the end of the world if we don't change our ways
To tie everything together, Rise Against wrote a song called “Endgame.”
It is the last song on the album Endgame. The song tells a story about a
human-created apocalypse. In the song the world ends because the humans decided
to keep living the way that they were living and destroyed themselves.
Everything that human-kind has ever known is wiped away and the few survivors
left will be responsible for rebuilding society using the lessons learned from
the previous mistakes made. This would be that the new society would be have no
homophobia, no persons deemed illegal, equality for all (including animals), and
there would be no more wars. This is evident in the last verse of the song “All
gone are the old guards/Gone are the cold cold wars/Weightless we go forth on
wings of amnesty/”. Although the final result of the album review was a 78% (Nassif),
we learn valuable lessons from this song whether it is musically appealing or not.
In all, Rise Against brings
forth the idea that activism is not terrorism as our parents would like to
think. Their goal as McIlrath says “We’re not shoving anything down anybody’s
throat, but we’re letting them know, ‘Hey, here’s an alternate way of thinking’”
(SOAK). This is a very common theme found among rebellious expressionists.
They tailor their message so it is easily received by the youthful generations who
are the most likely to rally for change. They take a stand and voice what
they have faith in because they believe that “neutrality means that you don't really care” (Usinger).
The band takes a stand against issues they know the youth also cares
about because the youth are affected the most and because McIlrath “see[s] all
these kids who are demanding music that reflects the questions they have about
the tumultuous climate that we live in. That's encouraging to me—that people are
coming to this band because we're asking the same questions they are” (Usinger).
The questions about the young soldiers going to war, the young members of the
LGBT community who are finding suicide to be their only option, and the young
Americans born from families of illegal immigrants in America are all questions
that the youth are asking about as well.Rise Against calls into question things
that were bound to be brought up eventually because they are destroying the very
core meaning of our country: equality for all. The youth wants change and
progress and Rise Against provides them with an outlet to do these things on their own.
Their effectiveness is evident throughout many different reviews, Planet
Green said,“these guys are good, old-fashioned punk rock that is rebellious
and goes against the system. It's the sound of a revolution” (Kart), and when
their music has been reviewed in a mostly positive light because “the proactive
nature of Rise Against is fully entrenched in the band’s philosophy.” This band
has made a difference and is more than willing to take you with them on their
journey of promoting change.
It is the last song on the album Endgame. The song tells a story about a
human-created apocalypse. In the song the world ends because the humans decided
to keep living the way that they were living and destroyed themselves.
Everything that human-kind has ever known is wiped away and the few survivors
left will be responsible for rebuilding society using the lessons learned from
the previous mistakes made. This would be that the new society would be have no
homophobia, no persons deemed illegal, equality for all (including animals), and
there would be no more wars. This is evident in the last verse of the song “All
gone are the old guards/Gone are the cold cold wars/Weightless we go forth on
wings of amnesty/”. Although the final result of the album review was a 78% (Nassif),
we learn valuable lessons from this song whether it is musically appealing or not.
In all, Rise Against brings
forth the idea that activism is not terrorism as our parents would like to
think. Their goal as McIlrath says “We’re not shoving anything down anybody’s
throat, but we’re letting them know, ‘Hey, here’s an alternate way of thinking’”
(SOAK). This is a very common theme found among rebellious expressionists.
They tailor their message so it is easily received by the youthful generations who
are the most likely to rally for change. They take a stand and voice what
they have faith in because they believe that “neutrality means that you don't really care” (Usinger).
The band takes a stand against issues they know the youth also cares
about because the youth are affected the most and because McIlrath “see[s] all
these kids who are demanding music that reflects the questions they have about
the tumultuous climate that we live in. That's encouraging to me—that people are
coming to this band because we're asking the same questions they are” (Usinger).
The questions about the young soldiers going to war, the young members of the
LGBT community who are finding suicide to be their only option, and the young
Americans born from families of illegal immigrants in America are all questions
that the youth are asking about as well.Rise Against calls into question things
that were bound to be brought up eventually because they are destroying the very
core meaning of our country: equality for all. The youth wants change and
progress and Rise Against provides them with an outlet to do these things on their own.
Their effectiveness is evident throughout many different reviews, Planet
Green said,“these guys are good, old-fashioned punk rock that is rebellious
and goes against the system. It's the sound of a revolution” (Kart), and when
their music has been reviewed in a mostly positive light because “the proactive
nature of Rise Against is fully entrenched in the band’s philosophy.” This band
has made a difference and is more than willing to take you with them on their
journey of promoting change.