听歌学英语：Linkin Park-In The End

It starts with one thing
有件事从始至终。
I don't know why
我从未明白过。
It doesn't even matter
无论我如何挣扎努力。
How hard you try
却没有一丝效果。
Keep that in mind
在我脑海中。
I designed this rhyme
只能铭记下这首疑歌。
To explain in due time
合适的时机解析自我。
All I know
但我明白。
Time is a valuable thing
时间何等珍贵。
Watch it fly by
白驹过隙。
As the pendulum¹ swings [?pend??l?m]
如挂钟摇摆。
Watch it count down
开始倒数。
To the end of the day
直到终结。

The clock ticks² life away
人生会随时间起伏改变。
It's so unreal
犹如无知觉的梦境。
Didn't look out below
过程超乎你的掌控。
Watch the time go
凝望时光。
Right out the window
看它从窗棂悄然遁走。
Trying to hold on,
试图挽留。
But didn't even know
可我不曾领悟。
Wasted it all just
时间不等人。
To watch you go
只能默默望着你的离去。
I kept everything inside and
将一切铭存于心。
Even though I tried,
即使锲而不舍，披奏坚韧之铠。
It all fell apart
最后努力却轻易分崩离析。
What it meant to me will
对我来说。
Eventually be a
最好的结果。
Memory of a time when
便是把这段固执信念深埋。

1 pendulum   

n.摆，钟摆

参考例句：

• The pendulum swung slowly to and fro.钟摆在慢慢地来回摆动。
• He accidentally found that the desk clock did not swing its pendulum.他无意中发现座钟不摇摆了。

2 ticks   

n.（表示正确无误的）记号( tick的名词复数 )；一会儿；赊账；钟的嘀嗒声

参考例句：

• The clock of thought ticks out its wish and its denial. 思想的时钟滴答滴答地表达着欲望和克制。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• 'sho, there's ticks a plenty. “哼，扁虱多得是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险