The One-Line Lyric Challenge

All Things End

Slightly delayed, but here is the lyric prompt for February!

Hozier (full name: Andrew John Hozier-Byrne) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. His work is mostly inspired by folk, soul and blues, and he includes a lot of of religious themes (often in defiance of organized religion) and social commentary in his music and lyrics. You've probably heard his biggest hit, "Take me to Church". This is one of his newer songs.

Note that the video is a little intense. Here's a link to the lyrics only version, if you don't like themes of hospitals and/or death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=potq6EfzFTI.

"All Things End" by Hozier



Lyrics: ▼

A two-tonne weight around my chest feels like
It just dropped a twenty-story height
If there was anyone to ever get through this life
With their heart still intact, they didn't do it right
The last time I felt your weight on my chest, you said
"We didn't get it right but, love, we did our best"

And we will again
Moving on in time and taking more from
Everything that ends

And all things end
All that we intend is scrawled in sand
Or slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again

I have never known a silence like the one fallen here
Never watched my future darken in a single tear
I know we want this to go easy by being somebody's fault
But we've gone long enough to know this isn't what we want
And that isn't always bad
When people say that something is forever
Either way, it ends

And all things end
All that we intend is scrawled in sand
Or slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again

Darling
And all things end
All that we intend is built on sand
Slips right through our hands
And just knowing
That everything will end
Won't change our plans
When we begin again

And all things end (knowing we can always start again)
All that we intend (knowing we have another day)
Is scrawled in sand (knowing we can always start again)
Or slips right through our hands (knowing we have another day)
And just knowing (knowing we can always start again)
That everything will end
Should not change our plans
When we begin again

Lyric Prompt: "scrawled in sand"

Include the above line somewhere in your entry.
If you don't like the given prompt, you can chose another line from the lyrics above.