(1) Failure is an alter… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists under this name:
(1) Failure is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, USA, which was active from 1990 to 1997, and reunited in 2014. They are distinguished by their meticulous attention to textural sonic detail, inventive use of guitar effects and signal processing, and the overall expansive sound design of their later albums.
Members played in other bands after the initial breakup, including Year of the Rabbit, Autolux, A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age, Veruca Salt, Enemy, Blinker the Star, and Campfire Girls.
Current lineup:
Ken Andrews - vocals, guitar
Greg Edwards - bass, keyboards
Kellii Scott - drums
(2) Failure is a DIY New Jersey hardcore band with four kids looking to add their style of fast hardcore into the East Coast.
(3) Failure is a dutch punk band. Founded in 2006, and split up in March 2007. The members were Anouk (on vocals), Loes (Luas-R on drums), Willem (on guitar), Rob (on guitar) and Elske (on bass guitar). Their last performance was at an Emergenza semi-final at 013 Tilburg.
(4) Russian post-industrial, acoustic, avant-garde music project. https://vk.com/ingirumimusnocteetconsumimurigni
(5) Honduran depressive black metal band based in La Ceiba, split up in 2013.
(6) Fastcore band from northern Italy https://failure.bandcamp.com
Golden
Failure Lyrics
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A small patch of sky looked down on him
Through baskets they weave so thickly
He saw on a sea
Alone in the clouds
A rusty old bridge
Was jailed in his mind
It swayed to his breath
And creaked with the bolts
He unpacked his coat
And laid down
With somebody's shoes he traveled
Between the two ends of his bridge
He learned all the holes to crawl in
And stayed for the time
When winds too cold
The rats that could march
Whispered in his ear
He knew it meant something
But nobody came
He sat through the nights
And watched all the darkness
It spread with his breath
And pushed back the sky
He stayed for the days
On his home
A rusty old bridge
Would scream in his mind
He thought it was golden
The lyrics of Failure’s song Golden describe a person lost in their own world, wandering through the streets with their gaze aimed towards the sky. The imagery of baskets woven so thickly that a sea can be seen suggests a dense and overwhelming environment that the person traverses alone. The “rusty old bridge” serves as a metaphor for the person’s mind, one that is imprisoned and struggling against its constraints. However, the bridge also represents a form of solace, something that sways to the person’s breath and creaks with the bolts, providing a comforting familiarity. He unpacks his coat and lies down, indicating that he may be homeless or choosing to live on the bridge.
The person appears to have learned to survive on this bridge, using old shoes to travel between its two ends, and finding comfort in its holes and spaces. Yet, the rats that march and whisper to him suggest an underlying madness or isolation, that nobody else understands. He sits through the nights, watching as darkness spreads with his breath and pushes back the sky. The bridge, an object of imprisonment and comfort, also screams in his mind, but he chooses to cling to the belief that it is golden, something worth holding onto amidst his inner turmoil.
Overall, the song’s lyrics describe a person struggling with their own mind, finding solace and comfort in their isolation, but also acknowledging the darkness and madness that comes with it. The “golden” bridge represents both a comforting anchor and a source of inner turmoil, suggesting that the person is stuck in a cycle they may not be able to break free from.
Line by Line Meaning
He cut through the streets, eyes upturned
He walked through the streets with his head held high
A small patch of sky looked down on him
He only saw a small part of the sky while he was walking
Through baskets they weave so thickly
He saw baskets that were weaved together in close proximity
He saw on a sea
He saw the vastness of what lay before him
Alone in the clouds
He was isolated, feeling lonely
A rusty old bridge
He thought about an old bridge that was deteriorated
Was jailed in his mind
The bridge was something that he thought about frequently and it bothered him
He thought it was golden
He thought that something that was really deteriorated was valuable
It swayed to his breath
The bridge moved with the rhythm of his breathing
And creaked with the bolts
The sound of the deteriorated bolts could be heard when the bridge moved
He unpacked his coat
He settled himself down next to the bridge
And laid down
He lied down next to the deteriorated bridge
With somebody's shoes he traveled
He walked with shoes that belonged to somebody else
Between the two ends of his bridge
He walked between the two sides of the bridge
He learned all the holes to crawl in
He learned every possible place he could go through to get to the other side of the bridge
And stayed for the time
He stayed there for sometime
When winds too cold
He stayed there when the wind was too cold to travel
The rats that could march
Some rats that he saw could walk really well
Whispered in his ear
He felt like the rats were communicating with him
He knew it meant something
He felt like he could learn something from the rats
But nobody came
Nobody came to help him during his time of loneliness
He sat through the nights
He sat through the nights with his thoughts
And watched all the darkness
He sat and watched as darkness surrounded him
It spread with his breath
The darkness seemed to surround him even more when he breathed
And pushed back the sky
The darkness was so thick that it clouded the sky above him
He stayed for the days
He stayed there for several days
On his home
He was at a place that he considered his home
A rusty old bridge
He continued to think about the deteriorated bridge
Would scream in his mind
The thoughts of the bridge would not stop bothering him
He thought it was golden
He still believed that something deteriorated was valuable
Contributed by Eli N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.