“Hang” is pretty self-explanatory. It’s inspired...

“Hang” is pretty self-explanatory. It’s inspired by the people I have known, specifically older people, who have quit the straight edge because of unhappiness with their station in life. Do they really think drinking will improve things for them? Lots of people dabble in the hardcore scene as kids; usually they go through a straight edge phase. Invariably, most SE kids move on. As I’ve mentioned above, while I believe that SE is the best way to live I recognize that it can be demanding and socially isolating. I understand why lots of people succumb to the pressure to drink. It’s absolutely pervasive. Why cut yourself off from the world over a matter you don’t take to be all that important? Nevertheless, I’ve been seeing a lot of 25 to 35 year old dudes decide to start drinking after years and years on the edge. I know too many people who’ve dedicated their youths to hardcore and then found, upon reaching adulthood, that there’s nothing there for them. Now, it’s certainly true that if the only thing on your resume is touring and record collecting you’re probably going to be stuck with a service industry job. You’ll probably have a hard time meeting members of the opposite sex who’ll actually date you. You’ll probably be broke and have little to gloat about at your high school reunion. But so what? If you’ve spent the better part of your life living by your own set of standards it just makes it that much more pathetic when you break down and try to join normal society. Newsflash: while your tattoos may convince a few drunken 21 year olds that you’re a fuck-worthy rebel… you’ll always be an outsider. Drinking won’t make you happier and it won’t really help you to fit in. The time for fitting in is long past; you missed the train of normalcy and there’s no way to board later down the line. Think about it…when your co-workers talk about prom you’re still going to be the guy who skipped it to go skateboarding. When the conversation turns to college you’re still going to be the guy who dropped out to tour. When the folks at the hipster bar start talking music you’ll still know, deep within your soul, that anyone who hasn’t heard the Antidote 7” has no right to speak. Whatever drew you to hardcore and SE in the first place kept you there for ten or fifteen or twenty odd years; a few drinks won’t undo a lifetime of marching out of step. Seeing a 30-something drunk for the first time is just sad. There’s nothing to gain; if you hate your life so much that you’ve begun to consider drinking, think about the real changes you could make to better yourself. If you already feel like you’re in the gutter, why would you turn to the very substance the puts most people there in the first place? Alcohol will wash what’s left of you right down the drain.”

— Bucky Farley of Noose, on the meaning of the song “Hang.”
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