Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring child session musicians… Read Full Bio ↴Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring child session musicians performing contemporary music.
The company was founded by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001 under Razor & Tie Entertainment. The albums are composed of "kid-friendly" versions of the latest songs on Top 40 radio and are sung by young children. Each year, Kidz Bop releases 2 volume CDs, as well of 4 "music compilations".
According to Billboard, three Kidz Bop albums were among the top ten children's albums sold in 2010, including both of the top two albums. Kidz Bop 18 was the #1 kids’ album of 2010; Kidz Bop 17 ranked in at #2, and Kidz Bop 16 was #10.
In addition to music, the brand also has a social networking and content sharing website, KidzBop.com.

It Ends Tonight
KIDZ BOP Kids Lyrics

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Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.

The walls start breathing

My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight
It ends tonight.

A falling star
Least I fall alone.
I can't explain what you can't explain.
You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes

All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

Tonight
Insight

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight.

Overall Meaning

The song "It Ends Tonight" by The All-American Rejects is a ballad that deals with the end of a relationship. The opening lines of the song, "Your subtleties/They strangle me/I can't explain myself at all", suggest that the singer is feeling suffocated by his partner's behavior, and is at a loss for how to express his feelings. He goes on to say that he doesn't want to need his partner, and that all of his wants and needs are weighing him down. The walls start breathing and his mind is unweaving, leading him to realize that it's best for his partner to leave him alone.

The chorus of the song is a declaration that the relationship is over: "When darkness turns to light/It ends tonight". The falling star represents the end of the relationship, but the singer is relieved that he's not falling alone. He doesn't know how to explain what's happening, and is finding things that he didn't know about himself or his partner. The weight of the relationship is lifted on this evening, and the singer gives the final blow.

The last verse of the song suggests that the singer has gained some perspective and is moving on from the relationship: "Now I'm on my own side/It's better than being on your side/It's my fault when you're blind/It's better that I see it through your eyes". He's realized that he can only see the situation from his own perspective, and that he needs to try to see it from his partner's point of view as well.

Line by Line Meaning

Your subtleties
The subtle things you do

They strangle me
They suffocate me emotionally

I can't explain myself at all.
I have trouble expressing how I feel

And all the wants
The desires

And all the needs
The necessities

All I don't want to need at all.
I don't want to rely on them

The walls start breathing
The pressure is building

My mind's unweaving
I'm losing my grip on reality

Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
Perhaps it's better if you go away

A weight is lifted
A burden is removed

On this evening
Tonight