Yeah it's a big bright beautiful world
Just the other side of the door
Six billion beautiful faces
But I saw them all before...

No this is not about running out on you
Not a case of right or wrong
It's only that it's over and done for me
It's already been and gone

And I don't want another go round - I don't want to start again
No I don't want another go round - I want this to be the end
I want this to be the end - I don't want to start again
I want this to be the last thing we do
It for me and you...

For all my dreams came true
Yeah I know I should care if you come with me
Yeah and I should care if you go
Really should care about your love or your hate of me
Yeah I should care...but I don't

And it's not about giving up on you
It's not a case of do or die
It's simply that it's over and out for me
There's no more room inside

And I don't want another run around - I don't want to start again
No I don't want another run around - I want this to be the end
I want this to be the end - I don't want to start again
I want this to be the last thing we do
It for me and you...

Yeah it's a big bright beautiful world out there
Just the other side of this door
Six billion beautiful faces await
But I saw it all before...

No this is not about running out on you
Not a case of right or wrong
It's only that it's over and done for me
It's already been and gone

And I don't want another go around - I don't want to start again
No I don't want another go around - I want this to be the end
I want this to be the end - I don't want to start again
I want this to be the last thing we do - this to be it for me and you
This to be the last we go through
This to be the end
For all my dreams came true


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Alt.end Lyrics as written by Perry Bamonte Jason Toop Cooper

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    I can't help noticing how Robert Smith keeps expressing the feeling that "this is the end"...yet even today, he's still out there. Still, I doubt the Cure will be making any more studio albums. Then again (standard disclaimer...), I'm not the only person who's said that — and turned out to be wrong — before.

    One of the (many) things I find remarkable about him is how he seems to have managed to rise back from the depths of [emotional] pain (I don't usually pay much attention to the personal lives of artists, but I get the impression from quite a few of his lyrics that he's suffered from depression more than once or twice in his life) and yet continue forward as an artist. After all these years, he still has the wonderful creative energy that I so admire, even though he's often felt like quitting.

    GwiberWyrddon October 28, 2017   Link

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