The End in Mind was the first single off of Kyros' fourth major release, Mannequin and was written by guitarist Joey Frevola. The band breaks down how the song came together musically and lyrically, as well as how they feel about it in this video posted to their Youtube channel in 2023:
Joey mentio...
Can you see god and still be blind?
Or does merely seeing something mean you're sighted?
A contradiction we designed?
If there’s no answer, then I’d be delighted
Can I get a reading?
Find a map or meaning?
Yet my brain is bleeding out of my head
My whole world is turning red (the color of)
Symbol of all this tainted love
A gesture to the left
Moving slowly to the right
To complete an all encompassing gameplan (with no compunctions)
Meddling with machinations, changing how they function
Forward living with an end in mindWith an end in mind
Sometimes we manically obsess
Sometimes we engineer a stronger outcome
To fit the image in our heads
It sounds like losing, but we also win some
I’m not gonna make it
Guess I’ll have to fake it
I’ll embrace these naked lies, I don’t care
I rescind my right to share (now cover up)
Make it up as you go along
Just keep the end in mind
Things are looking up
Yet the world is trending down
Still affirming all this shit I can’t defend (with no compunctions)
Pardon me for meddling, but can’t you all just function?
How come no one’s settling down?
Keep the end in mind
Play with what you find
Don’t let the world define how you think
Can you see him as well?
Or is everyone here just as blind as me?
Can you see god and still be blind?
I know I asked you once but think it through now
I know the questions ill-defined
Provide an answer to it if you know how
I recite my lines
I memorize the way you look at me so suddenly
I won’t agree, and then you’ll see I’m free
A gesture to the left
Moving swiftly to the right
To admitting your conviction’s paper thin
It’s hard to keep consistency while blocking certain notions
Keeping motion toward the end in mind
The end in mind
A contradiction we designed
Be cool and you’ll be just fine
Goodbye...
The End in Mind was written by Joey Frevola.
The End in Mind was produced by Kyros.
Kyros released The End in Mind on Fri Feb 02 2024.