The video was directed by Wayne Isham, who has also shot clips for such artists as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi and Avenged Sevenfold. The visual includes footage of FFDP's October 8, 2015 performance at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.
During an appearance on Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta's official podcast, The Jasta Show, FFFDP bassist Chris Kael stated that the band wanted to take a different approach with the video compared to the clips the band had worked on in the past. "We've had our fair share of friends of the band that were doing videos and those videos came out great [because of the] different interpersonal connections [we had] with the directors," he explained. "But when you wanna make a statement, Wayne is the dude."
"He's got the resume. All those great videos… I mean, I remember, whatever it was, junior high or high school, I can't recall at this point, sitting at home, rushing home to see where Mötley Crüe's 'Home Sweet Home' was on the Top 20 countdown they had every day out there. And fast forward fifteen, twenty years later…. Boom! My video."
The song was used in an essay from a Russian presidential aide, which linked Donald Trump's 2016 presidential victory and the following year's sexual harassment scandal with a widespread desire among Americans to "wash it all away." Putin adviser Vladislav Surkov penned a cryptic column for the state-run news channel RT on November 7, 2017 in which he wrote regarding one of the song's lyrics:
"The line 'Done with all your hypocrisy' sounds like a prophecy, a verdict, and as the motto of a new era."
Lyrics
I've given up
On society
Up on my family
Up on your social disease
I've given up
On the industry
Up on democracy
Done with all your hypocrisy
All of the chaos
And all of the lies
I hate it
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away?
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I've given up
On the media
Feeds my hysteria
Sick of living down on my knees
I've given up
On morality
Feeds my brutality
Fuck what you think about me
All of the chaos
And all of the lies
I hate it
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away?
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I won't change for you
And I can't take the pain
There's nothing you can do
And there's nothing you can say
I've given up
On everything
Up on everything
Up on everything
I'm wasting here
Can anyone wash it all away?
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
I'm wasting here
With everyone just wash it all away
I'm waiting here
For anyone to wash it all away
Wash it all away
Wash it all away
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