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The Love Song At The End Of The Album


This is not a love song.

This is just a tribute.


^ That is not a part of the song.

That is just a tribute to Tenacious D.


This (down arrow) is the song.

Actually, it's a duet. 

And technically, it's not even a 'song'.

It's a story in lyrical form.

Which... is what a song is.

Oh. Well. Nevermind. 



boy -

you walked in the door

looking like the girl I love

the same as before

but with a new look in your eyes

I wish I could watch

you walking to me over and over again

just so I remember

in case you ever stop


girl -

yesterday was a long time ago

and now it’s tomorrow

I’m looking at you

sitting at our usual table

I came here to end the story

that we wrote together

I have to tell you that today

is the last day of us


boy -

we hug and kiss as we always do

you sit down without looking into my eyes

I ask you what’s wrong

because this doesn’t feel right


girl -

I've seen that face every day

but today, I'm seeing it for the last time

I'll never see this face again

you'll never look at me this way again

today is the last time I'll see love


boy - 

I've loved you for hundreds of days

and today is just one more

not all days were easy

but we will always have more


girl - 

falling in love with you was easy

I wish ending it was just as

but why, would easy happen twice

why, would the end be as simple as the beginning


boy -

I just remembered, how I haven't said it in a while

so I remind you

and I remind myself

I love you

why, did it feel heavier, just then

why, did I forget


girl -

being in love with you never felt like a choice

but now, I know, it was

and today, I choose not to


boy -

and then it happens


girl -

and now it’s done


boy -

you must hate me

because if you loved me

you wouldn’t hurt me this way


girl -

you must hate me

because you should

I took the emergency exit


boy -

I hate you

for ruining us in an instant

for ending my love story

without my permission


girl -

I hate you

for being the same guy

I've known since I was a little girl

for not being the man

I want to love more


boy - 

when I saw you for the first time

I thought, I want that

now, I can't think why

what was I really chasing

was it desire

was it a need, a need to know

what you felt like

what you tasted like

I wanted to know what it’s like to touch your cheek

why, I don't know

what was I going to find out by doing that

what was I chasing

and then, I found out

and this, wasn't it

I wanted, something else

you should have been, something else

but now you're this

now, you will not change

now, you will always be this

we will never be, anything else

we will always be, this


girl -

would you hate me more

if I told you I almost did this before

or would you hate me more

if I told you I tried to hold on

you don't know what it's like

to be unsure of who you are

you were never interested

in being more than ordinary

you never saw

how I kept trying to be more

my love, I wish I could keep going

on this journey you've been leading us on

but if I did, I wouldn't see the world around me

we've been this for more than I can

and leaving you, is part of my plan



boy -

I want you to sit here

and stay

stay forever

because if you leave

This becomes the past

I'm not ready


girl -

I know what I did

I should go

I should leave right now

but I don't want to

I want to stay here with you

To be us for a moment longer

Because before it ended

It was forever


boy -

I'm weak

this feels like an accident

but I wasn't driving

you pulled the brakes

and now I'm flying through the window

It feels like forever


girl -

go

leave

get up and walk away

why are you still here

I'm not strong enough

to do the act

and then stay for the aftermath

leave

end us

press stop


boy -

love is my drug

you were my dealer

wanting you to like me is all I ever wanted

but once it happened, I wanted something else

I guess, so did you

nevermind that then

because you just gave me a reason to hate you

why does hate feels stronger than love?

I want more


girl -

I don't like who you became

while we were together

you saw us, but you didn't see me

remember when we used to listen

to those old cassette tapes

and you never listened to the other side

you said it was where the bad songs lived

you wanted to ignore

what wasn't good

you never let me show you

that the other side has something to love too

what we had was something like that

you just didn't see

the other side of me

I hope someday you'll turn the tape

to the other side of you

I tried to show you, don't forget that

if you're going to remember this

try to play both sides of it


boy -

I didn't know

that today was going to be the last time

we were going to be in love

what am I going to do now

can I love you, without you

can I stay me, without you

was our love, us together

or is it, gone forever


girl - 

if there is no us

then there is no love

that is all I can give you

do not ask me for anything more

then why should I stay

why should I ask you for something else

you do not know, what I know

you do not see, what I see

we will never be, anything more than this

I will never be, the someone you want

I am leaving, to be someone else

someone, I have not met yet


boy -

I got up

I made a choice

to let this moment end

to let this end 

I walked out the door

to crumble on my own

leaving you behind

so you know what it's like

even if I don't want you ever again

even if I don't ever see you again

I will always want

these memories

and now it's over, one more time

until it all happens again

when you walk in the door...