[Verse 1] This is the end of every song that we sing The fire burned out to ash and the stars grown dim with tears Cold and afraid, the ghosts of all that we've been We toast with bitter dregs, to our emptiness
[Verse 2] And the birds falling out of our skies And the words falling out of our minds And here is to love, to all the love Falling out of our lives Hopes and dreams are gone The end of every song
[Chorus] And it all stops We were always sure that we would never change And it all stops We were always sure that we would stay the same But it all stops And we close our eyes to sleep To dream a boy and girl Who dream the world is nothing but a dream
[Outro] Where did it go Where did it go Broken voiced lament to call us home This is the end of every song we sing Where did it go Where did it go Where did it go Where did it go Broken voiced lament to call us home This is the end of every song we sing, alone
2.
And Nothing is Forever
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse] Promise you'll be with me in the end Say we’ll be together and that you won't forget However far away (However far away) You will remember me in time Promise you'll be with me in the end Say we’ll be together and with no regret However far away (However far away) You will remember me tonight
[Pre-Chorus] And slide down close beside me In the silence of a heartbeat And wrap your arms around me In a murmured lullaby As the memory of the first time In the stillness of a teardrop As you hold me for the last time In the dying of the life
[Chorus] I know, I know That my world has grown old And nothing is forever I know, I know That my world has grown old But it really doesn't matter If you say we'll be together If you promise you'll be with me in the end
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus] I know, I know That my world has grown old And nothing is forever I know, I know That my world has grown old But it really doesn't matter If you say we'll be together If you promise you'll be with me in the end If you promise you'll be with me in the end
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro] Slide down close beside me In the silence of a heartbeat
3.
A Fragile Thing
[Verse 1] "Every time you kiss me, I could cry," she said "Don't tell me how you miss me, I could die tonight of a broken heart This loneliness has changed me, we have been too far apart And it's too late now for me to just forget I never thought I'd need to feel regret for all I never was But all this time alone has left me hurt and sad and lost Yeah, every time you kiss me, I could cry Don't tell me how you miss me, I could die tonight of a broken heart This loneliness has changed me, we have been too far apart"
[Chorus] "And there's nothing you can do to change it back," she said "Nothing you can do but sing, 'This love is a fragile thing' Nothing you can do now but pretend again" "Nothing you can do to change it back," she said "Nothing you can do but sing, 'This love is a fragile thing' 'This love is my everything' But nothing you can do to change the end"
[Post-Chorus] No, nothing you can do (Nothing you can do, nothing you can do)
[Verse 2] "Every time you leave me is a lie," she said "You make-believe you need me, but you try too hard and it feels so wrong You promise me forever and you say it won't be long But it's too late now for me to just forget I never thought I'd need to feel regret for all I never was But all this time alone has left me hurt and sad and lost Yeah, every time you leave me is a lie You make-believe you need me, but you try too hard and it feels so wrong You promise me forever and you say it won't be long"
[Chorus] "And there's nothing you can do to change it back," she said "Nothing you can do but sing, 'This love is a fragile thing' Nothing you can do now but pretend again" "Nothing you can do to change it back," she said "Nothing you can do but sing, 'This love is a fragile thing' 'This love is my everything' But nothing you can do to change the end"
[Outro] No, nothing you can do to change the end
4.
Warsong
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse] Oh, it's misery the way we fight For bitter ends we tear the night in two I want your death, you want my life We tell each other lies to hide the truth And we hate ourselves for everything we do Is shame wounded pride, vengeful angel burning deep inside Poison in our blood and pain, broken dreams, mournful hopes For all we might have been, all misunderstood
[Chorus] But no way out of this No way for us to find a way to peace We never found before However we regret All we will ever know Is bitter ends For we are born to war
[Bridge] For we are born to war
[Outro] However we regret All we will ever know Is bitter ends For we are born to war
5.
Drone:nodrone
[Verse 1] I'm breaking up again, I feel it in the air I'm really not sure what to say I don't remember being there at all Yeah, I know, there's no question that I was But the answers that I have Are not the answers that you want
[Chorus] So it's all, "Don't know, I really don't" And all, "Think so, but maybe not" And all, "Could be a case of me misplacing my identity " Yeah, all, "Don't know, I really don't" And all, "Think so, but maybe not" And all, "I guess it's more or less like ending up as nobody "
[Post-Chorus] Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done Staring down the barrel of the same warm gun Down, down, down Yeah, I'm pretty much done I lose my reason when I fall through the door Endless black night lost in looking for more At least I know now how I lose it before One last shot at happiness
[Bridge] Ah, ah, ah, ah, happiness (Happiness)
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2] I know there's something up, it's all so hit and miss I'm trying to make some sense of it, I guess the explanation is I can't anymore, if I ever really could Kind of strange to think it takes this long to get misunderstood
[Chorus] So it's all, "Don't know, I really don't" And all, "Think so, but maybe not" And all, "Could be a case of me displacing my reality " And all, "I guess it's more or less the way that it was meant to be"
[Post-Chorus] Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done Staring down the barrel of the same warm gun Down, down, down Yeah, I'm pretty much done I lose my reason when I fall through the door Endless black night lost in looking for more At least I know now how I lose it before One last shot
[Outro] One last shot One last shot
6.
I Can Never Say Goodbye
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse] Thunder rolling in to drown November moon in cold black rain This lightning splits the sky apart And whispering his name He has to wake up Love slipping away Hear the bells beyond the sea It's almost too late Shadows growing closer now And there is nowhere left to hide And I can't wake this dreamless sleep However hard I try I'm down on my knees And empty inside
[Chorus] Something wicked this way comes From out the cruel and treacherous night Something wicked this way comes To steal away my brother's life Something wicked this way comes I can never say goodbye
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge] I can never say goodbye
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus] Something wicked this way comes From out the cruel and treacherous night Something wicked this way comes To steal away my brother's life Something wicked this way comes
7.
All I Ever Am
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1] I think too much of all that's gone Of how it was before my thoughts Obsessed with choices made for sure In ignorance of history And consequence as more and more I misremember hopelessly
[Pre-Chorus] The way love turned out every time Was never quite enough
[Chorus] I lose all my life like this Reflecting time and memories And all for fear of what I'll find If I just stop and empty out my mind Of all the ghosts and all the dreams All I hold to in belief That all I ever am Is somehow never quite all I am now
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2] I think too much of all to come Of how it will be after I give up My weary dance with age And resignation moves me slow Toward a dark and empty stage Where I can sing the world I know
[Pre-Chorus] The way love turns out every time Will never be enough
[Chorus] I waste all my world like this Intending time and memories And all for fear of what I'll find If I just stop and empty out my mind Of all the ghosts and all the dreams All I hold to in belief That all I ever am Is somehow never quite all I am now
[Outro] And all for fear of what I'll find If I just stop
8.
Endsong
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse] And I'm outside in the dark staring at the blood red moon Remembering the hopes and dreams I had and all I had to do And wondering what became of that boy and the world he called his own I'm outside in the dark wondering how I got so old
[Chorus] It's all gone, it's all gone Nothing left of all I loved It all feels wrong It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone No hopes, no dreams, no world No, I don't belong I don't belong here anymore
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus] It's all gone, it's all gone I will lose myself in time It won't be long It's all gone, it's all gone, it's all gone
[Outro] Left alone with nothing at the end of every song Left alone with nothing at the end of every song Left alone with nothing, nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing