IN THE END by Linkin Park

Before listening:

Look at the following words. What do you think the song will be about?

try time matter trust wasted

While listening:

1) Unscramble the lines in the chorus:

a- I tried so hard e- I had to fall

b- It doesn't even matter f- But in the end
c- But in the end g- It doesn't even matter
d- And got so far h- To lose it all

2) Complete the lyrics with a suitable word or phrase:

It _________ with one thing I tried so ________

I don't ________ why In spite of the way you were mocking me
It _______ even matter how hard you try Acting like I was part of your _________
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme Remembering all the times you fought with me
To explain in due _________ I'm surprised it got so
All I _________ ________ aren't the way they were before
________ is a valuable thing You wouldn't even ______________ me anymore
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Not that you knew me back then
Watch it count down to the end of the day But it all _______________ to me in the end
The _________ ticks life away I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
It's so unreal What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a
Didn't look out below time when
Watch the time go right out the __________
Trying to hold on, but you didn't even know CHORUS
I wasted it all just to watch you ______
I kept everything inside I've put my _________ in you
And even though I tried, it all fell ________ Pushed as far as I can go
What it meant to me For all this
Will eventually be a memory of a time when There's _________ one thing you _________ know
I've put my _________ in you
CHORUS Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
One thing, I don't know why There's __________ one thing you __________ know
It doesn't even matter how hard you try,
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme, CHORUS
To __________ myself of a time when

After listening:

3) Match the words in bold with their definitions.

to laugh at somebody/something in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do 
 to have so many problems that it is no longer possible to exist or function 
despite the fact or belief that; no matter whether 

4) Is this a happy or a sad song? Have you ever felt like this?