In the End

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