该首歌曲是在好莱坞的一个没有窗户的录音室工作的诞生的。《In the End》的雏形由麦克·信田构思出来。构思出《In the End》的雏形后，麦克将该首歌曲放给了乐队鼓手罗伯·巴登听，罗伯·巴登认为这首歌曲十分适合专辑《Hybrid Theory》，于是乐队展开了歌曲的完善工作。该首歌曲的最初名字叫做《未命名》。

歌曲的监製由杰夫·布鲁担任，唐·吉尔摩担任了音乐製作人，歌曲的混音工作则由安迪·华莱士负责。

It starts with 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

All I know

Time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by

As the pendulum swings

Watch it count down

To the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

It's so unreal

Didn't look out below

Watch the time go

Right out the window

Trying to hold on

But didn't even know

Wasted it all just

To watch you go

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

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

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

I tried so hard

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 got so （far）

Things aren't the way

They were before

You wouldn't even

Recognise me anymore

Not that you

Knew me back then

But it all comes

Back to me （in the end）

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 I

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

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 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

有件事从始至终

我从未明白过

无论我如何挣扎努力

却没有一丝效果

在我脑海中

只能铭记下这首疑歌

合适的时机解析自我

但我明白

时间何等珍贵

白驹过隙

如挂钟摇摆

开始倒数

直到终结

人生会随时间起伏改变

犹如无知觉的梦境

过程超乎你的掌控

凝望时光

看它从窗欞悄然遁走

试图挽留

可我不曾领悟

时间不等人

只能默默望着你的离去

将一切铭存于心

即使锲而不捨，披奏坚韧之铠

努力却轻易分崩离析

对我来说

最好的结果

便是把这段固执信念深埋

我曾努力挣扎

走到现今

最终才发现

原来都无济于事

不可控制的

失去了所有

最终才明白

前途渺茫

有件事

我不曾明白

无论你如何竭尽全力

为什幺却于事无补

在我脑海深处

撰写下这首疑歌

时刻警醒自己

我曾经努力过

但我所谓的信念

你却只会嘲笑

可我的灵魂

早已全然属于你

曾经历历在目

那潸然动容的瞬间

如今却是过往云烟

万事皆变，物是人非

再此重逢

你或许

早已不再认识我

并非是你的过错

而是我已改变

过去的一切

都有可能重蹈覆辙

你把一切抛之脑后

我曾挣扎过

但一切徒劳

对我来说

这段记忆

我只能掩埋在深处

我曾努力挣扎

走到至今

最终才发现

一切都徒劳

不受我的控制

失去了所有

最终才明白

一切都无用

我把信任託付于你

尽我所能去努力

对于这一切

有件事你应该明白

我把感情託付于你

便会尽我所能去投入

对于这一切

你知道这件事便已足够

我曾努力过

走到这不可挽回的一步

最终才看透

一切都是徒劳

沉沦于此

失去所有

最终才看透

一切都是徒劳

《In the End》听起来很不错，有说唱、有採样、有摇滚，歌词写的也很好。歌曲高潮是一段非常优美的高音向低音的转折，让很多焦虑地迷失在四壁高墙中的年轻人，寻求到了些许疗伤般的安慰和充满震撼的共鸣。正当新金属音乐正在失去欣赏者时，林肯公园用这种结合新金属摇滚与说唱的歌曲，成功地让自己鹤立鸡群。

《In the End》的MV由弥敦·考克斯和约瑟夫·韩执导，MV中的背景拍摄于加利福利亚州的荒地，MV运用了大量的三维动画拍摄技术，而林肯公园的表演场景则在洛杉矶完成拍摄。MV中，麦克·信田站在荒地中说唱，随后，一些棘手的藤蔓出现，在他身边的藤蔓却马上粉碎成灰尘。第二段时，藤蔓越来越多，麦克·信田的周围还长出了许多的草。第二代副歌后，天空变暗，雨水来临，林肯公园所在的法老雕像塔中飞出来许多蝙蝠。，塔上的几个雕像“活了”，大雨停止，荒漠变成了绿洲。

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