Beginning of the End – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The time has come

And as I reach up to the sky

The love will never die

At last it's here

The darkest sky begins to clear

The final hour draws near

But the voices are calling me

Erasing the pain and the fear

So lay me down

Lay me to rest

It's over now 'cause I know it's the beginning

Of the end

...

And so we'll rise

By the grace of God alone

His words carved in stone

I'm never gone

I'll always be within your heart

Waiting's the worst part

Now the voices are calling me

Soothing me and easing the pain and the fear

So lay me down

Lay me to rest

It's over now 'cause I know it's the beginning

Of the end

...

And I see my life pass quickly by

I am watching

All these years we thought we were so wise

They mean nothing

Walk alone into the dying mist

Come alive forever

See the things we've never seen before

Hand in hand together

...

The falling rays

Are lightning up the open door

We've all been waiting for

Well, the voices are calling me

Showing the path that is clear

So lay me down

Lay me to rest

It's over now 'cause I know it's the beginning

So lay me down (lay me down)

Lay me to rest (lay me to rest)

It's over now 'cause I know it's the beginning (the beginning)

Of the end

...

Key Grammar Structures

• The time has come

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect to indicate an action that started in the past and is relevant to the present.

• The darkest sky begins to clear

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous to describe an action that is happening now.

• I'm never gone

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple with the adverb 'never' to emphasize a permanent state.

• Waiting's the worst part

  ➔ Apostrophe S for Possession

  ➔ The apostrophe 's' is used to show possession, indicating that the waiting belongs to the subject.

• See the things we've never seen before

  ➔ Present Perfect in Relative Clause

  ➔ The present perfect is used in a relative clause to describe an action that occurred before another action.

• Hand in hand together

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'hand in hand' is a prepositional phrase that describes how the action is performed.

• It's over now

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverb of Time

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple with the adverb 'now' to indicate the current moment.