Clockwork Heart

[start] [Intro: metallic clanks, glitch percussion, distorted synth pulse] Tick tick tick Tick tick tick Stillness in the ribs again [Verse] I opened up the quiet chest Where the silence used to live Empty space and broken flesh Nothing left for you to give I took the gears and polished steel Wound the spring until it screamed If love is just a failing part I’ll build a better machine [Chorus] Tick tick tick Hear it start I replaced your dying heart Tick tick tick Perfect art Cold machine but it won’t fall apart Tick tick tick Stay with me Now you beat eternally [Instrumental focusing on a throbbing octave bass and drumming] [Verse] I stitched the wires beneath the bone Hidden neatly in your skin Every pulse a metronome Keeping all the darkness in You don’t breathe but you remain You don’t leave me in the night Love improved by metal veins Everything is working right [Chorus] Tick tick tick Hear it start I replaced your dying heart Tick tick tick Perfect art Cold machine but it won’t fall apart Tick tick tick Stay with me Now you beat eternally [Bridge: heavy distortion, chaotic glitch noises, fuzz guitar emerges and wails and screams ] But sometimes in the quiet room When the gears begin to slow I swear I hear A different sound Something Trying To Beat [Chorus] Tick tick tick Hear it start I replaced your dying heart Tick tick tick Work of art Even death can’t pull apart Tick tick tick Stay with me Now you beat eternally [Outro: slowing mechanical ticks fading into silence] Tick… Tick… Tick… [end]