In The End Lyrics
This song taps into a universal concern: hyper-awareness of time and the inculcated need to do something 'constructive' with it. Most of us spend most of our lives in a dilemma just trying to decide what course of action to take from the debilitating infinity of possibilities supposedly within our grasp. Remember that time didn't exist for most people even 100 years ago, at least not in terms of the seconds ticking by with the 'pendulum swinging'. Time is a modern invention, and along with the atomisation of human 'society' and the dehumanising effects of technology, accounts for the anxiety of the post-war generations. If you do the maths, the population has expanded massively while opportunities have only increased slightly, despite the big lie that there are opportunities for all if you just try hard enough. This song is about the realisation of this lie, and the unquenchable anger that is directed towards the self in this individualistic age. This is the greatest achievement of the neo-liberal capitalist democracy - we are supposedly free and unbounded so when we fail we beat ourselves up instead of having social revolutions. For me, this song is the greatest emotional evocation of this dire mental situation, and is best served up with a dose of early Manic Street Preachers for the intellectual and political side of things.
Profound, sir.
Profound, sir.
Just a small comment, Time as we know it is older then a 100 years ago, The first sundial was made in 3500 BC The first mechanical clock in 1092 AD, the first modern clock in 1368, and the first watch in 1510. It was around the 1540's (when Big Ben was made) that people truly begin to become slaves to time. I still agree with your point I was just sayo g.
Just a small comment, Time as we know it is older then a 100 years ago, The first sundial was made in 3500 BC The first mechanical clock in 1092 AD, the first modern clock in 1368, and the first watch in 1510. It was around the 1540's (when Big Ben was made) that people truly begin to become slaves to time. I still agree with your point I was just sayo g.
Thank you
Thank you
Easy to Interpret: The guy is talking about how much time he has wasted on some girl he was probably with.
And he mentions that he remembers all the times she fought with him and treated him as if he were her property.
He even mentions that he put his trust in her and pushed too far into the relationship and in the end it didn't even matter because she walked off from his life.
He then mentions that she wouldn't recognize him anymore after all the years they haven't seen each other.
He even says: Not that you knew me back then, but it all comes back to me in the end.
Meaning: that the girl he was with barely knew him, even if they were together. and he's starting to remember it all.
The point of this song: Don't waste your time on someone you think you love, who doesn't even care about you, you're wasting too much time. And in the end, you will regret it.
That's pretty much what I got from it.
I can relate to this song 'cause I went through this years ago.
Me too Jet. When I went through what you obviously did, it meant only that to me. Heartbreak ridden. Thankfully, I left her (after trying every angle I could think of), life got much better. Still love the song, but it's nice to listen to it w/o getting a lump in my throat. That's not to say there can't be other interpretations I imagine; that's the nice thing about most music....if it moves you, it moves you.
Me too Jet. When I went through what you obviously did, it meant only that to me. Heartbreak ridden. Thankfully, I left her (after trying every angle I could think of), life got much better. Still love the song, but it's nice to listen to it w/o getting a lump in my throat. That's not to say there can't be other interpretations I imagine; that's the nice thing about most music....if it moves you, it moves you.
@JetStorm17277 You nailed it
@JetStorm17277 You nailed it
@JetStorm17277 got it on the spot. I can relate to your explanation so mucn
@JetStorm17277 got it on the spot. I can relate to your explanation so mucn
can every1 stop saying they like the song or why they like it and talk about the lyrics meaning please
I like this band
I like this band
@billythepub, I'm not gonna go off on some stupid ass rant, but I am going to tell u that people are entitled to their opinions, so don't tell them not to express it if they like the song. peace out, god bless.
@billythepub, I'm not gonna go off on some stupid ass rant, but I am going to tell u that people are entitled to their opinions, so don't tell them not to express it if they like the song. peace out, god bless.
@billythepub @if ur 555 im 6(sic)6 No one's denying that, it just seems bizarre for them to go onto a website called "songmeanings" just to tell everyone how much they love a song without discussing its meaning.
@billythepub @if ur 555 im 6(sic)6 No one's denying that, it just seems bizarre for them to go onto a website called "songmeanings" just to tell everyone how much they love a song without discussing its meaning.
They're entitled to their opinions and other people are entitled to find those opinions unnecessary and irrelevant to the point of the website they're being posted on.
They're entitled to their opinions and other people are entitled to find those opinions unnecessary and irrelevant to the point of the website they're being posted on.
The nice thing about lyrics is their ability to mean something different to everyone. Most people have said they relate to this song in terms of boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. Why not? The lyrics can certainly be seen that way. He is singing to someone... that is obvious. Likewise the interpretation that he is singing about life and death, and how the things we do in life don't matter in the end is also a very valid interpretation. The song being about Chester's addiction to coke is also a possibility. The point of this website, I I expect, is to raise awareness about the different aspects of this song. Not to diss it, or to compare it with Nsyncs bubblegum "hip pop". The point is to tell people what you hear of yourself in this song... it has the ability to affect someone deeply at the very roots of their emotional stability. With respect to the interpretations of others (you can agree with me or not) I see the song like this: The singer is angry. Hurt and pain radiates from his voice, and it is emphasized by the heavy drumbeats and guitar strains. It doesn't matter, he says. In the end it doesn't even matter. Haven't we all felt that way? At least once in our lives haven't we felt that someone is "mocking" us, "acting like I was part of your property" and people who you fought with (your parents? Boyfriend, girlfriend? Teachers? Friends?)"I've put my trust in you..." we all trust someone, even if it's only ourselves. We always get let down, by ourselves or by others (perhaps you expected a better grade than you got... or perhaps your parents got divorced, or your significant other left you) at some point because it's a part of being human. "Time is a valuable thing, watch it fly by as the pendulum swings..." As humans, we are fleeting creatures. We have less than a century to accomplish something worthwhile. That accomplishment could be in a medicinal cure, leading a country-- or even loving someone, raising a child to be better off than you were. We only have so long to do these things, and always we see the prospect of death looming ahead. And it's when we fail that songs like this come into play... I could've done better, I tried so hard to make it work, to do things right... now I failed, I'm out of time, it doesn't even matter... The first half of the song is in reference to the permanent time frame which we have in life to accomplish something. The seconf half refers to the specific event itself... which will mean different things to everyone. Agree with me or not, this is my opinion.
I thought this was a site where one writes their interpretation of the lyrics of a song, not where you simply say thst you are so cool because you listened to the band before everyone else. Or that you don't like the band......if this is the case go visit a site with a band you do like and make a posative intellectual comment.
yeah i don't think people got it it say's song meanings and "this song rocks" isn't the meaning of the song.
yeah i don't think people got it it say's song meanings and "this song rocks" isn't the meaning of the song.
yeah i know right how can people hate this song
yeah i know right how can people hate this song
OMG! THANK YOU! I'm here scrolling down looking for a "meaning" and people are like... "OMG, this band rocks!" Ugh! continues to scroll down
OMG! THANK YOU! I'm here scrolling down looking for a "meaning" and people are like... "OMG, this band rocks!" Ugh! continues to scroll down
what I thought this song meant is that no matter what you do in your life or who you attempt to impress, when it comes down to it, it was all for nothing...so all that effort and time was wasted on something that never really mattered
i don't think they are saying everything you try and do is worthless,he's more singing about a certain incident/few incidents that went wrong and now he's heartbroken
i don't think they are saying everything you try and do is worthless,he's more singing about a certain incident/few incidents that went wrong and now he's heartbroken
"I Tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter" -me after I get my test grades back
@RejectedBaller same here bro
@RejectedBaller same here bro
Hi, I'm David, aka Liminal2. I wrote the top voted comment back in 2011 when I was having a really tough time. Like you, I am heartbroken losing Chester just two months after Chris Cornell. Keep your heads down and your eyes on the road my friends, these are difficult times. If you feel you can't take it any more, before you do anything drastic please message me on here and I will reply. We must help each other through these dark times. Peace, love and unity :)
@Liminal2 Thank you for sharing all those years ago. One of the best comments of any song. Comments that I had read recently, due to me listening to Linkin Park lately.
@Liminal2 Thank you for sharing all those years ago. One of the best comments of any song. Comments that I had read recently, due to me listening to Linkin Park lately.
The End has always been one of those songs I listen to when I feel that what I am doing is for nothing. The song One More Light off the new album, is like In the End Part 2 (lyrically)
The End has always been one of those songs I listen to when I feel that what I am doing is for nothing. The song One More Light off the new album, is like In the End Part 2 (lyrically)
Take care David and Thank you!
Take care David and Thank you!
I've decided that this song will be my anthem this summer while I'm rebuilding from falling short in my wrestling season. Damn right I fell apart, and I lost everything I worked for, leaving all my blood sweat and tears to waste. Linkin Park is probably one of, if not the best, at being real with their music. I love how they don't worry about being rich, they don't worry about being famous. They worry about spreading the message of just fighting through the rough times, and earning every second of success.
This song is about a guy who was in a relationship with a girl who wasn't really interested in him. by the time she's gone he realizes that all his hard work trying to rebuild what they had was all for nothing, that he has nothing to show for it, and that in the end none of it mattered. At least that's my interpretation.
Of course this could be applied to anything that a person has worked so hard to accomplish but in the end when he fails doesn't matter.
@wbninjakiwi42 agreed. (Y)
@wbninjakiwi42 agreed. (Y)
This song taps into a universal concern: hyper-awareness of time and the inculcated need to do something 'constructive' with it. Most of us spend most of our lives in a dilemma just trying to decide what course of action to take from the debilitating infinity of possibilities supposedly within our grasp. Remember that time didn't exist for most people even 100 years ago, at least not in terms of the seconds ticking by with the 'pendulum swinging'. Time is a modern invention, and along with the atomisation of human 'society' and the dehumanising effects of technology, accounts for the anxiety...
This song taps into a universal concern: hyper-awareness of time and the inculcated need to do something 'constructive' with it. Most of us spend most of our lives in a dilemma just trying to decide what course of action to take from the debilitating infinity of possibilities supposedly within our grasp. Remember that time didn't exist for most people even 100 years ago, at least not in terms of the seconds ticking by with the 'pendulum swinging'. Time is a modern invention, and along with the atomisation of human 'society' and the dehumanising effects of technology, accounts for the anxiety of the post-war generations. If you do the maths, the population has expanded massively while opportunities have only increased slightly, despite the big lie that there are opportunities for all if you just try hard enough. This song is about the realisation of this lie, and the unquenchable anger that is directed towards the self in this individualistic age. This is the greatest achievement of the neo-liberal capitalist democracy - we are supposedly free and unbounded so when we fail we beat ourselves up instead of having social revolutions. For me, this song is the greatest emotional evocation of this dire mental situation, and is best served up with a dose of early Manic Street Preachers for the intellectual and political side of things.