Without End

Album: American Spring (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • Anti-Flag wrote this song around the same time Donald Trump and the "alt-right" were gaining political power with nationalist positions that resist immigration.

    "The song is the idea that quite often, the worst aspects of our society are put forward," guitarist Justin Sane said in a Songfacts interview. "A lot of times, those things never will go away, but it's important for us to speak out against those things, so that those things don't become normalized, so that racism, sexism, bigotry of all kinds, xenophobia, just because those things are constantly being pumped out into the world, that we don't let those things become normalized to a point where people thing that they're OK."
  • The music video was directed by Doug Helmick with graphics by Chelsea Jones. It's a 360 video, so the viewer can control the viewpoint.

Comments: 1

  • S. William. Crebs from Tacoma WaI was wondering who is the hip hop artist who raps on the bridge of the song. The song and Justin Sane’s commentary are incredibly powerful. I’m a cello player, and I love playing Bach, but Anti-Flag is the band I turn to when I need inspiration to change my life and the world around me. A big thanks to the band and their friends and families for their activism and courage!
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