I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Well, I got two tickets to the game
It'd be great if I could take you to it this Sunday
And I'll walk you home when the whole things done
If you're there, I don't even care which team won
We could stop at the coffee shop
And make fun of the cops in the parking lot
We could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Saturday I'm gonna take her out
'Cause her favorite band is gonna play downtown
Gonna sing the song we've all heard, about those two young friends who should have fell in love
Later on we'll cut through the park
And she can hold my hand 'cause she hates the dark
And we could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Greatest times we ever had, the crazy nights just looking back and laugh
You never know where life's gonna go, 'cause we're the only ones who will ever know
About Sunday night, just her and I
Sitting side by side in the full moon light
I pulled her close just to hold her tight and the both of us could tell it just felt right
She looked at me in the sweetest way
Like should could tell what the hell I was about to say
Must have took a while to find the words 'cause she cut me off and finally said it first
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do to ever let it end
Yeah, you know I feel the same way, 'cause I told you drunk on my birthday
And as I pulled you near, whispered in your ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Please promise that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Well, I got two tickets to the game
It'd be great if I could take you to it this Sunday
And I'll walk you home when the whole things done
If you're there, I don't even care which team won
We could stop at the coffee shop
And make fun of the cops in the parking lot
We could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Saturday I'm gonna take her out
'Cause her favorite band is gonna play downtown
Gonna sing the song we've all heard, about those two young friends who should have fell in love
Later on we'll cut through the park
And she can hold my hand 'cause she hates the dark
And we could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Greatest times we ever had, the crazy nights just looking back and laugh
You never know where life's gonna go, 'cause we're the only ones who will ever know
About Sunday night, just her and I
Sitting side by side in the full moon light
I pulled her close just to hold her tight and the both of us could tell it just felt right
She looked at me in the sweetest way
Like should could tell what the hell I was about to say
Must have took a while to find the words 'cause she cut me off and finally said it first
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do to ever let it end
Yeah, you know I feel the same way, 'cause I told you drunk on my birthday
And as I pulled you near, whispered in your ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Please promise that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
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Don't Ever Let It End Lyrics as written by Chad Kroeger
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