[intro] x2 D#m C# D#m C# [verse] D#m It starts with one thing I don't know why C# It doesn't even matter how hard you try B Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme C# To explain in due time D#m All I know, time is a valuable thing C# Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings B Watch it count down to the end of the day C# The clock ticks life away D#m It's so unreal, didn't look out below C# Watch the time go right out the window B Trying to hold on, but didn't even know C# Or wasted it all just to D#m Watch you go, I kept everything inside C# And even though I tried, it all fell apart B What it meant to me will eventually be C# a memory of a time when [chorus] D#m F# I tried so hard and got so far C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter D#m F# I had to fall to lose it all C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter [verse] D#m One thing, I don't know why C# It doesn't even matter how hard you try B Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme C# To remind myself how D#m C# I tried so hard, in spite of the way you were mocking me B Acting like I was part of your property C# Remembering all the times you fought with me D#m I'm surprised it got so far C# Things aren't the way they were before B You wouldn't even recognize me anymore C# Not that you knew me back then but it all comes back to me D#m In the end you kept everything inside C# And even though I tried, it all fell apart B What it meant to me will eventually be C# a memory of a time when [chorus] D#m F# I tried so hard and got so far C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter D#m F# I had to fall to lose it all C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter [bridge] D#m C# I've put my trust in you B C# Pushed as far as I can go D#m And for all this C# B C# There's only one thing you should know D#m F# I've put my trust in you C# B Pushed as far as I can go D#m And for all this F# C# B There's only one thing you should know [chorus] D#m F# I tried so hard and got so far C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter D#m F# I had to fall to lose it all C# B But in the end it doesn't even matter [outro] D#m C# D#m C# D#m C# D#m C# D#m