**[Intro]** Tick-tock whispers in the attic of my mind, Sand through the hourglass but I’m still rewinding... **[Verse 1]** He walks in shadows with a scythe made of clocks, Ticking like a bomb in the back of my thoughts. Says, "Boy, you're borrowed—better make it count," But I’m painting my name on a burning-out cloud. **[Chorus]** Oh, Father Time, you thief in the night, Stealing my stars, leaving me the fight. I’ll race your river, I’ll cheat your design— You won’t get the best of me, Father Time. **[Verse 2]** Found my old jeans in a box marked "Past," Folded like ghosts—they don’t fit no more. Your hands on my shoulders, cold as December, But I’m summer stubborn, I won’t surrender. **[Bridge]** Tick— I stole a minute from your iron fist. Tock— Laid it on her lips like a stolen kiss. **[Verse 3]** You cracked the mirror but I kept the shards, Made a mosaic of my battle scars. Every wrinkle’s a map where the wild things are, And I’m still the hunter, not the prey in the dark. **[Chorus]** Oh, Father Time, you thief in the night, Stealing my stars, leaving me the fight. I’ll race your river, I’ll cheat your design— You won’t get the best of me, Father Time. **[Verse 4]** Now my kid’s laughing with my old guitar, Strumming the chords of my runaway heart. You’ll take my bones but not the fire, I lit that torch—it burns in his eyes. **[Bridge]** Tick— He’ll steal his own from your greedy hands. Tock— The circle don’t end where you think it lands. **[Outro]** So swing your sickle, ring your chime, I’ll be the echo that outruns the chime. Father Time... Father Time... (I’m still yours but you’re still mine).
