Lyrics for It Ends Tonight as interpreted by BrandNew1208

It Ends Tonight Lyrics
Your subtleties, they strangle me
I can't explain myself at all
And all that wants and all that needs
All I don't want to need at all

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted on this evening
I give the final blow

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight, it ends tonight

A falling star
Least I fall alone
I can't explain what you can't explain
You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone
A weight is lifted on this evening
I give the final blow

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
Just a little insight
Won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight, it ends tonight

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight, it ends tonight
Just a little insight
Won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight, it ends

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight, it ends tonight
Just a little insight
Won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight, it ends tonight
Tonight, insight
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight

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fszash
07-23-2007

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i love this song but wtf are subtleties? it looks like subtitles but got nothing to do with that for sure..so can anyone bring a light?

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um...cecilia?
07-26-2007

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I love the lyrics.
I believe it would be really pretty acoustic song.
Sometimes I wish they HAD made it acoustic...
I mean, the lyrics are SO powerful, I think acoustic would have just made it better.
Idk... anyone agree?

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coastal_bird
08-05-2007

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I kinda like to think that it's about various sides of himself...it's all internal. Like, his subconcious is betraying him...I dunno.

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wavejumper85
08-09-2007

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subtleties are like minor things i think he is saying all the little annoyances are really getting to him

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wavejumper85
08-09-2007

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i think this song is about someone who was used in a relationship and it is now just "dawning" on them hence darkness turns to light, coming out of the dark and seeing things as they are in the light of day. they've probably been having alot fo issues lately and they've probably have noticed a change in they're demeanor toward the other person, and now it's all coming together. they probably have been trying to figure out what was going on for a while and now that they have a little insight into why they were used isn't going to help the situation, no matter what the cause was they still got used and are hurt by that. they are no longer on the other person's side but seeing them for who they really are. And now after having bottle up all this hurt and pain for so long they are now about to let the other person know exactly how they feel about having been used

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xxsuicidalxx95
10-17-2007

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i think this means his mind is openin up and he realizes that this relationship isnt goin to work and he just needs some time to himself =]
"The walls are breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave alone"

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sunshinme_dust
10-27-2007

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i agree wiht most people but one thing...


its: the walls START breathing

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demDEMdem
11-20-2007

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i cried when i first heard it. this song use to remind me off my sister.
now it's all good, we had such horrible times.
evevryone here has interpreted this song
as like breakups... well most people anyway.

i don't think i see it that way, only cause this song won't ever remind me of anyone else but my sister. and occasionaly when i listen to it i think of how it relates to my dad. >.<

amazing song, his voice, the piano ... you just want to cry cause it's so beautiful

x

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Cam-win
01-05-2008

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This has to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard. Seriously.

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ins_bins
02-07-2008

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....how can u say dat its the worse song u ever heard????? its one of te best or all american rejects

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garchomper123
02-15-2008

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i know the meaning... he had to write a song in a messy hotel building with this guy. the guy was deppresed, and tyson had enough with him... so he hurried up and made the song... saying it ends here, stop being so sad... and thats what it means... no lie... i saw it on an interview

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mandapanda800
03-02-2008

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This is what the song says to me, it seems slightly different than what some people think. I too think it is about a failed relationship but I see it more as the narrator is learning something is wrong too late, they thought everything was perfect, they realize that now its too late to save it, but they want to make sure that the other person knows how they feel


"Your subtleties, they strangle me
I can't explain myself at all"

All the little things about you, hurt me right now, every moment, every look, etc etc. I can't explain to you the effect that you have on me right now.

"And all that wants and all that needs
I don't want to need at all"

There are so many reasons why I want you/ need you, but now I wish none of it was there at all

"The walls are breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave alone"

Things have gotten so intense, I can't even think straight anymore, so maybe its best that it ends now, so I can recover

"A weight is lifted on this evening
I give the final blow"

Tonight will start my road to recovery, I'm letting you walk away, I take one last stab at fighting for us even though I know it will fail, I just need to see it for closure


"When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight, it ends tonight"

Tonight its over, what once was a light, is now turning to darkness

"A falling star, at least I fall alone
I can't explain what you can't explain"

Its somehow easier knowing that you don't feel me like I feel you, I can't explain why I care, you can't explain why you don't

"You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain"

Apparently it never occured to you how I felt, I don't understand that, it makes me look at you poorly

"Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight, it ends tonight"

Its too late to talk about feelings, its to late to somehow reconcile how we feel, we just have to call it a lesson learned and walk away

"Now I'm on my own side
It's better than bein' on your side
It's my fault when you're blind"

I'm going to be alone in missing us and all we could have been, but its better than the appathetic way that you see it

"It's better that I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know"

Really, its better for me to not care, I've kept everything to myself but as your walking away, I'm going to make sure you know

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gurizin
03-21-2008

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do you think its about virginity? after all, ToNight...

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gurizin
03-21-2008

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To me, IET sounds more like a song about death and parting.

He obviously is singing for love and has feelings for love, but why he is so sad we are not sure. So i think maybe someone he loves is leaving for good (maybe dying?)

theme of dying makes this song sound the saddest. i got this feel after watching the music video. all the fireworks and splendid conclusion...to your life, one might say. and when all the couples spread themselves out on that splendid Kansas night with fireworks in the sky...lovers on deck chairs, in the trucker, on the ground, sipping coffee, all watching. how touching is that! as if no one wanted it to end, and i also felt kinda shortchanged 'when darkness turned to light' and the video ended. it was like, i dont want it to end, i dont want you to leave.

It ends tonight. ;)

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gurizin
03-21-2008

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To me, IET sounds more like a song about death and parting.

He obviously is singing for love and has feelings for love, but why he is so sad we are not sure. So i think maybe someone he loves is leaving for good (maybe dying?)

theme of dying makes this song sound the saddest. i got this feel after watching the music video. all the fireworks and splendid conclusion...to your life, one might say. and when all the couples spread themselves out on that splendid Kansas night with fireworks in the sky...lovers on deck chairs, in the trucker, on the ground, sipping coffee, all watching. how touching is that! as if no one wanted it to end, and i also felt kinda shortchanged 'when darkness turned to light' and the video ended. it was like, i dont want it to end, i dont want you to leave.

It ends tonight. ;)

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zanydjaygurl
05-03-2008

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this song could be related to a relationship with a girl and guy, but it wasnt written about that initially. AAR said it was about a "dude". I think that it can relate to relationships like the main one in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It really doe make sense if you've read the book or watched the movie. It almost matches perfectly to the song.

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Razzy218
05-11-2008

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I know this can be a dark way to think about this song but has anyone considered that it could be about suicide & self injury?

Your subtleties, they strangle me
I can't explain myself at all
And all that wants and all that needs
I don't want to need at all

Someone is trying to subtly get him to stop but he can't explain why he does it & its confusing & upsetting him so he wants them to go away. These comments this person is making is just making him more suicidal.
'When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight, it ends tonight' if I commit suicide I will be happier so I will. Dunno its just a thought & to me it makes more sense than the whole relationship idea. A lot of songs are about relationships going wrong nowadays maybe this is a more original issue. Don't help me because it doesn't help.

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wee yin
05-11-2008

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meh

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LilMissSunshineXoXo
05-13-2008

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I think this is about an on and off relationship and he's saying tonight you're choosing either we're together or we're not. There's no half way. I can relate. Almost a break-up song, but maybe not.

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ForbiddenSnowflake*
06-20-2008

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I don't think that what I understand by this song is what the artist is implying but it's a thought.
My best friend is leaving tonight.. I'll never see her again and we're currently in a big fight. It was all her fault (long story)
Now its "too late to fight" and "a little insight won't make this right".. But she is leaving, tonight "It ends tonight, when darkness turns to light" she will be gone forever.. And may be "it's best you left me alone" ..May be it's for the best, I don't think I want a friend that can do such things behind my back but I still feel sad because.. we were best friends for the past 3years. "All these thoughts are locked inside" You have no idea how much I hate the way you are going to leave things.. The thoughts are locked. Inside my mind.

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dannysmyman
06-25-2008

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I love this song so much, it can make me cry if i'm in a certain mood. It just sets this certain ambiance....Whenever i hear it, i picture a ruined relationship and they finally break up. Like, it's just so sad. I love it. Especially during the climax of the song when the chorus is repeated and suddenly the violins pop in....it just brings out this unexplainable and overwhelming emotion out of me that just stops me in my tracks and can make me break down.

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hekifier
07-20-2008

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The song is about a boy that was his friend that annoyed him very much. Just so all of you know.

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TekaB1tch
07-27-2008

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I think it is that he's breaking up with a girl..

But only becasue the relationship is so destructive to them both.. =[

and, he still cares about her, but the relastionship has gone too bad for them to even think of fixing it.. =[

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goodtimes802
10-07-2008

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I love this song- it's both calming and powerful.

I liked hearing the alternative meaning to it besides love/relationships. It definitely works for that, but it applies to really any kind of link between you and someone or something that you're overcoming.

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RazoRadiation
10-11-2008

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This song makes me feel better, when I think about why I broke up with my last boyfriend ..

You feel the loss, but in the same time you can breathe again .. Tonight was the night to end it forever. No matter how confued or sad you are, you know it's for the best .. and after every dark moment comes a better one .. :]

I wonder if it's about the end of the night..? I mean when morning comes, it's already the next day [well .. midnight counts, too .. but whatever] and everything can be left in yesterday.

The main I idea is about the better side of breaking up with someone.

I love the song ..!



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