[Verse 1]
I remember childhood
Runnin' through the grass
Building forts with sticks
I wish I could go back
[Verse 2]
I'm always lookin' backwards
The good things never last
I've wasted half my years
Livin' in the past
[Chorus 1]
Like a leaf, you turn to start again
It was good when you began
But better is the end
Like a seed, in a flower bed
And then you water it
How better is the end
[Verse 3]
I'm still growin' up
Doing the best I can
Every day I'm learning
To be a better man
[Verse 4]
I'm learning to be patient
I'm learning to be kind
I'll spend all my life
Learning to lose my pride
[Chorus 2]
Like a stream, into a riverbed
Ocean's round the bend
How better is the end
Like an oak towers overhead
Through the years it has led
It's better in the end
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
It's just human instinct to go with the new thing
To forget that a dream takes time before it's fulfilled
You're excited to start, but when it all falls apart
It's easier to look somewhere new instead of rebuild
By the time that you're through, it seems you've had to renew
A million times, jumping to get on every train
But a bit of a good thing turns into a great thing
If you stick it out you'll find that better is the end
[Chorus 3]
Like a faith, new when you began
The promise is ahead
How better is the end
Like a love that started out as friends
We couldn't comprehend
How better is the end
[Outro]
How better is the end than the beginning