Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard
The cigarette streaming into the night
These are the things that I want to remember
I want to remember you by
It won't come again
'Cause love is the end
Oh no, my friend
Love is the end
I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start anew
And when I was drowning in that lonely water
All I could think of was you
Whoa, my friend
Love is the end
So lets not pretend
'Cause love is the end
Take it back, don't let it die
Or raise again the fallen night
'Cause I still do, depend on you
So don't say those words, you wrung me through
Whoa, oh oh
Love is the end
So lets not pretend
'Cause love is the end
So I tread the only road
The only road I know
Nowhere to go, but home
Nowhere to go
Maybe our time is up
But still you can't look back
But all the principles of love
Don't save us
Don't save us
The cigarette streaming into the night
These are the things that I want to remember
I want to remember you by
It won't come again
'Cause love is the end
Oh no, my friend
Love is the end
I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start anew
And when I was drowning in that lonely water
All I could think of was you
Whoa, my friend
Love is the end
So lets not pretend
'Cause love is the end
Take it back, don't let it die
Or raise again the fallen night
'Cause I still do, depend on you
So don't say those words, you wrung me through
Whoa, oh oh
Love is the end
So lets not pretend
'Cause love is the end
So I tread the only road
The only road I know
Nowhere to go, but home
Nowhere to go
Maybe our time is up
But still you can't look back
But all the principles of love
Don't save us
Don't save us
Lyrics submitted by MLBfreek35, edited by wahh17, anafluabranca, Stevelloyd77, atinsley, willsouth, BORNintoKHAOS
Love Is the End Lyrics as written by Timothy James Rice-oxley Richard David Hughes
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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the song begins with positive tones:
"Now is the time of our comfort and plenty
These are the days we've been working for
Nothing can touch us, and nothing can hurt us
And nothing goes wrong anymore
Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard
The cigarette streaming into the night
These are the things that I want to remember
I want to remember you by"
these two stanzas tell of a relationship that is flourishing and that is going perfectly and to plan... memories are being made and love is plenty...
after the chorus... the song takes a tragic turn... wherein the person in the song is dumped... and experiences the shock of the breakup... and experiences melancholy
"I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start a-new
And when I was drowning in that holy water
All I could think of was you"
this stanza leads me to think the person is so distraught at the break up that he rushes into commiting suicide but cannot bring himself to drown himself.
...
in the next stanza he could be begging to his former partner to be "taken back" and begs his partner to reconsider...
Take it back, don't let it die
Or rage against the fallen night
Cos I still do, depend on you
So don't say those words, that wrung me through
"those words" refer to him being told he is dumped.
...
the final stanza is extremely powerful.. it shows that the man has lost the one light in his life... and now that that light has been diminished.. he is lost in the world and does not know what to do or where to go...
So I tread the only road
The only road I know
Nowhere to go, but home
Nowhere to go
Maybe our time is up
But still you can't look back
But all the principles of love
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
All in all... this song tells of the power of love... love is the most powerful of feelings one can experience and has the ability to make/ruin lives.
"but still you cant abandon..
all the principles of love"
im from egypt not a native speaker, but it think it makes more sense like that.
and the more abstract meaning of the end of love feeling like the end of everything...
it's a beautiful song anyway
i guess it's about two friends love each other .. and they know there is a huge feeling more than friendship ... they most end to lover ..
I'm pretty sure the song is about a breakup. The most powerful verse for me is that second one
"I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start anew
And when I was drowning in that holy water
All I could think of was you"
It sounds almost like he was trying to commit suicide... He wanted a new start, but he couldn't leave his past behind.
The chorus makes it seem like he's given up hope of starting over. "Love is the end"... Once you're in love, that's it, you only get one chance.
"Now is the time of our comfort and plenties (?)
These are the days we’ve been working for
Nothing can touch us and nothing can harm us
And nothing goes wrong anymore"
Beautiful song and a nice ending to the album :)
Now is the time of our comfort and plenty
These are the days we've been working for
Nothing can touch us and nothing can harm us
No, nothing goes wrong anymore
Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard
The cigarette streaming into the night
These are the things that I want to remember
I want to remember you by
They won't come again
Cos love is the end
Oh no, my friend
Love is the end
I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start a-new
And when I was drowning in that holy water
All I could think of was you
Woah, my friend
Love is the end
So best not pretend
Cos love is the end
Take it back, don't let it die
Or rage against the fallen night
Cos I still do, depend on you
So don't say those words, that wrung me through
Woah, oh oh
Love is the end
So lets not pretend
Cos love is the end
So I tread the only road
The only road I know
Nowhere to go, but home
Nowhere to go
Maybe our time is up
But still you can't look back
But all the principles of love
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words