People you love
Will turn their backs on you
You'll lose your hair
Your teeth
Your knife will fall out of its sheath
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie

People you hate will get their hooks into you
They'll pull you down
You'll frown
They'll tar you and drag you through town
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie
No, you still don't like to leave before the end of the show

People you hate will get their hooks into you
They'll pull you down
You'll frown
They'll tar you and drag you through town
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie
No, you still don't like to leave before the end of the show


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End Of The Movie Lyrics as written by John M Mccrea

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    This song is so short and beautiful. I'm glad they didn't try and stretch it out to a three-minute song or something, because although I always feel like it ends so quickly, that's one of the things I love about it.

    I think it's pretty clear that it's about suicide, or more specifically, the lack thereof. I find the verb choice kind of eerie, though: "People you love WILL turn their backs on you". It's like he's TELLING you that this will happen to you. And it's said as a certainty: that this is just a fact of life.

    "Your life's going to go to complete shit someday, but you're gonna put up with it anyway to see how it plays out." (to me this is the message the song conveys, but somehow pulls it off in a quiet and hopeful way :P)

    All I know is, if I ever contemplate suicide, or know someone who is, I'm playing this song.

    tailgunneron February 18, 2009   Link

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