In the End - Ryan O'Reilly

The 242 clipped the curb and crashed

Into the back of a car down by the

Hackney Baths

As the sirens wailed I thought of you

The one love I could not rescue

You were far away and I was lost

We paid the price but at what cost

When you have no time, but have to wait

The things you love, you learn to hate

I found you smoking alone on your balcony

You turned your two sad eyes to me

You shivered in your party dress

Your blonde hair all a tangled mess

You’re going to hate me

You’re going to hate me

It’s a fate we won’t escape

I’ll break something you can’t mend

You’re going to hate me in the end

In a borrowed car along a restless sea

I drove from Northern Germany

Along the Swedish roads and endless pines

The threat of snow and expensive wines

I pulled into Oslo late

They’d closed off Karl Johan’s Gate

You should turn around explained a man

In a language I don’t understand

You’re going to hate me

You’re going to hate me

It’s a fate we won’t escape

I’ll break something you can’t mend

You’re going to hate me in the end

You’re going to hate me

You’re going to hate me

What’s lost is lost, you can’t defend

Or change the course of a river’s bend

You’re going to hate me in the end

Dressed in black behind a setting sun

We couldn’t walk but you had to run

Past the writers sleeping in their graves

And the lost souls no one tried to save

You studied all of my promises

Torn at the seams, sealed with a kiss

In a letter no one could ever send

You’re going to hate me in the end

You’re going to hate me

You’re going to hate me

It’s a fate we won’t escape

I’ll break something you can’t mend

You’re gonna hate me in the end