The End of the End

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Rating	Comments	Author	Date
		Bobber	April 11, 2012
	Paul McCartney shares thoughts on his mortality. His Beatlemates also did this to an extent: John Lennon (who had no idea that some scumball would shoot him) wrote "Borrowed Time" and George Harrison (fully aware that cancer was taking him) wrote the reflective "Stuck Inside a Cloud" and "Run So Far". Only Ringo, the eldest of the four, seems to think that he'll live forever! Only Paul among the four gives his opinion of the afterlife ("...going to a much better place"); even George with all his devotional material, refuses to make any such claim. That is interesting to consider... This is a beautiful song, easy for a critic of Paul's to consider maudlin, but we who love Paul realize that his truest level of sincerity IS maudlin. McCartney's wishes are admirable but I don't know if they're realistic. On the day that he dies I'll do the same thing I did when John and George died: I'll be very sad, shed many tears, and reflect on the years and years of joy they all have brought me.	Bruce Beatlefan	June 27, 2007

Lyrics

At the end of the end
It's the start of a journey
To a much better place
And this wasn't bad
So a much better place
Would have to be special
No need to be sad

On the day that I die I'd like jokes to be told
And stories of old to be rolled out like carpets
That children have played on
And laid on while listening to stories of old

At the end of the end
It's the start of a journey
To a much better place
And a much better place
Would have to be special
No reason to cry

[Whistling]

On the day that I die I'd like bells to be rung
And songs that were sung to be hung out like blankets
That lovers have played on
And laid on while listening to songs that were sung

At the end of the end
It's the start of a journey
To a much better place
And a much better place
Would have to be special
No reason to cry
No need to be sad
At the end of the end

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