WATCH: Niall Horan debuts a new, emotional song about the grief following the death of Liam Payne. And in the stands, the late singer’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, was also present to witness the event.

‘End of an Era’ Lyrics: Niall Horan Drops Emotional New Song About Grief After Liam Payne’s Death

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Niall Horan has released his new song “End of an Era,” which is about the grief he experienced after the death of his friend and former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne.

In a recent And The Writer Is interview, Niall explained how his co-writer Julian Bunetta helped him realize that the song they were writing was about their late friend.

He was like, “This is this song is about Liam. We just don’t know it yet. We’re dancing around it subconsciously.” And then this song was written in five minutes. It’s a song of loss and fear of loss and the end of an era. It kind of has a — it’s sad.

One verse is sad, and one verse is nostalgic and they are two feelings I have when I think of Liam. Sadness that he’s not with us anymore, but also looking back at the the good times of growing up together … making records together and growing up together in a mad industry and being all over the world and traveling and all the small moments that we had in hotel rooms and, you know, and being on stage and looking at each other on stage, and like all of those things come flooding back in in this song, along with the sadness. But it was amazing.

What are the lyrics for Niall Horan’s song “End of an Era”?

Niall begins the song, “We had it, pure magic / Remembering what it was like / Time passes so fast that / I couldn’t tell you goodbye.”

In the chorus, he sings, “Feels like letting go of / Things we’re not supposed to / One breath and it’s over / The end of an era / Feels like letting go of / Someone I want more of / On? breath and it’s over / The end of an era.”

You can read the full lyrics below.

[Verse 1]
We had it, pure magic
Remember what it was like
Time passes so fast that
I couldn’t tell you goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]
Two strings crying ’bout coming undone
Shadows laughing ’bout their days in the sun
Tears fall down like the future comes slowly
And then all at once

[Chorus]
Feels like letting go of
Things we’re not supposed to
One breath and it’s over
The end of an era (It’s the end of a—)
Feels like letting go of (It’s the end of a—)
Someone I want more of (It’s the end of a—)
One breath and it’s over (It’s the end of a—)
The end of an era

[Verse 2]
Twisted and terrified
How things change overnight
Footsteps we can’t rewind

[Pre-Chorus]
Careless times, yeah, we sure had some
Naive eyes, yeah, we sure looked young
Tears fall down like the future comes slowly
And then all at once

[Chorus]
Feels like letting go of
Things we’re not supposed to
One breath and it’s over
The end of an era (It’s the end of a—)
Feels like letting go of (It’s the end of a—)
Someone I want more of (It’s the end of a—)
One breath and it’s over (It’s the end of a—)
The end of an era

[Bridge]
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah (It’s the end of a—)
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah (It’s the end of a—)
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah (It’s the end of a—)

[Chorus]
Feels like letting go of
Things we’re not supposed to (It’s the end of a—)
One breath and it’s over
The end of an era (It’s the end of a—)
So I’m letting go of (It’s the end of a—)
Someone I want more of (It’s the end of a—)
One breath and it’s over (It’s the end of a—)
The end of an era

[Outro]
The end of an era
The end of an era
The end of an era
The end of an era