Cover art for The Last Song by Foo Fighters

The Last Song

Jun. 14, 20051 viewer

The Last Song Lyrics

[Verse 1]
This is the sound
The here and the now

You got to talk, to talk, to talk, to talk
To get it all out

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I listen
I listen
I listen
But you're out of tune
You're so out of tune

[Chorus]
This is the last song (This is the last song)
This is the last song
That I will dedicate to you


[Verse 2]
Something I've found
Yeah, while I'm still around
You got to walk, to walk, to walk, to walk
To make any ground

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You're pushin'
You're pushin'
You're pushin'
But there ain't no room
No, there ain't no room!
[Chorus]
This is the last song (This is the last song)
This is the last song (This is the last song)
That I will dedicate to you
Made my peace and now I'm through
This is the last song
That I will dedicate to you

[Bridge]
And yours is a name
I will never name again, I will never name again
We pretend it doesn't matter
We pretend it all away, we pretend it all away

[Pre-Chorus 3]
We pretend
We pretend
We pretend
But it ain't no use!

[Chorus]
This is the last song (This is the last song)
This is the last song (This is the last song)
That I will dedicate to you
Made my peace and now I'm through
This is the last song
That I will dedicate to you
[Outro]
To you
To you

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Genius Annotation

Many speculate that “The Last Song” is about Grohl trying to let go of his Nirvana buddy Kurt Cobain. At the release of In Your Honor, Cobain had been dead for 11 years, and Grohl knew that his time to accept was long due.

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Credits
Lead guitar
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Recorded At
Studio 606 West, Los Angeles, California
Release Date
June 14, 2005
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