It starts with onenOne thing I don't know why nIt doesn't even matter how hard you try nKeep that in mind I designed this rhyme nTo explain in due time nAll I know (all I know)nTime is a valuable thing nWatch it fly by as the pendulum swings nWatch it count down to the end of the day nThe clock ticks life away nIt's so unreal (it's so unreal)nDidn't look out below nWatch the time go right out the window nTried to hold on but I didn't even know nWasted it all just to watch you go nI kept everything inside, and even though I tried it all fell apart n(It all fell apart)nWhat it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I tried so hard nnI tried so hardnAnd got so far nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter nI had to fall to lose it all nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter nnOne thing I don't know why nIt doesn't even matter how hard you try nKeep that in mind I designed this rhyme nTo remind myself how I tried so hard nDespite of the way you were mocking me nActing like I was part of your property nRemembering all the times you fought with me nI'm surprised it got so farnThings aren't the way they were before nYou wouldn't even recognise me any more nNot that you knew me back then nBut it all comes back to me in the end nYou kept everything inside, and even though I tried it all fell apart nWhat it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a timennI tried so hard nAnd got so far nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter nI had to fall to lose it all nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter nnI've put my trust in you nI've pushed as far as I can go nAnd for all this nThere's only one thing you should know nnI've put my trust in you nI've pushed as far as I can go nAnd for all this nThere's only one thing you should know nnI tried so hard nAnd got so far nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter nI had to fall to lose it all nBut in the end nIt doesn't even matter