everyone goes on without you
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
Started in '87 ended in '89, you got a garage or an amp, we'll play anytime
It was just the four of us, yea the core of us ,too much attention unavoidably destroyed us
Four kids on tour three thousand miles in a four door car not knowing what was going
Years it would turn out like this
Hell, no no preminition could have seen for
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
My friend came from far away, from New Orleans into the East Bay
He said this is a Mecca
I said: "This ain't no mecca, man, this place is fucked"
Three months go by he had no home, he had no food, he was all alone
Matty said: "Fool me once. shame on you"
He said: "Fool me twice, he went back to New Orleans"
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
Consumed in sacred ground for me
There wasn't always a place to go
But there was always an urgent need to belong, yeah
All these bands and all these people, all these frieds and we were equals
But what you gonna do when everyone goes on without you
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
Started in '87 ended in '89, you got a garage or an amp, we'll play anytime
It was just the four of us, yea the core of us ,too much attention unavoidably destroyed us
Four kids on tour three thousand miles in a four door car not knowing what was going
Years it would turn out like this
Hell, no no preminition could have seen for
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
My friend came from far away, from New Orleans into the East Bay
He said this is a Mecca
I said: "This ain't no mecca, man, this place is fucked"
Three months go by he had no home, he had no food, he was all alone
Matty said: "Fool me once. shame on you"
He said: "Fool me twice, he went back to New Orleans"
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end
Lyrics submitted by Kpizzle
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You're an idiot. All the reasons stated above and also:
I know this song is old, very old but The East Bay was a lot more different now (And even in 95) than it was in the late 80s/early 90s. Back then no band was able to go mainstream. It's like a parent pressuring their kid into being a doctor or lawyer when they want to be in a band or something. OPIV was under so much pressue. No one wanted heaps of people to like them but many people liked them. So they broke up.
However, it was Green Day who broke the rule of going mainstream and The East Bay punk scene went crazy. But after that everything changed. Going mainstream did lose some fans but it wasn't as badly frown upon. Besides also, Rancid didn't get big as fast as Operation Ivy and by the time they did punks got over hating mainstream stuff, and it was handed over to the indie kids.
"Consumed in sacred ground to me," refers to Gilman.
The thing about Gilman was that they only (to this day) allow underground acts. Technically they did not allow anyone on a major label, but as bands began to grow and gain momentum nation wide the resentment could be felt by the local Gilman fans. "Too much attention unavoidably destroyed us," the line refers to exactly that. OpIvy was experiencing a huge amount of conflict between pursuing a musical career and staying true to it's "Gilman Ethics."
Look at Green Day's song 86 for further insight on this.
Last thing, "Matty" is not Matt Freeman. Tim is talking about someone else to illustrate that the East Bay was seemingly a mecca but was very very cold to those who it turned it's back on.