He certainly did earn that reputation.
Porcelain and alabaster decaying ever faster
Unaware of imminent disaster - open up your eyes
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Did you wander out your days lost and resigned
Or recreate the universals in your mind?
Everybody is a bastard
My world is like plaster
Crumbling apart from pressure by the blaster, waiting for a sign
And the momentary pleasures take their turn
As a wistful boy runs out of things to learn
The episodes of yore are never to return
Scare up some hope - you're gonna need it just to cope
You are the decision, numbers don't lie
When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust?
You'll never relive it; think before you die
Yeah, think, think before you die
Deficit and deprivation in the wake of desperation
Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation
Now may be your time
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Do you wonder how your life has been defined?
You know eternity can't ever change your mind
You know eternity can't ever change your mind
So think, think before you die
Whoa, think, think before you die
Unaware of imminent disaster - open up your eyes
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Did you wander out your days lost and resigned
Or recreate the universals in your mind?
Everybody is a bastard
My world is like plaster
Crumbling apart from pressure by the blaster, waiting for a sign
And the momentary pleasures take their turn
As a wistful boy runs out of things to learn
The episodes of yore are never to return
Scare up some hope - you're gonna need it just to cope
You are the decision, numbers don't lie
When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust?
You'll never relive it; think before you die
Yeah, think, think before you die
Deficit and deprivation in the wake of desperation
Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation
Now may be your time
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time
Do you wonder how your life has been defined?
You know eternity can't ever change your mind
You know eternity can't ever change your mind
So think, think before you die
Whoa, think, think before you die
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Before You Die Lyrics as written by Greg Graffin Brett W. Gurewitz
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I can really relate to this song in certain aspects. I think I have the best answer here, although I respect your ability to disagree.
"Porcelain and alabaster, decaying ever faster" Explains how fake people are and how such a lifestyle would be self-destructive
"unaware of imminent disaster open up your eyes." These people blindly led by god knows who. Not Bush really, because all presidents are puppets no matter what wing of this corrupt 2 party system they represent. Pretty much following like the sheep they are and they can't see whats coming.
"As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time, did you wander out your days lost and resigned?" As you keep retracing your steps in a depressed stupor, did you wander aimlessly and give up?
"Or recreate the universals in your mind?" Or change your perception of every variable in the universe to come back to some higher power, or at the very least some kind of understanding of things. Mind you the mention of a higher power does not mean that Greg believes in it, you crazy Atheists.
"Everybody is a bastard; my world is like plaster crumbling apart from pressure by the blaster, Waiting for a sign" Explains itself. Everyone's an asshole and they're responsible for destroying this world I love so much because they're waiting for something rather than taking action.
"And the momentary pleasures take their turn as a wistful boy runs out of things to learn, The episodes of yore are never to return." All the material shit we hoard turn on us and lose their luster. For me personally this was bud. Whenever I blazed I would literally think of (most) of the same shit that BR wrote about. I wasn't listening to BR at this point in time mind you, nor had I remembered their lyrics. I'd think really deeply about everything going on personally and in the world and soon I just ran out of shit to think about and had reached a dead end. I thought that I'd never get the years I've wasted back. This part is more subjective because I'm making it a little personal, but I think it still fits.
"Scare up some hope, you're gonna need it just to cope you are the decision, numbers don't lie." Stop being a pussy, or you're not going to survive in the end. And you better respect it if not fear what is to come. You are the winning faction because you have power in numbers. 99% vs. 1%? Not a great analogy, but the shoe still fits.
When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust? You'll never relive it, think before you die. When you die, did you live to find purpose or companionship? You can't go back so quite literally think before you die. Don't necessarily follow BR to hell, but actually think on your own before you die as a mindless drone. I love Bad Religion, but you cannot fully embrace the ideologies of few and expect to have the freedom of though. Yeah think! Think before you die.
Deficit and deprivation--in the wake of desperation We're broke and desperate after a huge cluster of f*** happened.
Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation. Now may be your time. Rethink the morals you grew so accustomed to so that you may create new ones to help fix the problem. The time to do so, obviously now.
As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time, do you wonder how your life has been defined? As you reflect on every little thing(A seeming hopeless act?) looking for truth, do you wonder how you got to the place you're at now.
You know eternity can't ever change your mind. You know eternity can't ever change your mind I'm not sure what he means by this. I've spent a lot of time thinking and I've changed my mind about a lot of things. I used to be a christian conservative, now I'm some weird hippie thing I cannot fully explain. Maybe it's that you don't need eternity to change your mind, only the time you have now.
So think! Think Before you die. Think before you die.
Hopefully this all makes sense to anyone as it does to me. I like this song a lot although I'm never too sure of the motives behind this band. They're up to something and I wish to know if it's good or bad. It's not like BR aren't somewhat commercial. I can't determine whether it's simply to get the message to more people or to create mindless drones that live for the cross buster. I've seen a lot of that on this site today.