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 'til 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
Tryin' to hold on, d-didn't even know
I wasted it all just to watch you go

I kept everything inside
And even though I've tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be
A memory of a time

I've 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 mockin' me
Actin' 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

Kept everything inside
And even though I've tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me would eventually be
A memory of a time

I've 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've tried so hard and got so far (so far)
But in the end, it doesn't even matter (in the end)
I had to fall, to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter