# Pathway to the End | Unknower

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# Pathway to the End

![Official cover artwork for Unknower](https://unknowermusic.com/images/releases/unknower/unknower-cover.jpg)

From [Unknower](https://unknowermusic.com/releases/unknower) · Track 8 · 2017

The closing track of the 2017 album.

5:26releasedConfidence: mixed

Lyrics · artist-supplied

It’s a long way back from within  
We need to get back to where we begin  
We’ve reached the point of no return  
We had our chance but didn’t learn

The pathway to the very end  
That leads us to where we begin  
With all the energy we’ve spent  
Trying to put it all back in

We crawled up out of the blue  
Took interest in our view  
As the stars fall down in the dark  
And seas sink our ark

The pathway to the very end  
That leads us to where we begin  
With all the energy we’ve spent  
Trying to put it all back in

Oh we lost it again  
The pathway to the end

Oh we lost it again  
The pathway to the end

We’re back where we begin

Working interpretation · analysis

> **Interpretation note:** This is analysis of the supplied lyrics, not an authoritative statement of authorial intent.

The pathway to the end repeatedly leads back to the beginning, so the song's movement feels cyclical rather than final. The narrator says a chance to learn was missed and describes energy spent trying to restore something lost. Images of coming out of the blue, falling stars, and a sinking ark widen that loss beyond an individual journey, though the lyrics do not specify exactly what was lost. The closing return offers no clear resolution.

Themes

recurrence, beginnings and endings, loss, consequences

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