Lyrics Beginning (Of the End) - Todd Rundgren, John Boutte

Beginning (Of the End)

It’s really over, now it’s done
Never thought I’d see the day
But it’s finally come
The slate is clean
The slate is clean
Yes it is
Yes it is
Now I can move on
But I woke up this morning incomplete
Something like a shadow haunts my sleep
Made myself a promise
I’m not sure I can keep
I had that burden off my shoulder
And I was sure that it was over
But it’s the beginning of the end
Tell myself that I’m winning
But it’s pointless to pretend
Though the habit may be broken
The desire comes back again
And you never know just when
At the beginning of the end
It’s time that I got honest with myself
A man can do a lot of things with nobody’s help
I’m never never never never never never never going back
Into that hell
But there’s some things you can’t achieve all alone
You can feel strong, you can feel weak, and sometimes you just don’t know
In the midnight hour
When you reach for the phone
Where’s an angel when you need one?
A rock that you can lean on
When you’re at the beginning of the end
Told myself I was winning
But it’s pointless to pretend
Though the habit may be broken
The desire comes back again
And you never know just when
At the beginning of the end