[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] 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 Watch the time go right out the window Trying to hold on / but didn't even know 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 tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn't even matter I had to fall And lose it all But in the end It doesn't even matter
One thing / I don't know why 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] 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 when I
I put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go And for all this There's only one thing you should know...