Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: singer-songwriter
Song Meaning of “End Of The World” by Angus Stone
This song reflects on a personal experience of coming to terms with the fact that a relationship has ended. The lyrics explore the emotions of anger, sadness, and the feeling of being overwhelmed by the emotions this change brings. The narrator sings that they feel like the world is ending, as if everything good has been ripped away from them. Though they are hurt and upset at the end of this relationship, the narrator also expresses a sense of optimism by looking to the horizon for hope. The chorus symbolizes the narrator’s realization that things will eventually get better and that they will eventually be able to move on, even if it is hard and filled with pain. The song also contains imagery of a lighthouse which symbolizes the narrator’s growth in embracing the end of this relationship instead of resisting it. In the end, the narrator resolves to accept the situation and use it take strength from the experience so that they may move on and create something even better in the future.