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| Artist  = Billy Talent
| Artist  = Billy Talent
| Album    = Crisis of Faith
| Album    = Crisis of Faith
| Released = [[September 10]], [[2021]]
| Released = [[September 10]], [[2021]] (single)<br>[[January 21]], [[2022]] (album)
| Length  = 3:45
| Length  = 3:45
| Label    = [[Warner Music]]  
| Label    = [[Wikipedia:Warner Music Group|Warner Music]]  
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], Ian D'sa, Benjamin Kowalewicz, Jon Gallant, Jordan Hastings
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Ian D'sa]], [[Benjamin Kowalewicz]], [[Jon Gallant]], [[Jordan Hastings]]
| Producer = Ian D'sa
| Producer = Ian D'sa
| Status  = Released
| Status  = Released
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| Next track      = "One Less Problem"<br>(9)
| Next track      = "One Less Problem"<br>(9)
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"'''End of Me'''" is the eight track from Billy Talent's sixth studio album Crisis of Faith.
"'''End of Me'''" is the eighth track and third single from the album ''Crisis of Faith'' by Canadian rock band [[Wikipedia:Billy Talent|Billy Talent]]. [[Rivers Cuomo]] is a credited co-writer and guest vocalist on the song.
===Appearances===
*''Crisis of Faith'' (2022]]
==Overview==
==Overview==
The song was first announced as the fourth single for the new Billy Talent album on [[September 6]], [[2021]] with Rivers' name censored, but an image leak on the same day indicated that Rivers was the artist featured on the song. The song was officially released 4 days later, on [[September 10]], and an official video by Liam Lynch was released on [[September 27]].
On [[September 6]], [[2021]], Billy Talent's social media uploaded the cover art for "End of Me" with blank spaces in place of Rivers Cuomo's name ("ft. _____s _____"), but an image leak on the same day indicated that Cuomo was the featured on the song. The song was officially released on [[September 10]]. An official video directed by Liam Lynch was released on [[September 27]].


==Audio==
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>[Verse 1: Ben Kowalewicz]
<poem>
Well I see you walking down a dead-end street
Well I see you walking down a dead-end street
Like a black cat following a limousine
Like a black cat following a limousine
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'Cause I can't help caring about a friend in need
'Cause I can't help caring about a friend in need


[Chorus 1: Ben Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa]
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
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The end of me
The end of me


[Verse 2: Rivers Cuomo]
I see you making all the same mistakes
I see you making all the same mistakes
Try to help but you throw it back into my face
Try to help but you throw it back into my face
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We all know someone that we just can't change
We all know someone that we just can't change


[Chorus 1: Ben Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa]
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
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The end of me
The end of me


[Post-Chorus: Ben Kowalewicz, Ian D'Sa and Rivers Cuomo]
I wanna get closer to you
I wanna get closer to you
But how am I supposed to get through?
But how am I supposed to get through?
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I'm getting so tired of preaching to the choir
I'm getting so tired of preaching to the choir


[Chorus 2: Ben Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa]
I said goodbye and I wished you well
I said goodbye and I wished you well
But you kept dragging me back to hell
But you kept dragging me back to hell
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The end of me
The end of me


[Post-Chorus: Ben Kowalewicz, Ian D'Sa and Rivers Cuomo]
I wanna get closer to you
I wanna get closer to you
But how am I supposed to get through?
But how am I supposed to get through?
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I'm getting so tired of preaching to the choir
I'm getting so tired of preaching to the choir


[Chorus 1: Ben Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa]
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
You dragged me down to a hole so deep
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
I'm crawling out on my hands and knees
I'd stick around but I know it's gonna be
I'd stick around but I know it's gonna be
The end of me</poem>
The end of me</poem>
==See also==
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs featuring contributions by Rivers Cuomo]]