I can't translate a line in a song
The song is "Mindreader" by A day to remember
There are the next lines:
"You’re laughing like I’m supposed to know (Ты смеёшься как будто я должен знать,)
What you’re thinkin’ but I don’t (Что у тебя на уме, но я не знаю)
I know that this never comes easy (Я знаю, что это всегда нелегко,)
Not much that matters that won’t" (?)

I don't understand how to translate the last line. The construction of it seems strange to me.
Any ideas (in Russian especially) are welcome)

Question

I can't translate a line in a song
The song is "Mindreader" by A day to remember
There are the next lines:
"You’re laughing like I’m supposed to know (Ты смеёшься как будто я должен знать,)
What you’re thinkin’ but I don’t                     (Что у тебя на уме, но я не знаю)
I know that this never comes easy                 (Я знаю, что это всегда нелегко,)
Not much that matters that won’t"                (?)

I don't understand how to translate the last line. The construction of it seems strange to me.
Any ideas (in Russian especially) are welcome)

Answer

Здравствуйте!

Моя версия:

Но не имеет большого значения, что этого не будет. (won't подразумевает won't come (отсылка в предыдущей строчке)).

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Ah, sorry about that.  I think the gist of the last two lines is that things that matter (are important) never come easy.  The last line is odd, I think, because the author is trying to match the rhythm and the rhyme (don't/won't).

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No, no, when I wrote: "the last line" I meant this line "Not much that matters that won’t". I didn't mean the last line in the whole song)

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Aleksandr, This video has the lyrics, and the last line is different:  "But I'll never be your mindreader."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3wKYJQMIac

P.S.  Also, you could write either, "Here are the next lines," or "These are the next lines."

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