[Verse 1]
So this is how it ends
No incontrovertible truth
Settling in to the swell of strings
No deus ex machina
Working away in the wings

No, this is how it ends
So ruthlessly obvious now
Beneath the veneer
Simple, stark, and clear

But God, how I feel such a fool
That it took me so long to see
That everything happens both slowly
And all at once, all at once
I suppose nobody promised explanations
No, my mistake was thinking it would make sense

[Chorus]
When this is how it ends
When this is how it ends

[Verse 2]
And it's almost embarrassing now
The tortured contortions it took
Just to believe that there still might be
In our Byzantine rats’ nest of causes and effects
A path still left to take
In the dizzying tangle, a magical code left to break
A choice to make
But I suppose nobody promised it would all mean anything
God, how naïve, believing there's a point to everything

[Chorus]
When this is how it ends
When this is how it ends
When this is how it ends
When this is how it ends

[Instrumental Outro]