Lyrics to "The End" - Spoiler alert!

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  • PJPants
    PJPants Posts: 76
    Benjs - nice job on the lyrics.

    What a song, even just acoustic. Can't wait to hear the PJ version, what a way to end the album.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    OffHeGoes132 wrote:
    Can anyone post a live recording of this song? I'm assuming that's where it's been heard...
    There are no live recordings of this song. ;););)

    Besides, even if there was it would be taken down pretty quickly.
    ;);););)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    What were all those plans we made, many years ago?
    What were all those things we shared, now left beside the road?
    Behind us in the road...

    WHY IM LISHENING ROOM?
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Calum
    Calum Posts: 635
    Thanks for posting Benji's
    I think you are spot on, from what I can hear those lyrics make sense..
    What a beautiful, yet sad song :cry: I love PJ
    London Astoria - Dublin - Wembley - Shepherds Bush - London 02
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    edited July 2009
    My shot at it. A few slight changes.

    What were all those plans we made many years ago?
    What were all those dreams we shared, now left beside the road?
    Behind us in the road

    More than friends, I always pledged, ‘cuz friends they come and go
    People change as does everything, I wanted to grow old
    I just want to grow old

    Slide up next to me
    I’m just a human being
    I will take the blame, but just the same
    This is not me, you see, believe
    I’m better than this
    Don’t leave me so cold
    I’m buried beneath the stones
    I just want to hold on and know I’m worth your luck
    You know I, I don’t think, there’s such a thing

    It’s my fault now having caught a sickness in my bones
    How it pains to leave you here with the kids on your own
    Just don’t let me go

    Help me see myself, ‘cuz I can no longer tell
    Looking up from inside of the bottom of a well
    It’s hell, I yell, but no one hears
    Before I disappear, whisper in my ear
    Give me something to echo in my unknown future
    You see, my dear, the end, comes near, I’m here, but not much longer

    Really hard to tell what he says at the "I just want to hold on" part. It sound like 'luck' but it is possible he flubbed it. It could be 'love' but the line "I don't think there is such a thing" doesn't sound right given the context of the song. The narrator wants to be told he is loved so why not believe in it, and he caught a disease, certainly bad luck, or none at all.

    Either way, just a fantastic song. Wow. Really, really impressed with this one.
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  • Calum
    Calum Posts: 635
    Flagg, I agree with your statements :)

    I think "how it pains" sounds spot on!
    London Astoria - Dublin - Wembley - Shepherds Bush - London 02
  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Think this is about Beth?
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • Erik Chabs
    Erik Chabs Posts: 17
    benjs wrote:
    This is what I'm hearing for lyrics - if anyone has corrections, please help... I'll be posting a tab I'm working on as soon as I get around to finishing it... I've figured out the full song, it's just a matter of tabbing it.

    I'm editing it based on words I can hear and agree with.

    What were all those dreams we shared those many years ago,
    What were all those plans we made, now left beside the road.
    Behind us in the road.

    More than friends, I always pledge, ‘cuz friends they come and go,
    People change as does everything, I wanted to grow old,
    I just want to grow old.

    Slide on next to me,
    I’m just a human being,
    I will take the blame, but just the same, this is not me, you see, believe, I’m better than this – don’t leave
    me so close,
    I’m buried beneath the stones,
    I just want to hold on and know I’m worth your love, and I, don’t think, there’s such a thing.

    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.

    Help me see myself,
    ‘Cuz I can no longer tell,
    Looking up from inside of the bottom of a well, it’s Hell, I yell, but no one hears before, I disappear, whisper in my ear.
    Give me something to echo in my unknown future, you see, my dear, the end, comes near, I’m here, but not much longer.

    uhmmmm... good words, good music good atmosphery... this new relase promise well
  • DreamOfAngels
    DreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    i recognize this post was about the lyrics, not meaning.. but maybe it's a fear he has about his future "the end".

    He is more than friends with the mother of his kids
      More than friends, I always pledge, ‘cuz friends they come and go, People change as does everything, I wanted to grow old, I just want to grow old.

    His fear about being a smoker (his fault) and is dying with a cancer
      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.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    O.M.G.,,u just freak me out!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :?: :?: :?: :!: :!:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • DreamOfAngels
    DreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    O.M.G.,,u just freak me out!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :?: :?: :?: :!: :!:

    I did say his FEAR, not reality.. i'm not going there!
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    DreamOfAngels wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    O.M.G.,,u just freak me out!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :?: :?: :?: :!: :!:

    I did say his FEAR, not reality.. i'm not going there!
    still,,,the though is :o:o :shock: :shock: :?: :geek:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • cookies
    cookies Posts: 113
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Here's what I'm making of Unthought Known..

    all the thoughts you never see
    you're always thinking
    ?
    oh how you sinking
    fill the path of every day
    oh, which road you taking
    breathing hard and making haste
    yeah, this is living
    look for love and remember this
    that you're worth keeping
    swallow hope and negatives
    oh so sad and sickening
    feel the air, up above
    oh, full of blue skies
    feel the air, up above
    oh black as starlight
    feel the sky, black as you
    ?
    see the path, cut by the moon
    for you to walk on
    foe you to walk on
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing left, nothing left
    nothing left, nothing left
    oh, nothing left

    see the path cut by the moon
    for you to walk on
    see the waves on distant shores
    awaiting your arrival
    a distant time, a distant place
    that's where we're living
    a distant time a distant place
    so what you giving

    so what you giving

    dream the dreams of other men
    and you'll be no ones rival
    dream the dreams of others then
    you'll be no ones rival
    you'll be no ones rival



    Can anyone fill in the ?
    I made a few changes but could be wrong
    all the thoughts you never see
    you're always thinking
    BRAIN IS WIDE BRAIN IS DEEP
    oh how you sinking
    fill the path of every day
    oh, which road you taking
    breathing hard and making haste
    yeah, this is living
    look for love and edvidence
    that you're worth keeping
    swallow hope and negatives
    oh so sad and sickening
    feel the air, up above
    oh, full of blue skies
    feel the air, up above
    oh black as starlight
    feel the sky, BLANKET YOU
    WITH GEMS AND RHINESTONES
    see the path, cut by the moon
    for you to walk on
    foe you to walk on
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing there, nothing there
    nothing left, nothing left
    nothing left, nothing left
    oh, nothing left

    see the path cut by the moon
    for you to walk on
    see the waves on distant shores
    awaiting your arrival
    a distant time, a distant place
    that's where we're living
    a distant time a distant place
    so what you giving

    so what you giving

    dream the dreams of other men
    and you'll be no ones rival
    dream the dreams of others then
    there'll be no ones to strive for
    there'll be no ones strive for
    Cookies
    ôjô
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I cried when I first heard this song... it's so beautiful but so sorrowful. Amazing.

    Thanks for working out the lyrics everyone, I only heard one or two words wrong :)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Corey Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    edited August 2009
    It is amazing
    Post edited by Corey Lynn on


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
  • Red Mosquito75
    Red Mosquito75 Moline IL Posts: 1,038
    where can i hear the end
    This is Not For You
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    giventofly75 wrote:
    where can i hear the end
    pm send
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • wozza77
    wozza77 Posts: 300
    may be worth revisiting the end lyrics after SBE
    Now it all comes down to numbers, now I'm glad that I have quit
    Folks these days just don't do nothing simple for the love of it
  • Mr. Durden
    Mr. Durden Posts: 6
    that song blew me away!!! :cry:
    Speaking As A child Of The 90's
  • passerbyeus
    passerbyeus Posts: 9
    It seems all the songs have a darkness to it in a lot of ways.
    Roy Fryman

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