Artifact
Rock's Funeral: A Musical Obituary for a Bygone Era
Lyrics
Grab your lighters, go grab your souvenirs, grab your friends and your posters from the good years
Encouraging listeners to gather nostalgic items like lighters, souvenirs, posters, albums, and videos from the good years.
Grab your albums, go get your videos, pack em up cuz we're headed to the big show
Preparing to head to a significant event, possibly a concert or show, urging to pack up for the big show.
Downtown, down at the stadium, we're gonna burn everything that we once loved
Referencing a location, possibly a stadium, where they plan to symbolically burn things associated with past loves or memories.
It had a time, it had a place, but then the whole world spit in their face so
Acknowledging that the past had its time and place but was rejected or disrespected by the world.
Break all the guitars and burn 'em
Advocating for breaking and burning guitars, suggesting a rebellion against traditional rock elements.
Rock is dead they held a funeral
Declaring the death of rock, marked by a symbolic funeral.
Once upon a time they made it
Reflecting on a time when rock music was successful.
Now the DJs just replay it
Contrasting the past success of rock with the current state where DJs simply replay old songs.
I'm not saying that it's all bad, disco died but then they dug it up again
Acknowledging that not everything about the current music scene is bad, referring to disco's revival.
Maybe one day all the kids will go: "Guitar bass and drums, so retro!
Anticipating a future where kids appreciate the retro qualities of guitar, bass, and drums.
Let's start a band, let's start a movement, let's go rock some faces in a basement"
Expressing a desire to start a band and create a movement to bring rock back to prominence.
Til then, it's a sea of wasted faces waiting for the bass drop
Describing a current state of disillusionment or boredom, waiting for an exciting moment in music.
Break all the guitars and burn 'em
Reiterating the call to break and burn guitars, emphasizing the rejection of traditional rock symbols.
Rock is dead they held a funeral
Repeating the declaration of rock's death with a symbolic funeral.
Once upon a time they made it
Recalling a time when rock was successfully made and appreciated.
Now the DJs just replay it
Highlighting the contrast between the past creation of rock and the current repetitive nature of DJ playlists.
I am an artifact, I am a dinosaur. I was alive before we started fighting gulf wars
Describing the speaker as an artifact and dinosaur, indicating a sense of being outdated and from a different era.
So chalk it up to nostalgia, I don't give a f*** cuz I'm still gonna tell ya
Acknowledging nostalgia but expressing indifference and determination to speak the truth.
Break all the guitars and burn 'em
Reiterating the call to break and burn guitars, reinforcing the rejection of traditional rock symbols.
Rock is dead they held a funeral
Repeating the declaration of rock's death with a symbolic funeral.
Once upon a time they made it
Recalling a time when rock was successfully made and appreciated.
Now the DJs just replay it
Emphasizing the contrast between the past creation of rock and the current repetitive nature of DJ playlists.
Break all the guitars and burn 'em
Reiterating the call to break and burn guitars, emphasizing the rejection of traditional rock symbols.
Rock is dead they held a funeral
Repeating the declaration of rock's death with a symbolic funeral.
Once upon a time they made it
Recalling a time when rock was successfully made and appreciated.
Now the DJs just replay it
Highlighting the contrast between the past creation of rock and the current repetitive nature of DJ playlists.
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