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the End is gonna come

by Wise John

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A sweetly sung emo folk ballad about living alongside the fear of death, the End is gonna come is a cerebral lullaby for the end of the world. Fireside folk for the existential dread-prone; dinner party music for the apocalypse.

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Tired of all this end of the world
All I wanna do is go back home
Asteroid strikes and laser beams
Thai food and dad's cologne
Oh my god how the fear sets in
It's gonna be a long night runnin’ from what we could have been

50 years or 50 days
There sure will come a time
When our names are all forgotten–
In the meantime pass the wine–
They say this empty rock'll keep spinnin’ round
Our star for years to come
But it'll be a long night runnin’ from what we coulda done

Cable news will turn a profit I am sure
Just a dollar store Cassandra who can’t tweet about it more
Tonight I'll have a drink and call it done
Oh it's been a long time comin’
But the end is gonna come

Lady love's there lying in bed
I'm throwin’ off my blues
I'll set down this guitar and I'll lace on up my shoes
It's 2:10 in the morning but there is no better time
To take a long walk honey and look up at the sky

Out there are a thousand worlds we haven't got to name
Maybe they got people too whose hearts ache just the same
And they've built their bombs and missiles to cut themselves in two
Let’s take a long walk honey, what else is there to do?

Cable news will turn a profit I am sure
Just a dollar store Cassandra who can't tweet about it more
Tonight I'll have a drink and call it done
Oh it's been a long time comin’
But the end is gonna come

You call this a sad song, you ask if I'm alright
I call this the bitter pill that lets me sleep tonight
Let's wake up in the morning and warm up in the sun

Oh it's been a long time comin’
but the end is gonna come

It's been a long time comin’
but the end is gonna come

It's been a long time comin’
but the end is gonna come

credits

released December 15, 2023
The Band:

Wise John - keyboards, vocals, etc
Justin Garcia - guitars

Behind the scenes:

Written by wise john
Produced and mixed by Sahil Ansari
Mastered by Joey Messina-Doerning

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Nearly indestructible singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. 🌴 🌃😎
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