[Dm – Bb – F – C] (Played hard, fast, with swing. Let it crunch.)[Intro – spoken/snarled over feedback] Wake up. Look at me. You ready? Too late.[Heavy riff – distorted, simple, pounding] [Verse 1] This is the end! This is the end! Everything we burned is ash again! No more pretty lies, no more second tries! The fire’s out and so am I! [Chorus – gang shout on the repeats] Up the mountain! We don’t come down! Shut it off at the top of the world! One last look at the mess we made Then we kill the engine and we stay! We’re not going back! We’re not going back! The road behind us is a heart attack! [Verse 2] She was lost in New Orleans When the water took the streets Everybody screaming, nobody saved She danced in the ruin like she craved the grave Now she won’t let go of what the flood left behind So I’m dragging her up here to watch it die [Bridge – half-time, meaner] We drove through every valley We crawled out of every hole Now the air gets thin and the truth gets cold No rewind, no mercy, no second chance Just the mountain and the end of the dance [Verse 3 – fast, vicious] She gets up before the sun Chasing ghosts that won’t be gone I see her staring at the walls Like the past is gonna call I’m done with ghosts. I’m done with ghosts. I’m gonna end that ghost right here on this rock! [Final Chorus – louder, meaner, full band] Up the mountain! We don’t come down! Kill the engine at the edge of the sky! We came to finish what we started And we ain’t leaving till something dies!We’re not going back! We’re not going back! The only way forward is a heart attack! [Outro – chant over collapsing riff, feedback screaming] This is the end… This is the end… This is the end… (Eternity was yesterday) (Eternity was yesterday) [last shout, almost spoken]* And we ain’t coming down. [Feedback howls. Drums stop dead. Silence.]
