The End by Kings of Leon

Album: Come Around Sundown (2010)

Charted: 82

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This looping, distorted ballad about failing to live up to expectations romantically is the opening track of American rock band, Kings of Leon's fifth studio album, Come Around Sundown.
Frontman Caleb Followill explained to The Music Fix why the band decided to include a track titled "The End" as the first track on the record: Well, starting the record off with "The End"… I mean it's definitely one of those songs that comes in one piece at a time. That's always a good way – it layers itself – to start a record."

He added: "The song has a little bit of what we were doing on the last record. For someone that was a fan of the last record, when they put this record on, it's not going to scare them away."

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Steve from PanamaThe magic about music and lyrics is you can interpret their meaning and even find like it was written for/about you, this is called pareidolia (your mind tricks you into perceiving external stimuli as signs from the universe) and it happens more often than you think. As I'm going through a difficult process right now, I perceive this song as about a breakup and how he was not enough for making it worth fixing things, while stating his intention of always being around for the kids and letting them know they were good enough and that it wasn't their fault at all.
Holly from Florida Timeless Song. Great songwriting.

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