"It's true, we did say (that the band was over) ten years ago. And something happened along the way, that might have been a whole long time coming. And that was the seemingly hard and disturbing perception that this world is going backwards, to a time that no one in their right goddamn mind as a human being would ever want to revisit. I'm not just talking about the 1930's, I'm talking about a more Authoritarian period of human history. I'll keep myself brief here, but, it is Authoritarianism that corrodes the human soul, in my personal opinion. And Democracy can strengthen the soul and the spirit, but it can also worsen it. In other words, Democracy can (make us) challenge each other. To be better and to be more mindful of each other. A bend, in a less democratic time, or direction has seemed to happen between the last time we played as an active band in Boston. And this is gonna be it. We're gonna be fourty-fucking-four if you think we're doing this again in ten years. And this thirty-four year old neck can't fucking continue, but more importantly: we run the risk with things like reunions, things like only worshipping and appreciating the things that were of yesteryear. We run the great risk of not seeing the potential of progress that we could go in. And so before we go on and we play our last song, I want to remind you that it is always FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD FUCKING NEVER. YOU MAKE YOUR LIFE WHAT IT IS."
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"It's true, we did say (that the band was over) ten years ago. And something happened along the way, that might have been a whole long time coming. And that was the seemingly hard and disturbing perception that this world is going backwards, to a time that no one in their right goddamn mind as a human being would ever want to revisit.
I'm not just talking about the 1930's, I'm talking about a more Authoritarian period of human history. I'll keep myself brief here, but, it is Authoritarianism that corrodes the human soul, in my personal opinion.
And Democracy can strengthen the soul and the spirit, but it can also worsen it. In other words, Democracy can (make us) challenge each other. To be better and to be more mindful of each other.
A bend, in a less democratic time, or direction has seemed to happen between the last time we played as an active band in Boston. And this is gonna be it. We're gonna be fourty-fucking-four if you think we're doing this again in ten years. And this thirty-four year old neck can't fucking continue, but more importantly: we run the risk with things like reunions, things like only worshipping and appreciating the things that were of yesteryear. We run the great risk of not seeing the potential of progress that we could go in.
And so before we go on and we play our last song, I want to remind you that it is always FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD FUCKING NEVER. YOU MAKE YOUR LIFE WHAT IT IS."
The two showsec guys gave up 5 seconds into the song... 😂😂😂😂