[Verse 1] By iron flame and tempered gear, she toiled through sleepless night, To forge a wondrous work of art for men of wealth and might. A clock to move without a hand, by craft and thought alone, To tame the march of fleeting hours, to claim all time as own. And softly sang the newborn wheel — a pulse she could not know. [Pre-Chorus] The seconds fade — the hours fall, And time no longer moves at all. [Chorus] Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still, A phantom pulse beyond my will. Time obeys no mortal hand, And all shall fade, as fate has planned. I forged the hands that sealed our doom, And built the silence in this room. Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still Tick, tock, tick tock, Tick, tock, tick [Verse 2] Yet as it turned, the moments stalled, each breath grew slow and wide, The daylight hung in amber air, like glass on either side. Beyond her door the carriages crawled, the bells forgot to chime, The children’s laughter froze mid-air, suspended out of time. And horror bloomed within her chest — had she unmade the day? [Pre-Chorus] The seconds fade — the hours fall, And time no longer moves at all. [Chorus] Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still, A phantom pulse beyond my will. Time obeys no mortal hand, And all shall fade, as fate has planned. I forged the hands that sealed our doom, And built the silence in this room. Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still Tick, tock, tick tock, Tick, tock, tick [Verse 3] She fled into the cobbled streets, in panic and in dread, Yet every step was dragged by chains, like dreams within her head. Back to her shop she fought to go, to end what she began, But slower still her heartbeat grew — time mocked her mortal plan. And far beyond, the wheel still turned, its circle never done. [Pre-Chorus] The seconds fade — the hours fall, And time no longer moves at all. [Chorus] Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still, A phantom pulse beyond my will. Time obeys no mortal hand, And all shall fade, as fate has planned. I forged the hands that sealed our doom, And built the silence in this room. Tick, tock, tick tock — I hear it still Tick, tock, tick tock, Tick, tock
