Andrew Dennis Biersack's Song 'In The End'

In the end, who will remember those who have gone? Good morning/afternoon. Andrew Dennis Biersack, or better known as Andy Biersack, is an American singer/songwriter and is the founder of the heavy metal band Black Veil Brides. Andy started the band in 2006 and since then, they have toured the world and have made multiple albums. The band are originally from Cincinnati, Ohio but are now based in Hollywood and are signed by the record label Lava. Early in Biersacks life, he experienced bullying and quickly became depressed. The song “In the end” reflects the fear of which someone will be forgotten once they’re gone.
Their song “In the End” refers to people who are scared that they’ll be forgotten when they die. The feeling of depression makes
Who will tell the story of your life?” talks about how when you die will you just fade away, or will there be someone there to remember you?
1. In the end,
2. As we fade into the night.
3. Who will tell the story of your life?
In the introduction of the song, Andy expresses his feelings towards what happens when death approaches. The end is symbolic to the end of life and the word night is symbolic to death. “Who will tell the story of your life?” is a rhetorical question in which he is reflecting on life and is questioning if anyone will remember him. Suicidal people often reflect on their lives right before they end it and think if it was even worth living.
1. In the end,
2. As my soul’s laid to rest
3. What is left of my
If I fall, I will rise back up and relive my glory.
In verse 2, Andy is reconciling all the ‘unholy’ or unmoral doings in his life, and he’s looking back and wondering what he could’ve fixed or done better. Depressed teens often think that everything they do in life is unmoral, and that often causes the downwind spiral of depression and loneliness.
The structure of “In the end” isn’t set out in poem form, eg. AB AB or AA BB. The song is set out in a typical song format with an introduction, verse 1 and 2 and choruses that are placed after the first and second verse, and at the end of the song.
One in five of you sitting here will be diagnosed with depression at one point in your life, with some of you even contemplating suicide. Suicide is the third biggest killer in adolescents aged fifteen to twenty-five.
Andy Biersack is addressing this issue profoundly in the song “In the end”, but because of this, he is called ‘satanic’. Talking openly about suicide and depression has a huge stigma surrounding it, and a lot of people are too scared to talk about it. In western society, talking about death is frowned upon. Why is that? The one certain thing in our lifetime is that one begins to die the day they are