(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 
Watch the time go right out the window 
Tryin' to hold on, did-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 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 

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
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 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've 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 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