The Hours Between*

[Intro] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] Antique dealer's finger-tips shake As brass gears whisper wide awake Prime meridians crooked smile Bleeds through centuries in style [Instrumental] [Pre-chorus] Crown Street's rain begins to hold Each drop suspended, mercury cold Memory caught in thornless air Time's teeth caught in copper hair [Instrumental] [Chorus] Threading moments through the gears Winding backwards through the years Every second splits in three Till what's broken mends again [Instrumental] [Verse 2] British Museum's marble halls [Add pulsing temporal bass] Echo chronometric falls [Build rhythmic complexity] Wheel and pinion, brass and gold Teach me how to break time's hold [Bridge] Grenitch shadows start to splice Split seconds dealt like dice Time dilates between the teeth While chronograph gears writhe beneath [Chorus 2] Threading moments through the gears (moments fragment here) Winding backwards through the years Every second splits in three Till what's broken mends again [Instrumental] [Outro] Antique dealer's knowing eyes See the temporal disguise Some moments refuse to fade In the hours we remain [Instrumental]