Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing But Thieves
[Verse 1]
Oh, look at this place, what a waste, it's such a mess
We skim through the horror to find some happiness
But it's getting harder to get a little taste
As we're getting more divided every day
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, this feels like the end
Yeah, it feels like the end
We're addicted to the pain
No, we can't look away
Oh, this feels like the end (It won't stop)
Is this ever gonna end? (Creeping on)
'Cause I can't look away (It won't stop)
No, I can't look away
[Chorus]
Can you believe what we are seeing?
We devolve into inferior beings
Right before your eyes, right before your eyes
And I don't wanna see, wanna see
What we've become
What we've become
[Verse 2]
Now we're getting numb to the numbers on the screen
But there's still more upturned dinghies in the sea
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, this feels like the end
Yeah, it feels like the end
We're addicted to the pain
No, we can't look away
Oh, this feels like the end (It won't stop)
Is this ever gonna end? (Creeping on)
'Cause I can't look away (It won't stop)
[Chorus]
Can you believe what we are seeing?
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
We devolve into inferior beings
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
Right before your eyes, right before your eyes
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
And I don't wanna see, wanna see
What we've become
[Bridge]
There's a tension in the air, everyone can feel it
What we've become
Seven reported dead in the street, it permeates everything
It's in our homes, our chlorinated chicken
Seventeen reported dead
We stare at whatever clickbait debate next goes viral
Plastic opinions and drive-through funerals
Everything has a price, and then, you
Your consent is manufactured and you are being sold, categorised and catalogued
Passed on and processed for whatever scheme is next
Designed to keep us compartmentalised and at each other's goddamn throats
Fifty-seven reported dead, where does it end? Is this it?
At what point do we say, "No, we are people, surely we are better than this?"
[Chorus]
Can you believe what we are seeing?
We devolve into inferior beings
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
Right before your eyes, right before your eyes
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
And I don't wanna see, wanna see
What we've become
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
What we've become
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
What we've become, oh
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
What we've become
(Can you feel it, can you feel it?)
This Feels Like the End was written by Mike Crossey & Joe Langridge-Brown & Dom Craik & Conor Mason.
This Feels Like the End was produced by Dom Craik.
Nothing But Thieves released This Feels Like the End on Fri Oct 23 2020.
Dominic Craik:
The War on Drugs were an influence here, but with the chorus we leaned on how we sound as a band when we’re just crashing around playing songs like [2017 single] ‘Amsterdam’—Nothing But Thieves in a room.
– via Apple Music
Joe Langridge-Brown:
I had that chorus in my head for week...
Joe Langridge-Brown answered this, albeit vaguely:
A very dark day and someone recommending that I should get it out into a song
– via Twitter