[Intro — distant clock ticks, slowly becoming rhythmic] Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock The hands are moving But where are they going? Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock A second disappears And another one appears [Verse 1] We draw a line across the sky And call one side before We give the other side a name And say it's something more We count the stars We count the days We count the moments passing through But every number that we make Is something we invented too [Pre-Chorus — ticking grows louder] Tick tock, tick tock Round and round the hands go Tick tock, tick tock But nobody really knows Is now a doorway? Is then still here? Is tomorrow waiting Or already near? [Chorus] Tick tock, tick tock Time is an illusion Tick tock, tick tock Moving is perception Yesterday, tomorrow Now and then collide Tick tock, tick tock There is nowhere left to hide Tick tock, tick tock Listen to the sound We call it time Because we need it to go round Tick tock, tick tock But I don't feel the flow Maybe time isn't moving Maybe we're the ones who go [Verse 2] A photograph can hold a smile Long after laughter ends A memory can feel like now When centuries are gone A future dream can pull you close Before you've ever been And somewhere in between the two The present disappears again [Instrumental Break — clockwork percussion, pulsing synth arpeggio] Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock... [Spoken softly] What if every moment exists? What if the universe doesn't have a clock? What if the ticking Is only us Trying to understand the change? [Chorus — bigger, layered vocals] Tick tock, tick tock Time is an illusion Tick tock, tick tock Moving is perception Yesterday, tomorrow Now and then collide Tick tock, tick tock There is nowhere left to hide Tick tock, tick tock Listen to the sound We call it time Because we need it to go round Tick tock, tick tock But I don't feel the flow Maybe time isn't moving Maybe we're the ones who go [Bridge — stripped down, almost weightless] If I step outside the clock Does the clock still count? If nobody watches seconds fall Do seconds still fall? Tick tock... Tick tock... Maybe every moment Is forever From where it stands Maybe every future Is already waiting Somewhere in the dark [Build — increasingly rhythmic] Tick tock, tick tock One becomes another Tick tock, tick tock Every moment touching Tick tock, tick tock No beginning, no end Tick tock, tick tock Where does the circle bend? [Final Chorus — euphoric] Tick tock, tick tock Time is an illusion Tick tock, tick tock Beautiful confusion Yesterday, tomorrow Dancing side by side Tick tock, tick tock All the moments never die Tick tock, tick tock Hear the universe sing Tick tock, tick tock Time is just a human thing Tick tock, tick tock Let the old clock go Maybe time isn't moving Maybe we're the ones who go [Outro — ticking slows, then dissolves] Tick tock... Tick tock... Tick tock... Tick tock... No yesterday... No tomorrow... Just this... Tick tock... Timeless.
