"The Bitter End" lyrics

So this is how it slips away
With a whimper and a bang
This is how our banners fade
Caught in the devil's own parade
In the Devil's own parade
His own parade

Bits and pieces of my life
Pages read by a dying light
I can almost see what I was trying to say
But the meaning somehow just slips away
They just slips away
Slips away

Good intentions, best-laid plans
Earnest effort by shaky hands
The road to hell is paved with bones
Of the ones who knew which way to go
Which way to go
Which way to go

And this is where you have to start
Oh, you crazy, crazy heart
From the ashes, from the dirt
From the wound, from the hurt
You have to break before you can bend
You have to start at the bitter end
The bitter end
The bitter end

And this is where you have to start
Oh, you crazy, crazy heart
From the ashes, from the dirt
From the wound, from the hurt
Oh, you gotta break before you can bend
You have to start at the bitter end
The bitter end

The bitter end
The bitter end
The bitter end
The bitter end