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To the End Lyrics
All those dirty words
(Jusqu'àla fin)
They make us look so dumb
(En plein soleil)
We've been drinking far too much
(Jusqu'àla fin)
And neither of us mean what we say
(En plein amour)
Well you and I
Collapsed in love
And it looks like we might have made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end
What happened to us?
Soon it will be gone forever
Infatuated only with ourselves
And neither of us can think straight anymore
(Jusqu'àla fin)
They make us look so dumb
(En plein soleil)
We've been drinking far too much
(Jusqu'àla fin)
And neither of us mean what we say
(En plein amour)
Well you and I
Collapsed in love
And it looks like we might have made it
Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end
What happened to us?
Soon it will be gone forever
Infatuated only with ourselves
And neither of us can think straight anymore
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The realtionship is over.
Though I believe the song was intended to have multiple ways to be taken, I feel as if the chorus is the man telling the woman it looks like we literally "Made it to the end..." of the relationship. They get drunk and argue, and cannot stand whom they have become together, and thus despite the loving romantic vibe of the song, it really is a sad parting of ways, maybe with an implied hope of finding something better since this chapter is officially closed.
After the Wembley show, it makes me wonder if this is about Damon and Graham. The end of their creative collaboration.
I disagree... I would lean towards having them having gotten to the end of their relationship based on the lines "What happened to us/Soon it will be gone forever/Infatuated only with ourselves/And neither of us can think straight anymore" Those lines clearly refer to two people NOT sharing anything together anymore. Although, before I analyzed the lyrics this morning, I always thought it was talking about something that had been victorious for them, arriving at the end together, but I could never understand the rest of the words due to the cockney accent! [I'm from the US]
Cheers!
I don't think we're supposed to know which way it is....are they either getting together for the first time, drunk, at a party or pub, or are they splitting up after a failed romance? Depends on how u want to listen to it. Genius.
hmmmm, ACTUALLY i think i'm going to have to change my mind. i;ve re-read the lyrics and they do sound "end of relationship-y" i dunno, by damon's voice it sounded upbeat, though the music is saddening almost.
i think this is another damon albarn brilliant lyric then, like he's purposefully contradicting himself.
maybe?
definatly their relationship is over if you take into account the french spoken words...
http://blogs.transparent.com/french/jusqua-la-fin-to-the-end/
to collapse in love is a rare gift
So ambigious - either they've got to the end together, or they have come to the end of their relationship. Anybody favour one of those explanations?
I'd go with it meaning that they've gotten there together, not that it's the end of them as a unit.