After a break the band regrouped and in 2003 All Living Fear released the well received ‘Home Too Soon’ album and picked up supports to The Damned, Wayne Hussey (The Mission), All About Eve and The Wildhearts.
Recently released is the bands fifth album "Fifteen Years After", a double CD with a number of friends making guest appearances including Arthur Brown, Julianne Regan (All About Eve), Steve Bronski, Christian Riou (Claytown Troupe) and multi-instrumentalist Nick Pynn (Arthur Brown, Steve Harley). A DVD of the Whitby Festival show was released in 2009,followed by the departure of long term vocalist Andrew Racher.
The bands influences include The Mission, The Cult, Led Zeppelin, The Sisters Of Mercy and Hawkwind.
The current line up is:
Matthew North - guitar, vocals
Steve Williams - bass guitar
Mike Soundy - drums
Former key members:
Paul Roe - bass, vocals
Andrew Racher - vocals
The band have released albums:
The Widow's Blame (1995)
Minimum Resistance (1996)
Into The Light (1998)
Home Too Soon (2003)
N-Y-A-G-A (Under the name 'Corrosion')
Fifteen Years After (2007)
Coming Home (2012)
Last Goodbye
All Living Fear Lyrics
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my picture in the psper,
with a small covering story.
on the next page a eulogy by my mum,
a little praise for her little boy,
the one that she called son.
so if that leaves you lonely,
well you brought it on yourself,
when I said there was no one else.
no disrespect intended,
but the faewell won't be fond,
for the love it died,
each time you lied.
an ever weakening bond.
and now it's time to say goodbye to you,
and all the pain you put me through.
if you were a friend,
you'd be there when I needed you.
everything is closing in,
I try to talk but where to begin.
one final sigh, my last goodbye.
engulfing flames, I close my eyes.
I think of you as the heat consumes me,
as I lose you to another guy,
you lose me for eternity.
torment and tears from another wasted year,
conscious of the way I felt,
you blamed me for the cards you dealt.
never even told me,
what you claimed that i'd done wrong.
just made me feel unwelcome,
said we couldn't carry on.
you always got so caught up,
in your ideals of perfection,
never even realised,
you'd bought a misconception.
as the burns higher,
I look at my past.
what a shame to think you'll miss me,
that i'll get the last laugh.
why was it that I loved you,
when you treated me that way.
the question stays unanswered now,
on this my final day.
as I come to end my life now,
I look back with no regrets.
it wasn't me who was guilty,
of the friendship being wrecked.
you had no comprehension.
or you should have spoken up.
for your bitter words, I always heard.
louder than those
The lyrics of All Living Fear's Last Goodbye convey the desire of the singer to leave this world in a spectacular fashion, with the hope of making it to the news and being remembered fondly. This sentiment seems to stem from a deep-rooted feeling of rejection and heartbreak caused by someone the singer used to care for deeply. The song talks about the disillusionment and pain felt by the singer's failed friendship or relationship, where the other person always held up their ideals of perfection and never trusted the singer. The singer feels unloved, unwelcome, and blames the other person for not taking responsibility for their mistakes.
The lyrics convey a sense of longing for closure and the pain of not getting it. The singer wants to confront the other person but is not able to open a dialogue that would help them heal. The song reflects on the singer's life and questions the reasons why they loved someone who treated them badly. The final lines of the song state that it was not the singer who was guilty of ruining the friendship but the other person's lack of comprehension and inability to speak up.
Line by Line Meaning
I want to go in a blaze of glory,
I want to go out in a spectacular way
my picture in the paper,
I want my photo to be in the newspaper
with a small covering story.
I want a small article explaining my death next to my photo.
on the next page a eulogy by my mum,
I want my mother to write a eulogy on the next page
a little praise for her little boy,
She should praise me
the one that she called son.
She should mention me as her son
so if that leaves you lonely,
If my death makes you feel lonely
well you brought it on yourself,
It's because of your behavior toward me
you never even trusted me,
You never trusted me even when I spoke the truth
when I said there was no one else.
When I denied having another person in my life.
no disrespect intended,
I'm not trying to disrespect you
but the farewell won't be fond,
But our farewell won't be pleasant
for the love it died,
Our love is dead
each time you lied.
Every time you lied, our love died more.
an ever-weakening bond.
Our relationship was always losing strength.
and now it's time to say goodbye to you,
It's time to say goodbye to you.
and all the pain you put me through.
Goodbye to all the pain you caused me.
if you were a friend,
If you were truly my friend
you'd be there when I needed you.
You'd be there for me when I needed you.
everything is closing in,
Everything is getting too much for me.
I try to talk but where to begin.
I want to communicate but don't know where to start.
one final sigh, my last goodbye.
This is my final breath and goodbye.
engulfing flames, I close my eyes.
I am dying in flames with my eyes closed.
I think of you as the heat consumes me,
As I die, I think of you as the flames surround me.
as I lose you to another guy,
As you left me for someone else.
you lose me for eternity.
You lost me forever.
torment and tears from another wasted year,
I spent another year suffering and crying.
conscious of the way I felt,
I was aware of my emotions.
you blamed me for the cards you dealt.
Even though I did not create this situation, you blamed me.
never even told me,
You didn't even communicate with me about it.
what you claimed that I'd done wrong.
What was it that you think I did wrong?
just made me feel unwelcome,
You made me feel unwanted.
said we couldn't carry on.
You said we could no longer continue our relationship.
you always got so caught up,
You were always so obsessed with
in your ideals of perfection,
Your ideals of perfection.
never even realized,
You never understood or realized
you'd bought a misconception.
You had bought into a false understanding.
as the burns higher,
As the flames grow hotter
I look at my past.
I am reflecting on my past.
what a shame to think you'll miss me,
It's unfortunate to think that you'll miss me now.
that I'll get the last laugh.
It's ironic that I will have the satisfaction of having the final say.
why was it that I loved you,
Why did I love you?
when you treated me that way.
When you treated me so poorly?
the question stays unanswered now,
Now I will never know the answer.
on this my final day.
This is the last day of my life.
as I come to end my life now,
As my life comes to an end now,
I look back with no regrets.
I am looking back with no regrets.
it wasn't me who was guilty,
I wasn't the guilty one.
of the friendship being wrecked.
The friendship falling apart wasn't my fault.
you had no comprehension.
You didn't understand.
or you should have spoken up.
You should have communicated with me more.
for your bitter words, I always heard.
I always heard more of your bitter words than loving ones.
louder than those of love.
Your bitter words echoed louder than your loving ones.
Contributed by Elena G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Dave Carter
Great track - Hope this is the same band, playing in Crawley next Sunday
Nephiland
Top Track A++++
Secrets For September
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