The emotional center of the album. This song isn’t about wanting love to end, it’s about wanting the pain to stop. It lives in the space between holding on and letting go, where hope still exists, but not in the way it used to.
Lyrics
‘Round and ’round in these circleS we go
Tear through our dreams and all that we know
We turn around to see what’s left behind
Wonderin’ what all this has cost us in time
Comin’ out the other end
Bruised, worn, and emotionally spent
Is it time to say we made it through?
weathered the storm - maybe we grew
Every promise sounds thinner these days
Every truth cuts a different way
We can rebuild this world over again
Or - We can let it all scatter out to the wind
Sometimes I hope this story ends well
Sometimes I just hope this story will end
It is what it is
It’ll be what it’ll be be
I’ve quit tryin’ to force forever
Just tryin’ to let it be
We learned how to fight without raisin’ our voice
Learned that silence is the loudest choice
Sleepin’ back-to-back stayin’ wide awake
Are we Holdin’ on out of habit - or faith
We say we’re fine like it’s understood
But fine ain’t bad and it ain’t any good
Just two hearts stuck in between
What we were and what we couldn’t be
Love shouldn’t feel like losin’ your ground
But here we are, still hangin’ around
We can rebuild this world over again
Or - let it all scatter out to the wind
Sometimes I hope this story ends well
Sometimes I just hope this story will end
It is what it is
It’ll be what it’ll be
I’ve stopped beggin’ for answers
That never come to me
If this is goodbye, let it be clean
No villains, no shattered scenes
If this is forever, let it be true
Not somethin’ we’re scared to lose
I don’t need a happy ever-after lie
Just a reason to believe we tried
We can rebuild this world over again
Or - loosen our grip on the end
Sometimes I hope this story ends well
Sometimes I hope this story will bend
It is what it is
But it don’t have to stay this way
If love’s gonna stay, let it stay honest
If it leaves, let it leave us okay
No more fightin’ how it bends
Maybe this ain’t where it ends
Sometimes I hope this story ends well
But Tonight I hope this story just bends