Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all

The walls start breathing
My mind's un-weaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight

A falling star
Least I fall alone
I can't explain what you can't explain
Your finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

The walls start breathing
My mind's un-weaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends tonight

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes

All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Just a little insight will make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight
It ends tonight
Tonight
Insight
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight


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It Ends Tonight Lyrics as written by Tyson Ritter Nick Wheeler

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    I really like this song, prob my fave by AAR. Here's my take on it:

    It's about being in a relationship where he realizes they're both unhappy, and he is tired of playing games with her. He's tired of trying to fix the problem because it's unfixable - he just wasn't meant to be with her. He can't be happy with her, even if she does have some great qualities, and he realizes he has to be miserable alone for a while in order to EVER be happy again.

    "Your subtleties, they strangle me"

    The little things about you, the games you play, they kill me.

    "I can't explain myself at all And all that wants and all that needs I don't want to need at all"

    I can't explain where we went wrong or exactly what is wrong with this relationship. I can however tell you that I'm tired of needing you or the things you give me, because in the end, you only make me miserable.

    "The walls are breathing My mind's unweaving Maybe it's best you leave alone"

    Things are getting intense, but you have to leave tonight. I am breaking up with you now, I need to be alone.

    "A weight is lifted on this evening I give the final blow"

    I'm taking the weight of our relationship off our shoulders as I give the final blow aka break up with you, tell you it's over.

    "When darkness turns to light It ends tonight, it ends tonight"

    Darnkess turning to light represents not only the night turning to day, but his life going from being dark (with her) to being light (happy again) when he's alone.

    "A falling star, at least I fall alone"

    It hurts to be alone, but it feels better to be alone than to be with her.

    "I can't explain what you can't explain You're finding things that you didn't know I look at you with such disdain"

    He doesn't know where they went wrong (as mentioned above). She's also finding things in him she doesn't like anymore, and when the two look at each other, they don't feel love, they feel disdain.

    "... Just a little insight won't make this right It's too late to fight It ends tonight, it ends tonight"

    In relationships, usually someone will say "or we're fighting because I've been jealous lately/started my new job today/whatever", or they think one little solution will fix their problems. Here he says that nothing can fix their relationship. It's broken beyond repair. The only solution is to leave.

    "Now I'm on my own side It's better than bein' on your side"

    Now he's single but it's better than being with her.

    "It's my fault when you're blind It's better that I see it through your eyes All these thoughts locked inside Now you're the first to know"

    It's his fault for ignoring all the problems the relationship had. She maybe yelled at him and was a bitch, but it made him realize how much he didn't want to be with her. He's been keeping these feelings forever and now he's letting them out, and she's the first to hear about it.

    bigleagueon May 26, 2006   Link

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