Linkin Park - In the End

It starts with

One thing
I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time

All I know					[All I know]
Is time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away

It’s so unreal					[It’s so unreal]
Didn’t look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on
But didn’t even know
I wasted it all just to

Watch you go					[Watch you go-]
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me
Will eventually be
A memory
Of a time

I tried so hard					[I tried so hard]
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

One thing
I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how

I tried so hard					[I tried so hard]
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me

I’m surprised that it got so			[Got so far]
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me

In the end					[In the end-]
You kept everything inside
And even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me
Will eventually be
A memory
Of a time

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There’s only one thing you should know-

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There’s only one thing you should know

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter


REASON:
One year ago, I lost her.  The girl I loved.  I put my trust, my 
heart, all that mushy stuff...  I invested in this girl, and in the 
end, it made no difference.  I fell.  Now, I'm waiting on a decision 
from DigiPen.  If I get in, I'm free from everything that reminds me 
of her:  This town, that tree, my car...  Everything reminds me of 
her, so I want to escape.  But I have to wait as the days go by and 
time ticks life away for their decision.  If I get into DigiPen, I 
have a new life waiting for me.  If I don't get in, I'm doomed to 
another year of torture here....