Beginning and End

Note: This song is a duet. Italics represents singer 1, normal text represents singer 2 and bold represents both singers singing together.

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[Intro]

You're holding my hand, leading me out of hell

Teaching me to laugh at the fire, to dance across the battlefield

And show me we are the beginning and end of everything

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[Verse 1]

You're holding my heart, guiding me through the pain

Teaching me patience, showing me safety

Saying we are the beginning and end of everything

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[Chorus]

I swear I'm not hurting, swear I'm not hurting

Just press a knife to my heart and I'll let you draw blood

Promise I don't crave your embrace

Just want you to hold me

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What is love if it doesn't bleed?

What are we if not cursed for eternity?

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[Verse 2]

I'm stranded, suffocating

You can't be my lifeboat anymore

I'm stranded, suffocating

You can't be my refuge anymore

I'm stranded, suffocating

You can't be my hero anymore

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[Chorus]

I swear I'm not hurting, swear I'm not hurting

Just press a knife to my heart and I'll let you draw blood

Promise I don't crave your embrace

Just want you to hold me

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What is love if it doesn't bleed?

What are we if not cursed for eternity?

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[Verse 3]

So come back to me, come back to me

I've blamed myself for the mask you hide behind

I blame myself for the darkness drowning you

I'm sorry I let the light bleed into night

I'm sorry I left you there

On your hands and knees in a silent prayer

I'm sorry I left you there

Heart in your palms in a screaming plea

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[Verse 4]

So come back to me, come back to me

Can't you see what they do to me?

You're the only one who can make me free

So come back to me, come back to me

The light is night and I've buried my fight

Couldn't you see what they did to me?

You were the only one who could've made me free

You were the only one I wished to set me free

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[Chorus]

I swear I'm not hurting, swear I'm not hurting

Just press a knife to my heart and I'll let you draw blood

Promise I don't crave your embrace

Just want you to hold me

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What is love if it doesn't bleed?

What are we if not cursed for eternity?

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[Bridge]

So save me, save me

So let me save you, just let me save you

You're drowning and I'm handing you air

I'm drowning but I won't steal your breath

I'm dying but I won't let you bleed

So show me safety, show me the past

And tell me, tell me one more time

We are the beginning and end of everything

I'm jumping but I won't let you fall

I'm dying but I won't let you bleed

'Cause we are the beginning and end of everything

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[Chorus]

I swear I'm not hurting, swear I'm not hurting

Just press a knife to my heart and I'll let you draw blood

Promise I don't crave your embrace

Just want you to hold me

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What is love if it doesn't heal?

What are we if not bound for eternity?

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[Outro]

You held my heart, lead me back to the light

I told you, loving you is the start and the end

Loving you is everything