Heard a word, suicide,
Not from one, but from thousands that tried.
The lawyer's wife and the teenage brat,
One thing in common, they all wanted out.
And it's plain to see.
It goes for you and it goes for me,
And all the screwed up little girls and boys,
All thrown in without a choice.
But I heard him say, "I want out,
No complaints and no doubts,
Just a chance to go on."
I heard a word, suicide,
And not from one, but from thousands that died.
Want some attention and a little less regret,
A teenage bluff, little threat.
And there are those, there are those who think
That drastic actions will make them unique.
It's really all the same,
That no one's happy and nobody's to blame.
And the moral to this story is old.
It's quite taboo, seldom told.
The seed is reaped before it's sown,
A man's choice is never his own.
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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1984 'The Original' version | ||||||
2:42 | Bad Religion | BREP-1 | United States | 12" | 1984 | |
Album version | ||||||
2:42 | Bad Religion | E 001 | Germany | 7" | 2013 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 87010-7 | United States | 7" | 2010 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 7010-7 | Europe | 7" | 2009 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 7010-7 | Europe | 7" | 2009 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 87010-7 | United States | 7" | 2009 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 87010-7 | United States | 7" | 2009 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | 87010-7 | United States | 7" | 2009 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Europe | CD | 1997 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Europe | CD | 1997 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Israel | CD | 1997 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Israel | CD | 1997 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | 6391-2 (E-86407-2 listed in booklet) | Brazil | CD | 1997 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | 6391-2 (E-86407-2 listed in booklet) | Brazil | CD | 1997 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | 1309083-1 | Brazil | CD | 1997 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | 1309083-1 | Brazil | CD | 1997 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | Japan | CD | 1995 | ||
2:31 | 80-85 | Japan | CD | 1995 | ||
2:39 | 80-85 | 2-3024 | Argentina | CD | 1995 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | 2-3024 | Argentina | CD | 1995 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | ESCA 6142 | Japan | CD | 1995 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | ESCA 6142 | Japan | CD | 1995 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | Poland | MC | 1992 | ||
2:31 | 80-85 | Poland | MC | 1992 | ||
2:39 | 80-85 | Poland | MC | 1992 | ||
2:31 | 80-85 | Poland | MC | 1992 | ||
2:39 | 80-85 | N/A | Russia | MC | 1991 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | N/A | Russia | MC | 1991 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | TJK 204 | Thailand | MC | 1991 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | TJK 204 | Thailand | MC | 1991 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | 1133 | Russia | MC | 1991 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | 1133 | Russia | MC | 1991 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | E-86407-2 | Australia | CD | 1991 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | E-86407-2 | Australia | CD | 1991 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Europe | CD | 1991 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | E-6407-2 | Europe | CD | 1991 | |
2:39 | 80-85 | Indonesia | MC | 1990 | ||
2:31 | 80-85 | Indonesia | MC | 1990 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | E 001 | Germany | 7" | 1989 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | Germany | 7" | 1989 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | Germany | 7" | 1989 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | Germany | 7" | 1989 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | Germany | 7" | 1989 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | BREP1 | United States | 12" | 1984 | |
2:42 | How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Russia | MC | 1982 | ||
2:42 | Bad Religion | EPI-BREP1 | United States | 7" | 1981 | |
2:42 | Bad Religion | United States | 7" | 1981 | ||
First EP version | ||||||
2:39 | 80-85 | United States | CD | 1990 | ||
Live | ||||||
The Best of Flipside Video Vol 1: Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Dickies, Weirdos | FSDVD-0001 | United States | DVD | 2001 | ||
The Best of Flipside Video #1 | United States | VHS | 1995 | |||
The Best of Flipside Video #1 | United States | VHS | 1994 | |||
Live video | ||||||
The Riot | Brazil | DVD | 2019 | |||
The Riot | Unknown | Argentina | DVD | 2014 | ||
The Riot | K0012 | AA0015000 | Brazil | DVD | 2014 | ||
Sex Pistols and Bad Religion Split | Argentina | DVD | 2010 | |||
The Riot | DR-4530 | United States | DVD | 2009 | ||
The Riot | DR-4530 | United States | DVD | 2006 | ||
The Riot | DAVID0267 | Australia | DVD | 2000 | ||
The Riot | DR-4315 | United States | DVD | 2000 | ||
The Riot | DR-4135 | United States | DVD | 1996 | ||
The Riot | n/a | United States | VHS | 1996 | ||
Live video, August 1989 | ||||||
Along The Way | 6414-9 | Europe | DVD | 2004 | ||
Along The Way | 86414-9 | United States | DVD | 2004 | ||
Along The Way | E86414-3 | United States | VHS | 1991 | ||
Along The Way | n/a | Germany | VHS | 1990 | ||
Remastered | ||||||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | United States | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | United States | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Japan | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Japan | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Japan | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Japan | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | United States | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | United States | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Indonesia | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Indonesia | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | 99998-2 | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | 99998-2 | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Russia | CD | 2004 | |||
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Russia | CD | 2004 | |||
Smoke 7 version | ||||||
Public Service Compilation songs | United States | 7" | 2023 | |||
Public Service | United States | 12" | 2022 | |||
Public Service Compilation songs | United States | 7" | 2021 | |||
Public Service Compilation songs | United States | 7" | 2019 | |||
Public Service Compilation songs | PNV #46 | United States | 7" | 2012 | ||
Public Service Compilation songs | PNV #46 | United States | 7" | 2011 | ||
Public Service Compilation songs | PNV #46 | United States | 7" | 2011 | ||
Public Service | PNV #13 | United States | CD | 2003 | ||
2:33 | Buried Alive | BLP 4052 | United States | 12" | 1995 | |
2:31 | 80-85 | United States | CD | 1990 | ||
Public Service | SMK-101 | United States | 12" | 1981 | ||
Not specified | ||||||
2:33 | Buried Alive | BCD 4052 | United States | CD | 1995 | |
2:33 | Buried Alive | SMK7-108C | United States | MC | 1983 | |
2:33 | Buried Alive | SMK7-108 | United States | 12" | 1983 |
Emptyness
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Obviously this song is about suicide, hence the first line. However, it isn't about suicide as a single person's actions, it seems to be that the song is about how many people are trying to kill themselves, but that isn't the answer. Then there was one who said they wanted to go on, and not kill himself. The song touches on the reasons, attention, regrets, and how even though we have regrets and a lack of attention, suicide is just an attempt to be unique, but when thousands are doing it, it's not different, it's stupid.
07/11/2004 at 02:09
Obviously this song is about suicide, hence the first line. However, it isn't about suicide as a single person's actions, it seems to be that the song is about how many people are trying to kill themselves, but that isn't the answer. Then there was one who said they wanted to go on, and not kill himself. The song touches on the reasons, attention, regrets, and how even though we have regrets and a lack of attention, suicide is just an attempt to be unique, but when thousands are doing it, it's not different, it's stupid.
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