“End of You” is a collaboration between Poppy, Amy Lee, and Courtney LaPlante.
The project was first teased on August 26 on a collaborative post on the artists' Instagram pages featuring the single’s cover. Two days later, on the 28th, each artist posted a different variation of the music video’s t...
[Verse 1: Amy Lee]
I toil in silence, don't know where my mind is
Numb from the shock of it all
Cut myself open, but I wasn't broken
Tryin' to fix what wasn't wrong
[Pre-Chorus: Amy Lee]
Can you feel it taking over?
I know I'm not alone
If I must go, the waves should drag me out
[Chorus: Amy Lee]
When every lie was kept so close
Burned by the game for what I chose
Now you're tossing and turning
I'm pulling the plug on the dream
'Cause the end of you is the start of life for me
[Verse 2: Poppy]
How was I to know?
Crystalline castles turned to dust in the palm of your hand
But I'm wide awake this time
Burn it down to find nothing inside
[Pre-Chorus: Poppy, Amy Lee, Poppy & Amy Lee]
Can you feel it taking over? (Feel it taking over)
I feel it creeping in (I feel it creeping in)
I'm back at the edge again (Hey)
[Chorus: Amy Lee & Poppy]
When every lie was kept so close
Burned by the game for what I chose (For what I chose)
Now you're tossing and turning
I'm pulling the plug on the dream
'Cause the end of you is the start of life for me
[Breakdown: Courtney LaPlante]
The start of life for me
My innocence was blind
Now I can finally see
The start of life for me
[Verse 3: Courtney LaPlante, Amy Lee & Courtney LaPlante]
You make me feel so wide awake for good this time
You are an echo of a dream as it fades from my mind
Wide awake for good this time
I can finally let go of the shame as I claim my new life
[Bridge: Poppy, Amy Lee, Poppy & Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante]
Sung from a fractured lullaby
Innocence draining from our eyes
All I wanted was stolen
I hate all that I believed
Oh-oh (Oh-oh)
(I'm wide awake for good this time)
Oh-oh (Oh-oh)
(Wide awake for good this time)
[Outro: Amy Lee, Poppy, Amy Lee & Courtney LaPlante]
You're tossing and turning
I'm pulling the plug on the dream
'Cause the end of you is the start of life for me
End of You was written by Poppy & Amy Lee & Jordan Fish & Courtney LaPlante & Mike Stringer.
End of You was produced by Jordan Fish.
Poppy released End of You on Thu Sep 04 2025.
Poppy:
I knew he [Jordan Fish] was friends with Amy [Lee], and I thought she would really be a great person to meet and get to talk to, it was mine and Jordan’s idea to start with, and then we thought, ‘What if we made our version of a dark Moulin Rouge, like ‘Lady Marmalade’?
Amy Lee:
It was lit...