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Linkin Park - In The End

"In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, from their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000).

The song was released on November 21, 2001 as the fourth and final single from Hybrid Theory. The song was written by the band and produced by Don Gilmore.

The concept of "In the End" is about one person's failure, although the song can also symbolize broken trust in friendships and relationships.

"In the End" is considered to be one of Linkin Park's most recognizable and signature songs.

"In the End" is the most played song in all of Linkin Park's live performances.

"In the End" received positive reviews from music critics, with most reviewers complimenting the song's signature piano riff, as well as noting rapper Mike Shinoda's vocal prominence in the song.
"In the End" also achieved mainstream popularity, and was a commercial success upon release.
The song reached the top ten of numerous worldwide music charts and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's highest peak on the chart, as well as their first song that peaked within the Top 40. It also reached number one on the Z100 Top 100 songs of 2002 countdown. This song also ranked at #121 in Blender magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.

The song is Billboard's second most played rock song of the decade. It was also remixed on Reanimation as "Enth E Nd".

The music video of the song, directed by Nathan Cox and the band's turntablist Joe Hahn, featured the band in a fantasy setting.

Chester Bennington, the band's vocalist initially disliked this song and didn't want it to be in Hybrid Theory.

The lyrics:

[Chester]

It starts with one

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

All I know

[Mike]

Time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

Watch it count down 'till the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

[Chester]

It's so unreal

[Mike]

You didn't look out below

Watch the time go right out the window

Trying to hold on, to didn't even know

I wasted it all just to

[Chester]

Watch you go

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

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

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

I tried so hard

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

Got so far

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

In the end

[Mike]

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

[Chester]

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've put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

For all this

There's only one thing you should've known

I've put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

For all this

There's only one thing you should've known

(Chester)

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