(1) Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coven… Read Full Bio ↴(1) Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England
(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC
(3) Attrition is also a Canadian war metal band formed in 2017.

1. Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al.
Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 25 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums...
The band has regularly toured Europe, North America and Mexico, appeared at major festivals and had their music included on a number of film soundtracks.... (most recently two of their songs are included on the US cult film “Mint in box” alongside the Pogues…)
Through their career Attrition have worked with musicians as diverse as psychedelic veterans The Legendary Pink Dot’s to punk legend TV Smith to Franck Dematteis of the Paris Opera.

Attrition’s music has featured on countless releases - from 1984’s “Bullshit detector” on Crass records to the hugely successful “Animal liberation” album alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich etc…
Recently their song “Acid Tongue” featured on KTEL’s Industrial story CD - a who’s who of industrial music with Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten et al…
In Germany Orkus magazine’s Best of the 90’s collection featured their darkwave classic “A girl called harmony”…
Attrition’s work been remixed by underground artists from an eclectic mix of genres including Chris n Cosey, Martin Atkins, Dance or Die and UK drum n bass act Rascal & Klone…(featured on the first Grand Theft Auto game soundtrack..)
Martin’s increasing studio production work has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al…), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a blue girl, Emilie Autumn and more…
He has contributed a song for the new Pigface album and is recording the narrators voice to an upcoming US horror film, “C for Chaos”…
2012... Invocation is the bands first full length film score...composed for US cult horror movie G.H.O.S.T.
2013... The Unraveller of Angels is the all new album...

(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC

2. They existed from January 2005 - May 2007 and played a progressive style of emotionally charged, metallic hardcore influenced equally by screamo bands such as pg. 99 and Majority Rule, noisecore bands such as Converge and Botch, and more straight-forward hardcore bands. Their lyrical content approached issues such as anarchism, feminism, straightedge and veganism (an interesting similarity to their UK counterpart), but from a personal, anecdotal perspective, focusing more on alienation and frustration than on prescriptive politics. They toured the US once (partially with North Carolina crust band Requiem) and the East Coast once with Philadelphia vegan straightedge hardcore band Kingdom and self-released two CDEP's named, respectively, "Preface" and "Chapter One: We Are Fucking Serious". "Purist", from the second EP, was featured on "Open The Cages: SHAC 7 Benefit" on Catalyst Records and the previously unreleased "No Control" appeared only on "Keep Singing", an animal-rights benefit CD released by Exotic Fever Records. Their entire discography is available for free download at attrition.dead-city.org/.

I Am
Attrition Lyrics

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Stretch out your hands and touch me
I am yesterday
I am time
I am eternity
Hold out your hope, release me
I am feeling
I am light
I am eternity

I am greater than self, come find me
I'm weary of sin, so help me
I'm the dancer to the dance of life
I live on bread and blood red wine
I am eternity

I am eternity
I am eternity

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "I Am" by Attrition seem to be addressing someone or something that is trying to reach out and touch the singer. The singer then declares that they are time and eternity - a concept that is difficult to grasp. The next line urges the listener to release their hope, while the singer declares that they are feeling and light. It seems as if the listener is trying to hold onto hope or something, while the singer is asking them to let go and release themselves to eternity.

As the song progresses, the singer becomes more confident and assertive. They declare that they are "greater than self," indicating that they are something much larger and more powerful. The singer is weary of sin and is asking for help, perhaps suggesting that they're a higher power or deity who is struggling with sin and needing assistance. The final few lines seem to indicate that the singer is the dancer to the dance of life, living on bread and wine, and is once again asserting their identity as eternity.

Line by Line Meaning

Stretch out your hands and touch me
Reach out and connect with me

I am yesterday
I represent the past

I am time
I am the concept of time itself

I am eternity
I transcend time and will exist forever

Hold out your hope, release me
Have faith in me and let me go

I am feeling
I am emotion and sensation

I am light
I am illumination and clarity

I am eternity
I will exist beyond the limits of time

I am greater than self, come find me
I am more than just an individual, come seek me out

I'm weary of sin, so help me
I am burdened by wrongdoing, please aid me

I'm the dancer to the dance of life
I am an active participant in the journey of existence