Bad Religion - End Of History Lyrics

I remember when I saw them do this live. Greg said: "I'm sorry it took us so long to come back to Maryland. At least we didn't wait until the end of history."

“ Nostalgia is no excuse for stupidity.”

Garbage. Sound like a bunch of mid 50s white leftist privileged washed up "punk" musicians made an album. Boring and insipid.

Love that guitar solo.

The way he sings his word just say so much more. It really comes from the heart.. I just love bad religion..❤

Locke's mother fucking burden madam speaker.

This album sucks🙁

Mike Lopez I disagree

You can believe whatever you want. The world is full of believers. Science looks for facts. Knowing the facts of which president put children in cages is why believers don't know anything. . .

This band is always singing the same old song with no solutions... only criticism. That's why nobody takes them seriously.

If you knew anything about the band, you'd realize that they're doing that on purpose. "Prepare for rejection, you'll get no direction from me."

@CleaningCaptain I've known about them since 1992. Probably before you were born. And they don't evolve in spite of how "educated' they like to make you think they are. They preach a hopeless philosophy.

It is Augustus on the seat though right? What's that about?

I think it's a reference to the song "Lose Your Head". I don't think the identity of the statue head is intended to be relevant.

It’s a great song not realy punk anymore there just a rock band now in my eyes

ALBUM GENERATOR IS THE BEST !

The whole chorus is just so badass. It makes my spirit move. Keep coming with those powerful choruses! :)

“I don’t believe in golden ages or presidents that put kids in cages” awesome

Oh wow, Blumph totally btfo. I mean, it's so sad, they are poor. We can't have laws and rules and shit. It's messed up.

Because Obama totally didn't do that either!

Imagine if I went to Israel and I started a band called "Judaism is dumb" and wrote songs about how Israel needs to open its borders and let everyone in. Wouldn't that be transparently disingenuous and malicious? How is that any different from what Bad Religion does? Greg Gaffin is a jew who thinks shitting on the religion of his racial enemies makes him cool and edgy and open-minded. He's living a good life in someone else's land, moralizing and condescending to them like he's some kind of prophet. Disgusting.

Kruelty Kampaign - I’m sorry, what? Since when is Greg Jewish? I thought he was an atheist or at the very least agnostic. I believe that him and Bad Religion are against organised religion and extremists. Not specifically Christianity. Though that does play a big role in their lyrics, because, as Americans, I believe Christianity is the most popular religion there. If they were blatantly saying “fuck all christians, Christianity is dumb” then I’d understand your point. But they’re not saying that. They’re just pointing out the flaws and hypocrisies with the biggest religion in their home country. What’s wrong with that?

Also, their logo isn’t meant to be anti Christian, just anti religion, anti authority, anti establishment, etc. Besides, they designed it when they were edgy teens.

@Kruelty Kampaign I think you mean Brett.

So these motherfuckers are putting kids in concentration camps without basic needs as soap, a toothbrush or beds... the USA is a shame for humanity!

wow, we got an AOC supporter here

Este album está do repeat desde que saiu.

free speech is your dilemma

BAD RELIGION JUST KNOW HOW TO ROCK LIKE A PUNK AND THINK LIKE A GENIUS :)

ORANGE MAN BAD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqqwTgk8ri0

you're not punk.

And Donald Trump is more punk than you!

@Good Astronaut sure guy

go ask fukuyama ,,total stupidity guy,,what happened with all that,,thought thoe evoulutionists r lil brighter thatn this ,,hope they r not paid for this shit,,cant belive bad religion is singin this

Хорошая песня. Спасибо группе. Радуют.

..so reminds me of the grey race days..great album so far and this one is a total blast!

Dr Schulz last good record for me gray race

I thought the same. Reminiscent of come join us.

I like it.

Came here for conservatives engaging in logical fallacies - was not disappointed.

Do you care to elaborate?

Fuck Trump

this is my favorite song off of the album ❤️❤️❤️

Wow, this is really disappointing. Never thought bad religion would go pop

You are an idiot who doesn't know shit bout Bad Religion, their career and punk rock music literally. No hard feelings 🤘

Clearly haven't listened to much BR have you? Their songs have had all sorts of influences - from folksy influenced songs (such as "candidate" on this album) to electro-synth influenced song ("Beyond Electric Dreams") to pop and poprock influenced songs ("Streetkid Named Desire").

Is it just me, or is this album a big middle finger NOT to Trump but to the whole contemporary political landscape and its emphasis on alarmism, panic and tribalism on both side of the political aisle? "I don't believe in presidents [!] that put kids in cages" applies to both Obama and Trump, in "Do the Paranoid Style" the left and the right are explicitly equated with each other, "If everything is subjective then what good is truth anyway?" in "Old Regime" aims at leftist political postmodernism and lines such as "Self-pity is always a case of mistaken identity" reference the victim olympics of intersectionalism. Don't get me wrong, they use buzz words such as "open society" as a positive reference point as well and talk about being "fox-stained". Yet, instead of putting the blame on 'the right', this album seems to bemoan the state of American society in general and implies that all political actors should do some soul-searching since they're part of the madness we've had to witness for years..


edit: spelling and grammar corrections

@Stephen Griffin In what way do you think we've reached a final stage of history? I assume not in the way Fukuyama did.

@some of my best friends are people _"Don't get me wrong, they use buzz words such as "open society" as a positive reference point"_ That's a nod to Popper. Or at least that's how I took it. See _The Open Society And Its Enemies_ by Karl Popper. Not exactly a generator of buzz at this point.

The Left is going to get the orange buffoon re-elected.
Change my mind.

@JC Korn so people opposing the buffoon are responsible for the buffoon continuing his control over us?

Dang, this really sounds 2000's

Can't stop listening to this album! This may be my favorite selection but damn they're all great!

this sounds like eve 6.....dead on. no hate I'm loving this fucking album (no surprise they've all been beast )

Bad Religion sucks. Liberal bullshit. USA Rules !!!

Bad Religion does not believe in putting Kids in "Cages" but bombing and kiIIing and displacing them by the Millions is fine. Good to know.

Michael Rothstein 8 yrs of silence under the fascistic Obama administration. That actually locked kids up in literal cages.

@ajohnson9630 Yea that's why I said the majority of them is non-white, which is connected to the fact that the white American non-Latino population is no longer growing at the same rate as before. Japan loosened immigration policies as a result of their need for low-educated workers. This isn't the case in the US but okay whatever fits your alledgedly objective viewpoint.

You now chicken out since I pointed out your hypocricy. Condemning others for being 'triggered' but whining about being insulted online. What a joke. There is always place and money for refugees, just not in the minds of certain people. As I said before, we're not gonna agree anyway. It has nothing to do with facts but just with how those facts are interpreted and judged. You now suddenly decide the argument isn't stimulation anymore after 10 replies. Clown of the month. And possibly autistic.

BR must be fine with the Armenian Genocide, or global warming, or gun violence - because if they didn't explicitly call it out in this song they must approve of it right?


Oh man - how hard is it for yall to use some critical thinking? The song is about how history will remember you - FWIW the line is presidentS -as in plurual - yes past presidents including Obama utilized detention centers - the "kids in cages" crisis of Trump is a result of his policies - not the existence of the cages themselves:


'Under past administrations, some border-crossers were occasionally prosecuted, and were thus separated from their families.
The main difference between Trump and Obama centers on how they handled immigrants caught near the US-Mexico border. Under Obama, the Justice Department was given broad discretion on who should face criminal charges, and federal prosecutors rarely went after families. But in April 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would prosecute 100% of illegal border-crossers in a policy known as "zero-tolerance." Adults went to jails and awaited criminal proceedings. Children were sent to detention centers run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and some were eventually placed in foster care. This specific change is what led to the widespread separation of parents and children.'


But please, keep the ignorant what-about-isms and straw-men coming. Exposing shallow intellects is a fun past-time.

8 yrs of silence, not one song.

Lol no they dont believe that fool.

This chorus is absolutely beautiful. Big nostalgic touch

Seems like that it's the Adolescents influence coming forth; after all, Steve Soto's death -- a blow in the punk rock community -- renders homages inevitable.

Really diggin this album.

Obama put kids in cages its true look at his policies

More 'whataboutism'

And now Im just getting repetitive but to combat ignorance: 'Under past administrations, some border-crossers were occasionally prosecuted, and were thus separated from their families.
The main difference between Trump and Obama centers on how they handled immigrants caught near the US-Mexico border. Under Obama, the Justice Department was given broad discretion on who should face criminal charges, and federal prosecutors rarely went after families. But in April 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would prosecute 100% of illegal border-crossers in a policy known as "zero-tolerance." Adults went to jails and awaited criminal proceedings. Children were sent to detention centers run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and some were eventually placed in foster care. This specific change is what led to the widespread separation of parents and children.'

@Kyle Hooboy - critical thinking is really difficult for yall isnt it - well my other comments on here should suffice.

@TechEpiphany https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

Fake ass news! Obama was a great President.

Those are the Obama cages. Obama used those cages too.

FWIW the line IS "presidents" - passed administrations including Obama's had detention centers - the difference between Trump and Obama is Trump's 0 tolerance policy has lead to a huge increase in family separation. From my comment above:


'Under past administrations, some border-crossers were occasionally prosecuted, and were thus separated from their families.
The main difference between Trump and Obama centers on how they handled immigrants caught near the US-Mexico border. Under Obama, the Justice Department was given broad discretion on who should face criminal charges, and federal prosecutors rarely went after families. But in April 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would prosecute 100% of illegal border-crossers in a policy known as "zero-tolerance." Adults went to jails and awaited criminal proceedings. Children were sent to detention centers run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and some were eventually placed in foster care. This specific change is what led to the widespread separation of parents and children.'

@Thor Lok And, that policy was ended quickly by the Trump admin in response to the public outcry.

@anarkistogre Trump actually stopped the practice
Hmmm

So it’s not trump’s fault for separating legal asylum-seekers from their kids to be put in Obama-built detention centers which house 4.5 times more people than were supposed to be there in the first place? Okay.

Major green day vibes! Not a bad thing!

Dreen Gay

Green Day? What the hell is that? This is Adolescents!

Good old sound, back to the 15s

08/05/2019 Bad Religion at Angoulême,fr

This screams Brett all over it

I thought that too but apparently all the songs were co-written by Graffin and Brett and after looking at other lyrics I can see it .

I think the "co-written by Graffin and Brett" just means that they've both spent some time fleshing out all the songs together. But there's no doubt in my mind that this song originated from Brett. @badreligion1231

How can you tell which songs are Brett's and which ones are Greg's?

All of America needs to be forced to listen to Bad Religion! Let's construct prison camps where we make the unawakened listen to Bad Religion 24/7! Non-compliance results in death!

Third song listened to.... NO album fillers. Unrelenting. Getting this on vinyl like now!

Awesome Song!

Alright for senior citizens

This song is too fuckin good!!!

good as usual

This may be the critically best song (for the chorus mostly) but "What Tomorrow Brings" will go down as the dark horse best. Bad Religion closers are always underrated ("Won't Say Anything", "Changing Tide", "In So Many Ways").

Dude never forget "Cease" or "Skyscraper"

@Chris Good ones here - honestly, starting from Against the Grain with "Walk Away", all of their closers have been pretty much on point. I guess I would say I prefer the penultimate songs from Stranger than Fiction and Generator to the final ones, but then you got stuff like the ones you mentioned, and "Don't Sell Me Short" (one of my personal all-time faves).

@Bad Wulff "Walk Away" is flawless.

They do close their albums with good ones.

I'm not sure about that. There are good examples for this: "Walk Away", "Skyscraper", "Cease" come to mind. But there are pretty mediocre or even bad closer-songs, too. "The world won't stop" is one of the worst songs on "No Control" in my opinion, "Only Entertainment" isn't among the best on Generator and I' m also not too fond of "Bored and Extremely Dangerous". But of course, it's all a matter of taste.

https://youtu.be/tKWMAKeSClo

Lost count how many times I've listened to this track today. Best song on the album!

I really like it, but I like Paranoid Style a bit more.

Going back to the roots here; pure Adolescents sounding. I'm shaking. How can a punk rock band be this good?

They've always been *this good* (taking away the obvious misteps of Into The Unknown and the one bad punk song they got, Fuck You)

This might be my favorite off of Age Of Unreason so far. Love the lyrics and the guitar parts are super fun to play. I've got a guitar cover and tab on my channel now for End Of History if anyone is interested!

Looking up tabs is cheating, imo. I like to figure it out myself, it's good practice.

​@Mega BrandOnRight on man - tabbing by ear is a great skill to learn. I love tabbing everything out myself, but it took me a long time to learn. I'm sure a lot of people are the same starting out, so I like to provide quality guitar tabs for people that haven't learned how to tab by ear yet.

​@Jessicarrgh A I'm always pumped to learn how to play new Bad Religion songs!!

@PunkRockGuitarTabs yeah, it's cool to help people out. It might take me a while to get the tune right, but when you finally get the song right, the feeling is euphoric.

@PunkRockGuitarTabs nice selection of covers btw. Love me sum Swingin Utters!

Very cool, love the lyrics!

This should be a single and have a video! It has the perfect amount of old and new BR with a catchy bridge and powerful chorus and solo. The lyrics are really straight but not to spoileable, the socialogical/historical reference (Locke, and Fukuyama) is there but also a hint of Greg's scientific existencialism (The cosmic calendar).

greg got bolder the album is a masterpiece. do the paranoid style goes to president donald trump

@Jan Kompos Huge fan. Probably the most distilled BR. Not fucking around here. More poignant than Atomic Garden.

Is there going to be a record release party in Los Angeles!!??........

Aaand theyre back!

Awesome

The chorus reminds me of sing for the moment's chorus

I wonder who’s doin the solos ?,,,dimkitch or Baker ,,,great tune

You´ve done this on several videos, so i have to ask: what the hell is up with your punctuation?,,,

I've been trying to pinpoint this all morning. The solo, and the entire song, sounds like The Adolescents. Gurewitz posted on their instagram a few months ago about trying to replicate the Agnew bros guitar tone. This leads me to believe he played it. I think Brett took a lot of liberty in playing several solos in Hetson's place, which fine with me. I'm not sure yet which major solos, if any, are definitely Dimkich. I'd definitely like to know.

ixnay97 I’m working while posting ,,,

I'm pretty sure it's Baker. It's his speed level.

oooh i like this one!

Tasty jam right here