After the end when he tells her he loves her She promises not to let (hold) go They hold on to hope verse 1: It all begins with the end Everything started within One or two seconds of a siren Sounding over city limits singing Wind over water whipping A hurricane head long lifting tidal wave inland tipping Was the final early warning and After the end when he tells her he loves her She promises not to let (hold) go They hold on to hope verse 2: Before the ending began Bottom lines and broken budgets Dead ends All the early signs are in the writing Catastrophic changes in the offing Radical callers kept lines tied up at radio stations Argument or conversation Cut quick to commercial nation (Repeat Chorus 2) Guitar Solo: x2 verse 3: Welcome to the dawning of a new age Headline in 1953 full page President is speaking at the U.N. Preaching of the promise of our progress Atomic piece of mind from a radioactive life line Millennia in the making utopiannihilation Chorus 3: and After the end when he tells her he loves her She promises not to let (hold) go They hold on to hope