Is it better to burn out than to fade away?

Answer 1

Fading is a sad thing to me. It would kill me to lose the my spark. Some like the thought of getting old, but I say go out with a bang. Die young.

Answer 2

Fade away

Answer 3

I would rather burn out than fade away.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Answer 4

I prefer to fade myself. I know many burn outs and they are just not here. It's rather sad.

Answer 5

I actually used to live that philosophy for many years. I partied like hell, did a lot of the illicit things we're not supposed to, and held the belief that i'd die in a traffic accident, a drug overdose, doing something stupid like jumping off a 50ft. train trestle to the water below not knowing what was in it or how deep it was, maybe end up getting in a fight and maybe gunshot. I really didn't care what I did because I really didn't think I'd be around long enough to pay the consequences. The old men used to tell me "Man, what the hell you doing? Don't do it like that, you're going to feel that one of the days." My reply: "Ah pi$$ off! I ain't gonna be around LONG enough to feel it." Now I'm one of those old men. I didn't burn out. I feel it. God, DO I FEEL IT. The pain in my body is so bad, that as I type, I know I've got to go get something fo the pain, and no, it's not Tylenol or Alleve. I used to do drugs for fun. Now I HAVE to take drugs to stay alive. I didn't plan on getting married and having four kids while I was in the process of trying to burn out. But now I have no choice but to fade away because my kids really do love and care for me. Ages 7-23 in case you were wondering. My body is so d@mn busted up, broken and abused I can't work anymore. Just doing dishes at the sink can put me in excruciating pain. I can't mow the yard anymore. I still have a hard head and think I can do those kind of things. The last three times I mowed the yard, I hurt myself so bad, just from pushing the lawnmower, I hurt so badly I couldn't get out of bed for three days. It's not that I can't mow the yard because I don't think I can, my wife and kids absolutely forbid me to, (as well as my only living "burn out" buddy) because they know what it does to me. I quit drinking years ago. I think right now I'd get less flack out of the famnily if they caught me dirnking an ice cold brew, than catching me trying to mow the yard.

There's gonna be some out there that read this and are gonna say "wah wah wah we don't wanna hear your crap, go whine somewhere else." Those are the ones that want to burn out.

"Is to better to burn out that to fade away" (Def Leppard) My advice? If I had the chance to go back to my younger years with the wisdom I have gained since then, I'd d@mn sure do it different. We only get one shot at it. I thought I was gonna burn, turns out that the outcome was a little bit different than what I thought then. Looks like I'm gonna fade anyway. Hope you make the right choice. I get to fade away in pain. GOOD LUCK. Hope you have a good life and live it right.

Answer 6

fade away,my grandfather use to say"old Indians never die,they just fade away'.-

Answer 7

i am a burnout all the way

id still rather fade away

Answer 8

why would u ask that