The Beginning and the End

DPRP counts it among the album's epics, combining well-worked slower sections with strong melodic hooks. An early demo, listed as "The Beginning End The End" (4:56), sits on the second disc of the 2005 special edition, from the Rothery-era sessions, and a live version of 6:13 is on As Daylight Fades (1998). Deezer gives the album track as 6:14. Which version our upload is cannot be told from its title. We found no writer credit, recording date, lyric meaning or setlist data; the March 2025 Southampton set did not include it.