The End

UNH1995UNH1995 Worcester Posts: 356
edited October 2009 in The Porch
I was mowing my lawn on Saturday.
Had my iPod going, headphones on.
Backspacer blasting.
The End comes on.
I get to listen to the lyrics for the first time.
The next thing I know, I'm dripping with tears.

Oh my. This song is really sad. Painful.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    It's definitely one of those songs that makes you want to hug everyone you love after hearing it. Thumbing My Way has the same effect on me. Deep stuff.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • DeLukin wrote:
    It's definitely one of those songs that makes you want to hug everyone you love after hearing it. Thumbing My Way has the same effect on me. Deep stuff.

    the song helped save my relationship...my girlfriend and i got into a huge fight, like it was a potential break up fight, but then i put the song on while we were being quiet and when it was done, she laid down next to me telling me she loves me and that i know just the right song for the right mood...i tend to communicate through music, i guess you can call me a sensi, but it just felt like the right thing to do, and the fight was over
  • Help me see myself, cause i can no longer tell
    looking out from the inside of the bottom of a well, its hell, i yell, but no one hears.

    Some of my fav lyrics of all time. Intense and powerfull stuff
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  • ....earthquake for my soul......
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  • Simply awesome tune, powerful stuff.
  • Help me see myself, cause i can no longer tell
    looking out from the inside of the bottom of a well, its hell, i yell, but no one hears.

    Some of my fav lyrics of all time. Intense and powerfull stuff

    i'm partial to

    "more than friends i've always pledged cause friends they come and go,
    people change as does everything i wanted to grow old, i just want to grow old."

    i know it's a cliche, but it's something i really stand by especially after my almost break up with my girlfriend, this really means something to me
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,634
    i'm partial to

    "more than friends i've always pledged cause friends they come and go,
    people change as does everything i wanted to grow old, i just want to grow old."

    i know it's a cliche, but it's something i really stand by especially after my almost break up with my girlfriend, this really means something to me

    that is one of my favorite lines from the entire album. I agree completely.
    words seem so out of place.

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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Great song. Ed really has a way at pulling at the heartstrings.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • timctimc Posts: 664
    Help me see myself, cause i can no longer tell
    looking out from the inside of the bottom of a well, its hell, i yell, but no one hears.

    Some of my fav lyrics of all time. Intense and powerfull stuff

    This puts (Eddie) the band in singer song writer category with Harry Chapin #1 Yusuf Islam Cat Stevens #2 IMO
    great song along with just breath!

    GOT SOME :D
  • UNH1995UNH1995 Worcester Posts: 356
    It’s my fault now, I've been caught, a sickness in my bones.
    How do you think it is to leave you here with the kids on your own,
    Just don’t let me go.


    - i hear a poor guy with cancer leaving his family
    that line about the kids get me blubbering every time.
    Lalapalooza 1992, Orphium Boston 1994, Hartford 1998, Mansfield 1998, Mansfield 2000, Mansfield 2003(1&3), West Palm 2003, State College 2003, Boston 2004, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Chicago 2006, Boston 2006, Mansfield 2008(1&2), Hartford 2008, Hartford 2010, Boston 2010, Worcester 2013 (1&2), All Four Fenway shows 2016 & 2018.
  • kingmattkingmatt Posts: 121
    glad I'm not the only one...

    the week the album came out I had a call from a friend. His wife was in hospital with heart failure... complete and utter shock. We're all (relatively) young and healthy and this just blew everyone away.

    they had to put her into an induced coma. I listened to The End that night and ended up a blubbering mess...

    story ends happily (no pun) - modern science did its job and she is now recovering nicely at home. But everytime I hear the "leave you here with the kids on your own" line I well up.
  • flagsflags Posts: 47
    Amazing song. "How it pains to leave you here with the kids on your own"... If you are a parent, it really is powerful. Also, the "breath" sound right at the end of the song... wow.
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