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This Is The End Lyrics
This ends now This ends now
And I don't care about last year
Won't be afraid of what the future holds can't fear
Want not the past and the safety it brings
It doesn't mean anything We've come too far
There's no going back now
Bring on the future with an open embrace
Memories I will erase
This is the end
This is the end of chasing dreams gone by
Ever-long is this goodbye and this
This is the end
This is the end of our respect denied
Stand with us or stand aside
Only now do you pretend to care about this
You suffocated everything that came between us
Took every condescending barb and sting
I don't owe you anything
So here we stand Farewell is forever
And if you think that its a joke or a lie
Look me in these blackened eyes
Bastards you bastards
May you suffer so long
Bastards you bastards so long
Brothers my brothers
Why have you forsaken thee
Brothers my brothers So be
Deny those that will never accept
Empty words are just regrets
Let go the bile that your soul has amassed
With this let die be cast
And I don't care about last year
Won't be afraid of what the future holds can't fear
Want not the past and the safety it brings
It doesn't mean anything We've come too far
There's no going back now
Bring on the future with an open embrace
Memories I will erase
This is the end of chasing dreams gone by
Ever-long is this goodbye and this
This is the end
This is the end of our respect denied
Stand with us or stand aside
You suffocated everything that came between us
Took every condescending barb and sting
I don't owe you anything
So here we stand Farewell is forever
And if you think that its a joke or a lie
Look me in these blackened eyes
May you suffer so long
Bastards you bastards so long
Brothers my brothers
Why have you forsaken thee
Brothers my brothers So be
Deny those that will never accept
Empty words are just regrets
Let go the bile that your soul has amassed
With this let die be cast
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Possibly about how lots of people were expecting this album to be as high of a standard as The Blackening. "And I don't care about last year Won't be afraid of what the future holds can't fear Want not the past and the safety it brings It doesn't mean anything We've come too far There's no going back now"
This song is about moving forward, breaking free from the past, and embracing the future, not being held back by fear. It emphasizes how important living in the present is. The name refers to a goodbye to chasing dreams and a farewell to past aspirations not yet fulfilled, representing a turning point where you acknowledge that it's time to move on from what was and embrace a new chapter.
Phil Demmel said in an interview with Sonic Excess:
“This is the End”, a burner, one of the faster Machine Head songs ever (laughs). Rob and David got together, and we took a break from everything after touring for three years. We took about a six-month break, got back together, and wrote this song. It’s really fast. Kind of a death metal song, but it’s got the classical sound like a death metal tune. The whole record has kind of neo-classical feel to it. The song, Rob’s going to have to describe the lyrics. It’s basically about people kind of living and not being able to accept present times and moving on to things.
http://www.sonicexcess.com/machine_head_interview2011.html