In the End

In The End {nl}(It starts with) One thing / I don’t know whyIt doesn’t even matter how hard you tryKeep that in mind / I designed this rhymeTo explain in due timeAll I knowtime is a valuable thingWatch it fly by as the pendulum swingsWatch it count down to the end of the dayThe clock ticks life awayIt’s so unrealDidn’t look out belowWatch the time go right out the windowTrying to hold on / but didn’t even knowWasted it all just toWatch you goI kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apartWhat it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I triedso hard{nl}And got so farBut in the endIt doesn’t even matterI had to fallTo lose it allBut in the endIt doesn’t even matter{nl}One thing / I don’t know whyIt doesn’t even matter how hard you tryKeep that in mind / I designed this rhymeTo remind myself howI tried so hardIn spite of the way you were mocking meActing like I was part of your propertyRemembering all the times you fought with meI’m surprised it got so (far) Things aren’t the way they were beforeYou wouldn’t even recognize me anymoreNot that you knew me back thenBut it all comes back to meIn the endYou kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apartWhat it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when II tried so hard{nl}And got so farBut in the endIt doesn’t even matterI had to fallTo lose it allBut in the endIt doesn’t even matter{nl}I’ve put my trust in youPushed as far as I can goAnd for all thisThere’s only one thing you should knowI’ve put my trust in youPushed as far as I can goAnd for all thisThere’s only one thing you should knowI tried so hardAnd got so farBut in the endIt doesn’t even matterI had to fallTo lose it allBut in the endIt doesn’t even matter{nl}In the End – Linkin Park