[Intro - Prelude 12/21]
This is what I brought you, this you can keep
This is what I brought, you may forget me
I promise to depart, just promise one thing
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep

[Bridge - Prelude 12/21]
This is what I brought you, this you can keep
This is what I brought, you may forget me
I promise you my heart, just promise to sing
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep

[Verse 1 - In The End]
(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

[Verse 2 - In The End]
(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
[Verse 3 - In The End]
(So unreal)
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryin' to hold on, didn't even know
I Wasted it all just to watch you go

[Prechorus - In The End, Prelude 12/21]
(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
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep)

[Chorus - In The End, Prelude 12/21]
I tried so hard, and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep)
I had to fall, to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to...)

[Bridge - Prelude 12/21]
This is what I brought you, this you can keep
This is what I brought, you may forget me
I promise to depart, just promise one thing
Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep
[Verse 4 - In The End]
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

[Verse 5 - In The End]
(Tried so hard)
In spite of the way you were mockin' me
Actin' like I was part of your property
Rememberin' all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far

[Verse 6 - In The End]
(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

[Prechorus - In The End, Prelude 12/21]
(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
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep)
[Chorus - In The End, Prelude 12/21]
I tried so hard, and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep)
I had to fall, to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to...)

[Breakdown - In The End]
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

[Chorus - In The End, Prelude 12/21]
I tried so hard, and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep)
I had to fall, to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
(Kiss my eyes and lay me to...)

[Outro - Prelude 12/21]
Sleep...