In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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
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I've been listening to this song over and over lately. And I do agree that it has to do with a friendship between a man and a woman. The song starts out kind of light-hearted and you can tell he cares for her as a friend but perhaps her feelings for him deepen to romantic love which he does not reciprocate. Thus, he knows that her love is the end of their friendship and he so badly wishes she would just take it back so they could go back to who they were:
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
That verse is SO powerful! I love it. I could be way off with my interpretation but it's just a guess. Anyone who's ever had a friendship with someone of the opposite sex knows that its complicated. In my opinion, one usually always carries a torch for the other one regardless if they ever admit to it or not. And it doesn't always turn out like When Harry Met Sally....