[Verse] Tick tock Time’s not on your side But someone’s fighting on a harder ride Broken hearts Torn lives to save Patience here Is how to behave [Prechorus] There's a rhythm we all must keep A heartbeat louder than our own [Chorus] Ticking slower in the waiting room Patience bending in the fluorescent gloom Traumas and strokes they call ahead While we sit counting time instead [Verse 2] A cough A cut A twisted knee You wait for care But can’t yet see Through the curtain where chaos reigns A fragile balance of hope and pain [Prechorus] The nurses run where the shadows bleed They mend the broken first unseen [Chorus] Ticking slower in the waiting room Patience bending under fluorescent gloom Traumas and strokes they call ahead While we sit counting time instead [Bridge] The waiting room’s a quiet storm Where urgency takes a different form A life on the line We stand in queue The clock ticks slower But we will make it through
