In the End (Demo)

[Intro: Chester Bennington]

It starts with one

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

One, then multiplies 'til you can taste the sun

And burned by the sky, you try to take it from

But if it falls, there's no place to run

Crumbling down, it's so unreal

They're dealing you in to determine your end

And sending you back again to places you've been

And bending your will 'til it breaks you within

And still, they fill their eyes

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

With the twilight through the skylight

And the highlights on a frame of steel

See the brightness of your likeness

As I write this on a pad with the way I feel

Hear the screaming in my dreaming

As it's seeming that you've played your part

Like you're heartless, take apart this

In the darkness, but I know that

[Chorus: Chester Bennington, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

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

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

I've looked down the line

And what's there is not what ought to be

Held back by the battles they fought for me

Calling me to be part of their property

And now I see that I get no chance, I get no break

Fakes and snakes quickly lead to mistakes

And as the tightrope within slowly starts to thin

I can only hope that they close their eyes

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

To the twilight through the skylight

And the highlights on a frame of steel

See the brightness of your likeness

As I write this on a pad to the way I feel

Hear the screaming in my dreaming

As it's seeming that you've played your part

Like you're heartless, take apart this

In the darkness, but I know that

[Chorus: Chester Bennington, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

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

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]

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'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: Chester Bennington]

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