The End Lyrics

(It starts with one)
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)
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)
Didn't look out below, watched the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, didn't even know
I wasted it all just to 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 when I

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)
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 it 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

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 when 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

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

(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)

I tried so hard
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(I don't know why)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)
(It doesn't even matter how hard you try)

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Genius Annotation

“The End” begins a thematic arc at the heart of Mouth Moods addressing the perverse allure of nihilism. The angsty vocal, lifted from Linkin Park’s “In the End,” is set against the bright and lively instrumental to the Doobie Brothers' “What a Fool Believes.” Thus, while the song initially appears very bleak, Cicierega uses the juxtaposition to make a tacit criticism of the nihilism espoused by Linkin Park: “In the end, it doesn’t even matter” is just “What a Fool Believes.”

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