This Isn’t The End – English Lyrics

• By: Owl City
• Album: Ultraviolet

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAD A PANIC ATTACK ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THE FATHER SHE LOVED LEFT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK ♪

♪ NO LONGER THE HERO SHE COUNTED ON ♪

♪ HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER AND THEN HE WAS GONE ♪

♪ SHE TRIED TO LOOK HAPPY IN FRONT OF HER FRIENDS ♪

♪ BUT KNEW THAT SHE'D NEVER FEEL NORMAL AGAIN ♪

♪ SHE FOUGHT BACK THE TEARS AS THEY FILLED HER EYES ♪

♪ AND WANTED HIM BACK JUST TO TELL HIM GOODBYE ♪

♪ WHEN THE RAIN FALLS DOWN ♪

♪ WHEN IT ALL TURNS AROUND ♪

♪ WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT ♪

♪ THIS ISN'T THE END ♪

♪ HER DAD WAS A GOOD GUY THAT EVERYONE LIKED ♪

♪ BUT NOBODY KNEW HE WAS DYING INSIDE ♪

♪ HE PROMISED HIS FAMILY THEY'D BE ALRIGHT ♪

♪ AND THEN WITH A GUNSHOT HE LEFT THEM BEHIND ♪

♪ WHEN THE RAIN FALLS DOWN ♪

♪ WHEN IT ALL TURNS AROUND ♪

♪ WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT ♪

♪ THIS ISN'T THE END ♪

♪ WHEN THE RAIN FALLS DOWN ♪

♪ WHEN IT ALL TURNS AROUND ♪

♪ WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT ♪

♪ THIS ISN'T THE END ♪

♪ THE ROLE OF A FATHER HE NEVER DESERVED ♪

♪ HE ABANDONED HIS DAUGHTER AND NEVER RETURNED ♪

♪ BUT OVER THE YEARS THOUGH THE PAIN WAS REAL ♪

♪ SHE FINALLY FORGAVE HIM AND STARTED TO HEAL ♪

♪ HOW CLOSE IS THE ENDING, WELL NOBODY KNOWS ♪

♪ THE FUTURE'S A MYSTERY AND ANYTHING GOES ♪

♪ LOVE IS CONFUSING AND LIFE IS HARD ♪

♪ IT'S A FIGHT TO SURVIVE BUT WE MADE IT THIS FAR ♪

♪ IT'S ALL TOO ASTOUNDING TO COMPREHEND ♪

♪ IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, THIS ISN'T THE END ♪

♪ IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, THIS ISN'T THE END ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER AND THEN HE WAS GONE

  ➔ Past simple + reported speech; conjunction "and then" for sequencing

  ➔ He "told" her that he loved her, then he "was" gone.

• SHE TRIED TO LOOK HAPPY IN FRONT OF HER FRIENDS

  ➔ Past simple + infinitive phrase "to look" expressing purpose

  ➔ She "tried" "to look" happy for her friends.

• BUT KNEW THAT SHE'D NEVER FEEL NORMAL AGAIN

  ➔ Past simple + that‑clause; contraction "she'd" = "she would" (modal "would" for future in the past)

  ➔ She "knew" "that" "she'd" never feel normal again.

• WHEN THE RAIN FALLS DOWN

  ➔ Zero conditional (present simple) in a temporal clause introduced by "when"

  ➔ "When" the rain "falls" down, the mood changes.

• HE PROMISED HIS FAMILY THEY'D BE ALRIGHT

  ➔ Past simple + reported promise; contraction "they'd" = "they would" (future in the past)

  ➔ He "promised" his family "they'd" be alright.

• BUT OVER THE YEARS THOUGH THE PAIN WAS REAL

  ➔ Contrastive clause with "though"; past simple "was" for a state in the past

  ➔ "Though" the pain "was" real, she kept moving forward.

• SHE FINALLY FORGAVE HIM AND STARTED TO HEAL

  ➔ Past simple with two coordinated verbs; infinitive "to heal" after "started"

  ➔ She "finally" "forgave" him and "started" "to heal".

• THE FUTURE'S A MYSTERY AND ANYTHING GOES

  ➔ Contraction "future's" = "future is"; present simple with indefinite pronoun "anything"

  ➔ "Future's" a mystery, and "anything" "goes".

• IT'S A FIGHT TO SURVIVE BUT WE MADE IT THIS FAR

  ➔ Contraction "it's" = "it is"; infinitive phrase "to survive" as purpose; past simple "made" for achievement

  ➔ "It's" a fight "to survive", but we "made" it this far.