～め ending, apparently not imperative?


Context is the song 「その血の記憶」：

> 空白のラストページに… _Into [dative of motion towards] a blank LAST PAGE,_
>
> そのこぶしを叩き込めーッ！ _[Star Platinum] will throw that fist (???)_
>
> End of THE WORLD！その血の記憶！ _End of THE WORLD! That blood's memory!_
>
> (オラオラオラオラオラオラオラオラ／無駄無駄無駄無駄無駄無駄無駄無駄{むだむだむだむだむだむだむだむだ})

Point of confusion is 叩き込め. It definitely derives from 叩{たた}き込{こ}む. The
conjugation is the problem.

  * It ends in an `e`-series mora so it should be either imperative or participial.
  * `me` is not a valid contraction for any `*ite`, so it can't be participial.
  * Therefore it's imperative, "Throw that fist into a blank LAST PAGE!"

Although this makes syntactic sense it seems wrong, as if this were an
imperative it would be the only imperative in the entire song which would be a
massive shift in structure. What is the syntax here?

(For the record, the JoJo wiki translates this into english with a future
indicative.)




This 叩き込め is nothing but an imperative (i.e., "Crusaders, throw your fist!").
Although 叩き込め is the only imperative verb in the [entire
lyrics](http://www.kasi-time.com/item-74528.html), it's used four times, so
you can think it's the main "message" of the song.

