Start with the Ending

Secret of a happy marriage
Maybe you should write this down
You wanna keep a love together?
The best way is to end it now
When you both know it's over
Suddenly the truth comes out
You can talk about your secret passion
You can talk about your restless doubts

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When there's no pretending
Then the truth is safe to say
Start with the ending
Get it out of the way
Now there's no defending
Because noone has to win
Start with the ending
It's the best way to begin

After you've both decided
You were missing something that you need
The ways that you were too short-sighted
Get easier for you to see
After all the expectations
Shatter on the kitchen floor
You just see another human suffering
And wonder what the war was for

(Chorus)
It's the best way
The best way to begin

Happy anniversary darlin'
We go back a long, long time
I think about our lives together
So grateful that you're here in mine
And I know you'll keep on changing
Moving in this dance with me
I love the way we embrace the future
And keep the past a memory

So there's no defending
That the old ways could remain
Start with the ending
Things will never be the same
But now there's no defending
So that noone has to win
Start with the ending
It's the best way to begin

It's the best way
The best way to begin

No defending
The truth is safe to say
Start with the ending
Get it out of the way

No defending
Noone has to win
Start with the ending
It's the best way to begin

It's the best way to begin

Now there's no defending
Noone has to win
Start with the ending
It's the best way, (start fade)
It's the best way to begin, begin, begin
It's the best way to begin