The End Will Come

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

piano and vocals: Elton John

guitar: Davey Johnstone

guitar: John Jorgenson

bass: Bob Birch

keyboards: Guy Babylon

drums and percussion: Charlie Morgan

And when we start we say forever

We say we care, we need, we feel

We read the movement of our eyes

But in our hearts we still believe


The end will come, before we know

The silent rule of love applies

We light the fuse and let it burn out

We just accept that love must die


chorus:


And so they say, the end will come for us

And so the world slows down to let us off

Just hang it up and let it go, accept it if I must

But I don't believe, I don't believe that the end will come for us

No I won't believe the end will come for us


The end will come like sudden rain

The end is never what it seems

We sink the ship before we sail

We just accept what failure means


(repeat chorus)


(repeat chorus)

[BiteUrLip]

The melody in this song doesn't work properly to me - it disappoints.

3½ stars.

[dougs]

"The End Will Come" from THE BIG PICTURE:

Elton & Bernie released an album of songs written mostly about relationships in 1997 called THE BIG PICTURE.  "The End Will Come" is an interesting track that has an darkness to it.  The song incorporates some jazz-folk in the chorus of the song.  The song also features a strong EJ piano solo as do many songs on the album.  This song, I feel, could excel in a wide range of genres.  It could be given a hard rock treatment, a jazz treatment, or done softly & gently and would be interesting.  Some great lines from Bernie in this one.  An overlooked track.

Rating: 4 to 4 1/2 stars

Doug

[nix]

5
brilliant and unique song... this is actually to me when you develop as a musician. Brilliant chorus out of this world.

[nix]

Mar 15, 2020 4:54:49 GMT dougs said:

"The End Will Come" from THE BIG PICTURE:

Elton & Bernie released an album of songs written mostly about relationships in 1997 called THE BIG PICTURE.  "The End Will Come" is an interesting track that has an darkness to it.  The song incorporates some jazz-folk in the chorus of the song.  The song also features a strong EJ piano solo as do many songs on the album.  This song, I feel, could excel in a wide range of genres.  It could be given a hard rock treatment, a jazz treatment, or done softly & gently and would be interesting.  Some great lines from Bernie in this one.  An overlooked track.

Rating: 4 to 4 1/2 stars

Doug

And you forgot to vote.

[dougs]

nix:  sometimes I think about what to give as a vote.  You'll notice that I occasionally give a range (4 to 4 1/2) and reflect on my vote # for a day or so.  This is the case with "The End Will Come."  Not to worry, a vote will eventually appear.

Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Doug

[rocketman]

5 stars...One of Elton's better 1990's offerings, an often overlooked song, as DougS pointed out, but that merits attention. Lyrically interesting too, as Bernie mines the experience of many romances, starting out well, but eventually running into difficulty, and yet are still hopeful, whether blindly or not, as a musically powerful chorus drives home the point.

[newloneranger]

Pretty good song from this album, kind of unique. All the songs on this album are good.

4 1/2 stars