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Kings of Leon — The End
Album: Come Around Sundown
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Released: 2010
Length: 4:18
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I don't want the street lights
Laughing at the grave
He swears he's gonna give it up
It's never gonna be enough

I just wanna be there
When you're all alone
Thinking about a better day
When you had it in your bones

This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end

I see you in the evening
Sitting on your throne
You're playing with a fireball
And post it up against wall

I just wanna hold you
Take you by your hand
And tell you that you're good enough
And tell you that it's gonna be tough

This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end

Cos I ain't got a home

Running from the street lights
Shining on the grave
Once you've had the good stuff
Never gonna fill you up

I wanna be the one who
Gives them all a whirl
And gives them all the finger at it
Just a little taste of it

This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end
This could be the end

Cos I ain't got a home
I'll forever roam
No I ain't got a home
I'll forever roam

Said I ain't got a home
I'll forever roam
No I ain't got a home
I'll forever roam

I ain't got a home
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I could not wait for The End to end.  It would not be bad if it were 4 minutes shorter.

Posted 4 months ago by tomdpix    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

I don't know what it is about Kings of Leon but their music always sounds like a mournful lament recorded in a subway bathroom.



Agree.. bloody dreadful
Posted 8 months ago by timhavard54    [ Reply ]
Fekkin dirge thats constantly played here. 
Posted 8 months ago by timhavard54    [ Reply ]
I don't know what it is about Kings of Leon but their music always sounds like a mournful lament recorded in a subway bathroom.
Posted 11 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
GOOD TUNE!  Great bass guitar sound. IDK about his voice.  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 philonair wrote:



This is the the typical "I don´t know the PSD Button and write a thumb comment". This song is f*cking good i gave it an 8.


So when you wrote the thumb comment, was it a thumbs up or thumbs down?
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:

This is an average group with a compelling singer ........unique voice.


I've gone 7 to 8 to 7 to 8 on this one, and both times I went +1 to 8 was because of his voice AND the beat/sound is pretty nice, and I want it to play in 'My Favorites' 

Long Live RP and changing tastes! 
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

These guys are hit or miss for me. ....this was a MISS!




This is the typical "I don´t know the PSD Button and write a thumb comment". This song is f*cking good i gave it an 8.
Posted 1 year ago by philonair    [ Reply ]
It's OK to like KoL and Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Posted 2 years ago by bjmansell    [ Reply ]
Mediocre, plodding, and forgettable music, terrible band.
Posted 2 years ago by Chimpmeister    [ Reply ]
 winotron wrote:

These guys have gotten progressively worse with each album.  Aha Shake Heartbreak was great... it's all been downhill since then.




Yeah kind of the same with Coldplay, Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head was really good. Very extreme downturn since then.
Posted 2 years ago by Donar    [ Reply ]
Probably?
Posted 2 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
These guys are like a free-swinging DH...happy to hit .300, crappy on base percentage, mad strike outs...but when they connect...it's out of the park.  This one is a called third strike for sure, not even a swing...

***baseball analogies for those not in the know about Western sports***
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:
These guys are hit or miss for me. ....this was a MISS!
 

Same here!
Posted 4 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This is an average group with a compelling singer ........unique voice.
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
These guys are hit or miss for me. ....this was a MISS!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
One melody, two songs. Good way to write less...
Posted 4 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]

3 years since last play?  still too soon

{#Cowboy}

 


Posted 8 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
These guys have gotten progressively worse with each album.  Aha Shake Heartbreak was great... it's all been downhill since then.
Posted 11 years ago by winotron    [ Reply ]
From Massive Attack to this.......niiiiiiiiice!{#Clap}
Posted 11 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
i like these guys well enough. i wish Milk were in the rotation. this song isn't bad, but it's not my favorite.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 tdola2 wrote:
I'm with HippieChick - Don't like these guys at all...
 

Never been a fan either....
Posted 12 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
Report: Kings Of Leon Urge Caleb Followill To Enter Rehab

Kings Of Leon Cancel US Tour, Admit They Have 'Problems'

Kings Of Leon Reschedule Tour Dates After Frontman Caleb Followill Walks Off Stage

Great tune though...

 
agreed. a wonderful song.

not really surprising some of them having a substance-abuse-career going.

there was always something EXCESS-ive about those guys. it just took a look at their early videos...imho.

hope the singer get his act together (though I guess, that's not very likely...guess he'll be taking the amy-route)

must be pretty horrible, watching one's sibling f****g up so bad... :o/ and the arts going down the drain...

i'm not really a fan of the kings of leon, but I like some of their tunes...a lot...
Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
Can it be the end?  My respect for KOL died 2 albums, 1 canceled tour, 1 rehab stint, and 1 really painful documentary ago.

 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
please let it be the end.....
Posted 12 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
I'm with HippieChick - Don't like these guys at all...
Posted 12 years ago by tdola2    [ Reply ]
This is one group I do not care for at all
Posted 12 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Report: Kings Of Leon Urge Caleb Followill To Enter Rehab

Kings Of Leon Cancel US Tour, Admit They Have 'Problems'

Kings Of Leon Reschedule Tour Dates After Frontman Caleb Followill Walks Off Stage

Great tune though...

Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
thank you for the lucid comment Sasha2001. I am very musically open-minded but Kings of Leon really drag me down.

 Sasha2001 wrote:

Wait a minute! CMax has an honest question. If YOU know so much more about music chadlymn perhaps you could educate those of us, like me, who have studied music since the 1st grade and attend 2-4 shows a month but also don't get why this band is as popular as they are. It's not as if they're holding down a groove I want to dance to, or writing particularly interesting lyrics, or singing in more then one limited octave, or writing music that sounds anything more then derivative of half a dozen other more interesting or popular bands.

I know they've been around for more then a decade and they've certainly paid their dues to the point where they deserve their moment in the sun. But they certainly seem ordinary next to some of the great new bands we hear on RP regularly.
 


Posted 12 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Awesome set... DMB to Beck to Kings of Leon. Three killer songs in a row {#Hearteyes}

Posted 12 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
Much better.....like this much more than Golden Earring...but I realize that variety is the spice of life.
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
God how I wish it was the end of Kings of Leon.

Only Rhianna could challenge KoL for the "Most Constipated Voice" prize.
Posted 13 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
Nice rotation !
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Still love this song. I grew tired of some of their last album because FM played it to death.
Posted 13 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:


all this, and yet they succeed. Sasha I cannot agree with your points more. YOu are correct on every one as far as I can assess. But I too am a fan and find myself enjoying every new release. I wish I could explain it in the way that I explain my love for other musicians or bands but the formula seems to fail when it comes to K.O.L.

 

Sometimes the whole is greater than the parts.  I think that is the case with KOL. 
Posted 13 years ago by coyotexxx2    [ Reply ]
The piano at the end reminds me of a song by My Morning Jacket (Touch me I'm going to scream II)...
Posted 13 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:

Wait a minute! CMax has an honest question. If YOU know so much more about music chadlymn perhaps you could educate those of us, like me, who have studied music since the 1st grade and attend 2-4 shows a month but also don't get why this band is as popular as they are. It's not as if they're holding down a groove I want to dance to, or writing particularly interesting lyrics, or singing in more then one limited octave, or writing music that sounds anything more then derivative of half a dozen other more interesting or popular bands.

I know they've been around for more then a decade and they've certainly paid their dues to the point where they deserve their moment in the sun. But they certainly seem ordinary next to some of the great new bands we hear on RP regularly.

 

all this, and yet they succeed. Sasha I cannot agree with your points more. YOu are correct on every one as far as I can assess. But I too am a fan and find myself enjoying every new release. I wish I could explain it in the way that I explain my love for other musicians or bands but the formula seems to fail when it comes to K.O.L.

Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
 
I'm sure that's an awfully offensive stereotype but it is funny {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 chadlymn wrote:
Learn something about music and then you will understand why!

 CMax wrote:

I don't really get why these guys are so big.... I try, but it never catches.


 
 
Wait a minute! CMax has an honest question. If YOU know so much more about music chadlymn perhaps you could educate those of us, like me, who have studied music since the 1st grade and attend 2-4 shows a month but also don't get why this band is as popular as they are. It's not as if they're holding down a groove I want to dance to, or writing particularly interesting lyrics, or singing in more then one limited octave, or writing music that sounds anything more then derivative of half a dozen other more interesting or popular bands.

I know they've been around for more then a decade and they've certainly paid their dues to the point where they deserve their moment in the sun. But they certainly seem ordinary next to some of the great new bands we hear on RP regularly.

Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Yup!! It never catches!!!
 chadlymn wrote:
Learn something about music and then you will understand why!

 CMax wrote:

I don't really get why these guys are so big.... I try, but it never catches.


 
 


Posted 13 years ago by deadgoose66    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

I think Hannio took this one. Actually, I'm positive he did. :)
 

Well of course you do. Should I be surprised? You and he seem of like minds about Kings of Leon. I don't have a problem if you don't like the music, but if you enjoy characterizations such as:

.Jon Anderson sounds like a fairy, and Anthony Followill sounds like an inbred hick. (Hannio)

then your opinion means as little to me as his.

Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:


I don't for a minute think you believe that, but nice try. I'll quote a friend of mine's response when confronted with people who are beyond all reason. She was born and raised in the south, so she just smiles and says, "Well, bless your poor heart". I think that sums it up nicely.
 
I think Hannio took this one. Actually, I'm positive he did. :)
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This guys voice really agitates me.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
For just the 1st few seconds I thought it was Dark Matter by P.T.....must be the coffee..and a similiar bass line or something {#Sealed}

Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Yet more proof I succeeded.

 

I don't for a minute think you believe that, but nice try. I'll quote a friend of mine's response when confronted with people who are beyond all reason. She was born and raised in the south, so she just smiles and says, "Well, bless your poor heart". I think that sums it up nicely.

Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:


Is that the best you can do? Oh wait, I remember your last posting on Pyro. You tried your best, I'm sure. {#Biggrin}
 

Yet more proof I succeeded.

Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 {#Think} Had this at a 3! It's like someone hacked my account!  7

Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Learn something about music and then you will understand why!

 CMax wrote:

I don't really get why these guys are so big.... I try, but it never catches.


 


Posted 13 years ago by chadlymn    [ Reply ]
and today too.  see ya.

 wrangler wrote:
this could be the end....of my radio paradise session today.  pigeons poop on this band - that should say it all.  {#Cowboy}
 


Posted 13 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
GREAT!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
good tune,,tin ears can't detect MUSIC,,,so many buttwigs...so lil tyme{#Nyah}


Posted 13 years ago by cattail321    [ Reply ]
Wait, ZZ Top, Depeche Mode, Golden Earing, and now Eddie Monie? Wow I never thought I'd hear such an '80s set on — wait what?
Posted 13 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Yawn.
Posted 13 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Apparently it succeeded in touching at least one nerve.
 

Is that the best you can do? Oh wait, I remember your last posting on Pyro. You tried your best, I'm sure. {#Biggrin}
Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:


A valiant but failed attempt at satire. Don't give up!
 

Apparently it succeeded in touching at least one nerve.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
What a great segue from Massive Attack. Bill, you da man! {#Notworthy}
Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]

I don't really get why these guys are so big.... I try, but it never catches.


Posted 13 years ago by CMax    [ Reply ]
It was the kind of people who program RP that turned me on to Kings of Leon when their first album came out. I don't think they have been as good or as exciting since, but I'm not willing to abandon them yet, just because it's trendy now to hate them.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
this could be the end....of my radio paradise session today.  pigeons poop on this band - that should say it all.  {#Cowboy}
Posted 13 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
Very appropriate that this CD should start with a song called "The End." 
Posted 13 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
Bob has a great voice? Not to compare with great song writting but vocals. I like the band RAW sounding

Posted 13 years ago by DEWBKEY    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
 
That doesn't necessarily make him a bad singer; you've roughly characterized a substantial portion of lead vocalists and/or musicians from throughout the history of rock'n'roll.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
 

{#Roflol}

well said
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I do not get this band...every song sounds the same
Posted 13 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
 

A valiant but failed attempt at satire. Don't give up!


Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Their songs are starting to all sound alike
meh   {#Yawn}

Posted 13 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
 
Such a great description ... but you forgot the other thing he spends money on:  cigarettes!  I was gonna put a smiley emoticon at the end of my comment, but it's too sadly true to be funny.

Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:

These guys are really good. Great vocals.


 

Yeah, if you like a vocalist who sounds like someone with a mullet who drives a beat up Camaro with an "Ain't Skeered" decal and marries his cousin after getting her pregnant and lives in a single wide down by the river and there are only two payments left on the shootin' car out in the weeds but he's been out of work since '08 and spends all his money on tattoos and beer.  But other than that, I agree.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
please please please make this band go away.............
Posted 13 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
 iTuner wrote:

Well said.
 
I concur.  I guess everyone has one of those bands that they can't understand why it's so popular - this is mine.  I'll patiently mute while others enjoy.

Posted 14 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
Kings of Leon music is far too droning and derivative of other bands. Yes, I know all music is derivative in some way but for some reason the combination of their uninspired lyrics, monotone phrasing, and simplistic chord progressions turn me right off.
 
Well said.
Posted 14 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
I've now heard this song on RP 4 days in a row...
I want THE END to end!
too many other good songs in the library
 
again and again

Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
love this track  cant wait to see them
Posted 14 years ago by and27    [ Reply ]
Ultimately, I think music is about the soul of the message...imho.
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
 KOLFanSince2002 wrote:

LOL!? Really, how on earth could you say that? That sounds like just a very typical KOL basher statement...so you're saying "Arizona" sounds like "Black Thumbnail" and "Red Morning Light" is similar to "Manhattan"...how about "Back Down South" and "The End" (and those are from the same CD!)? Actually listen a bit before you make such comments...
 
No, Cowgirl is right.  Several of their songs sound very similiar.  This is a couple clicks away from Sex on Fire.  Good stuff though, I am beginning to listen to them more and more.  Being very defensive me thinks.


Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
This is the end, my only friend .....    Oh wait, wrong song.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Oh, how I hope for The End...<sigh>
Posted 14 years ago by TheBorgBuilder    [ Reply ]
 ortallcowgirl wrote:
They need to come up with something new.  Most of their music sounds the same.....
 
LOL!? Really, how on earth could you say that? That sounds like just a very typical KOL basher statement...so you're saying "Arizona" sounds like "Black Thumbnail" and "Red Morning Light" is similar to "Manhattan"...how about "Back Down South" and "The End" (and those are from the same CD!)? Actually listen a bit before you make such comments...
Posted 14 years ago by KOLFanSince2002    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:

These guys are really good. Great vocals.

 
Sadly, I can't get into this guy's voice. He always sounds like he's in pain, as if he's trying to squeeze out an enormous log. A shame, really, as the band's good and the lyrics are interesting.

Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I've now heard this song on RP 4 days in a row...
I want THE END to end!
too many other good songs in the library
Posted 14 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:

I started listening to this band long before becoming a fan of RP. I was surprised at the amount of negative comments they engender, but they've never let me down. I still think they're making interesting music, although I will admit the lyrics to Sex On Fire are just bad.



 
That song has just become a guilty pleasure to sing along with.

Posted 14 years ago by AMH    [ Reply ]
i have been listening to Kings of Leon since the 'beginning' , and i must say that this is probably their best offering to date ( to my sensibilities anyway....) and i mean the entire album, not just this single.

Posted 14 years ago by damo    [ Reply ]

I started listening to this band long before becoming a fan of RP. I was surprised at the amount of negative comments they engender, but they've never let me down. I still think they're making interesting music, although I will admit the lyrics to Sex On Fire are just bad.



Posted 14 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Kings of Leon music is far too droning and derivative of other bands. Yes, I know all music is derivative in some way but for some reason the combination of their uninspired lyrics, monotone phrasing, and simplistic chord progressions turn me right off.
Posted 14 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]

These guys are really good. Great vocals.


Posted 14 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 vivakitty wrote:
I like having a song  called "The End" not only be the lead single but also track 1 on the disc.
 
"The End" at the beginning? But that just confuses people....{#Arghhh} Dag blasted punks!

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I like having a song  called "The End" not only be the lead single but also track 1 on the disc.
Posted 14 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
Really like this on first hearing. Yes it's like the last album - good - because if I want to hear something new I can just listen to a different band!
Posted 14 years ago by deppo    [ Reply ]
They need to come up with something new.  Most of their music sounds the same.....
Posted 14 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
That was nice. Real nice. A soft edge I didn't expect from them. 7.
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]