In The End — текст песни (Todd Rundgren)

Sacrifice!

Christ-like sacrifice!

Pass that cup to me

I will bear the price

If the puny and insignificant

Are to have a glimpse of peace

Then someone much like I myself

Almost exactly like I myself

Must rise above the rabble

By helping them to their knees

As this is how I see myself



I might as well anoint myself

For the greater good of us all

Youll thank me in the end

For the loss of the weak and small

Youll thank me in the end

Though it may seem painful at first

Youll thank me in the end

And youll wonder how things could get worse

You may not reach the end



Speak my name as your last breath is spent

When you were lost in your ignorant haze

And afraid of the dark

I led you out again!

When you dreamed that God was love

And life was a lark

I woke you up again!



For my sacrifice

Who will bear the price?

The extraordinary problems

That occur from day to day

Require somebody like myself

Lets say exactly like I myself

So that ordinary labors

May proceed with least delay

So weve elected me myself

Since we can think of no one else

When youre in the mood to complain

Youll call me in the end

Then for things that Ill do in your name

Youll blame me in the end



But if I use the right choice of words

Your family and friends

Youd betray like a cowardly turd

Then refuse to watch the end

Then well go through the whole thing again



And when Im standing astride your backs

With my head in the stars

Youll take me in the end

While Im bending you over and

Screwing you hard in the arse

Youll love me in the end



Pass that whip to me

Let us raise the price

Sacrifice!

Never knowing love

Just so you can believe a power above

This is my sacrifice!

Youll thank me

Youll thank me in the end

Youll like me in the end

Youll love me in the end

Youll praise me in the end

Youll thank me