Lind began writing songs during his senior year of high-school after being inspired by bands like Rancid and Green Day. By 1995, Lind and close friend Jason Messina would form The Ducky Boys and within three years, released two albums and grew in popularity in the Boston punk scene with the help of Dropkick Murphys' front-man Ken Casey.
However, by 1999, the band fell into turmoil and soon broke up leaving Lind with no band.
Soon after The Ducky Boys' downfall, Lind teamed up with his brother Rob Lind of Blood for Blood and began writing music. Focus heavily on song-writing, the two formed the band Sinners and Saints. The band had more musicality and pop elements than The Ducky Boys, a change that gave the band a unique sound. They were offered a record contract with Victory Records for the groups future album The Sky is Falling, but chose to turn it down, a huge mistake they would later admit. The album went on to have huge success and the band grew a huge following by 2002.
Due to personal matters, Rob was unable to continue the project, and the band disbanded by the end of the year. Hoping to get back to his punk roots, Lind would form a Ducky Boy like band called Dirty Water. Re-uniting with Messina, and recruiting Andrew Mauriello on guitar and John Davidian on bass, the band would release their self-titled ep Dirty Water in 2003. Llike Sinners and Saints, the band was a major success in the Boston area.
All unreleased songs written by Lind during this period of time have been reworked and included on subsequent releases.
The Ducky Boys re-formed plus guitarist Douglas Sullivan in late 2003 and has recorded and released two albums, entitled Three Chords and the Truth and The War Back Home . Both albums were critically acclaimed and had big sales. The band has since grown in popularity and has toured with bands like Rancid, Street Dogs, and Dropkick Murphys in recent years.
During 2005, Lind set out to make his first solo album. Using leftovers songs that were not used in The War Back Home, Lind recorded the CD and released it in 2006. The album features a rock style with a band accompanying Lind in most songs.
Over the last year, Lind has wrote and demoed over 50 songs for both the new Ducky Boys album and for his next solo EP, which is tentatively titled Compulsive Fuckup. The album is expected to be more acoustic sounding and will be released independently through Lind himself in hopes of addressing a very specific and existing audience.
Mark also played bass on Boston punk band Far From Finished's debut album East Side of Nowhere and will also be appearing on the band's new album Living in the Fallout, which is due out sometime this year.
No Future
Mark Lind Lyrics
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And a dead end job saved me
Death or jail was not a choice for me
I spent hours in my room dreaming
Of a better day to come to me
I'm still waiting on my hopes and dreams
I come from no future and reach for the light
Looking back on life plagues me
And the passing of my time haunts me
I still have a road laid out for me
I come from no future and reach for the light
These days I'm hanging on without a net
I got nothing to catch me if I should fall again
I don't want everything. I want it all.
The kids on the streets come and they meet
Underneath the street lights
They're killing their lives on a heroin high
All of them doing time
I gotta get out. Gotta make a new life
Said the teenager in me then
Years down the line I see them sometimes
The guys that I knew back when
I came from no future and reach for the light
These days I'm hanging on without a net
Death or jail was not a choice for me
Death or jail was not a choice for me
I'm still waiting on my hopes and dreams
Death or jail was not a choice for me
The lyrics of Mark Lind's song No Future depict a story of struggle and hope. The singer has had a difficult life, growing up in a place where there wasn't much opportunity, and dealing with the harsh realities of life such as poverty and the temptation of drugs. However, he is determined to not let these circumstances define him and is hopeful for a better future. The opening lines suggest that the lonely nights and dead-end jobs have been shaping him, but he sees them as a way out of the potential outcomes of death or jail. He spends hours in his room dreaming of a better future, but years later is still waiting for his hopes and dreams to materialize.
The chorus of the song repeats a powerful message - that the singer may come from a place of no future, but he is reaching for the light. Despite the challenges he has faced in life, he is still hanging on without a net, and states that he wants it all. He is not content with merely scraping by or surviving, but wants to thrive.
The final verse of the song highlights the struggles of those around him, as he sees kids killing their lives with heroin and doing time in younger years. It is a vivid picture of the harsh reality he is trying to transcend. The song comes full circle, as he reinforces that death or jail was not a choice for him, but emphasizes that he is still waiting for his hopes and dreams to come true.
Overall, No Future is a song about resilience, determination, and hope. It shows the struggles of trying to make it out of tough circumstances, while also conveying a sense that anything is possible with the right mindset and a determination to succeed.
Line by Line Meaning
Lonely nights shaped me
My solitude has influenced and molded me into the person I am today
And a dead end job saved me
Though my job is unfulfilling, it offers me some kind of stable existence
Death or jail was not a choice for me
My life has been fraught with difficulties, but I refuse to succumb to such dire circumstances
I spent hours in my room dreaming
I yearn for a brighter future, and often ponder on what that future may hold for me
Of a better day to come to me
I eagerly await a time when my life will be more fulfilling and purposeful
I'm still waiting on my hopes and dreams
Though my life has not yet yielded the results I desire, I still cling to the prospect of a more prosperous future
I come from no future and reach for the light
My past was not conducive to success, but I still strive for a better tomorrow
These days I'm hanging on without a net
I am taking risks with my life and future, without a clear safety net to fall back on
Looking back on life plagues me
My past mistakes, regrets, and missed opportunities continue to haunt me
And the passing of my time haunts me
The perpetual experience of time is a source of pain and longing for me
I still have a road laid out for me
I have a sense of direction and purpose with regards to what I want to achieve in life
I got nothing to catch me if I should fall again
I am vulnerable and exposed to failure, without any support to fall back on if I do fail
I don't want everything. I want it all.
I am not satisfied with mediocrity or partial success; I strive for the full realization of my dreams
The kids on the streets come and they meet
Young people, often experiencing great hardship, find solace in their shared struggles
Underneath the street lights
Their meetings often take place in dingy, unsafe environments
They're killing their lives on a heroin high
Many of these struggling individuals resort to drug use as a means of escape from their problems
All of them doing time
Their drug use and other problems have consequences that they are struggling to escape from
I gotta get out. Gotta make a new life
I refuse to be trapped in such a life; I am determined to create a better future for myself
Said the teenager in me then
These were my thoughts and hopes when I was younger
Years down the line I see them sometimes
Though I have moved on from that life, I still see these struggling individuals around sometimes
The guys that I knew back when
These are the individuals that I used to spend time with
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