This is also the name of a song by
Nirvana (not the hippie band). Endless because the song doesn't seem to end (it's actually about 7 minutes long). Nameless because-- okay, it has a name, but if you ignore this trivial detail, then, it doesn't. Not really. Not if you
think hard about it.
It is a hidden track on the album Nevermind. When Something In The Way ends, we seem to be left with nothing but empty space. If we waited patiently (or pressed the fast-forward button) then we'd realise that this silence, this empty space is just something leading up to something great. Something that ony hardcore fans of the band will find, after sitting thru about 20 minutes of silence.
What's kind of ironic about this song is that, there is also a hidden track on the In Utero album. The irony is that the hidden track on the happier album seems to be the more, fuck this shit, I've had just about enough of living, kind of song, and the hidden track on the more 'depressing' album seems to be more of a happy and fun kind of song. It's funny.
Endless, nameless seems to be just some screaming and wailing but this isn't really the case. It has an actual lyric. But who cares, it still sounds great. It goes like this:
Silence
Here I am
Here I am
Silent
Bright and clear
It's what I am
I have
Died
Mother (x4)
Death
With violence
Excitement
Right here
Died
Go to hell
Here I am
Right here
Ow!
No mas1 (x4)
Death
Is what I am
Go to hell
Go to jail
In back of that
Crime
Here I am
Take a chance
Dead!
Die!
1 Update Approximately 50,000 people (YOU know who you are) have informed me that no mas is actually Spanish for 'no more', which seems to make sense, it fits the song good. The thing is tho, I can't think of any other Nirvana song where there's a bit of Spanish in it. It's kinda hard to make out most of what Kurt screams, but I'm pretty sure this is the only example of Spanish in any Nirvana song.'nother update The phrase no mas appears right at the end of Naked Lunch by William Burroughs. Kurt Cobain and William Burroughs were very good friends and collaborated on a thing called 'The 'Priest' they called him', which is WSB's drunken drawling of a poem over Kurt's screechy guitar. O, and this is not the only example of Spanish in a Nirvana song, there's also Memoria in Come As You Are, only I'm not sure that's Spanish.Also, Ferenczy has pointed out to me a good alternative-- 'no mass', as in, the annihilation of the corporeal body at death.
Addendum
When Nevermind was released in October 1991, a track ("Endless, Nameless") was supposed to be included, but because of the dead space between "Something in the Way" and "Endless, Nameless" on the master tape, this song was accidentally not included. The 1992 and later pressings on tape and CD included "Endless, Nameless."
(From the Subpop website http://www.subpop.com/history/nirvana/discog/discog.html)