[Verse 1 — ticking percussion, fretless bass] I set your hands to perfect time Replace the gears that wouldn't chime A thousand hours running true You hear one second slipping through [Pre-Chorus — ascending harmony] My watch stopped somewhere back in June I meant to fix it, meant to soon [Chorus — soaring, odd-meter hook] Tick-tock, give it all away Wind your world another day Every minute that I borrow From the life I meant to make I'd smash the clocks and stop the counting Let tomorrow come unwound But little hearts are keeping rhythm With the mechanisms all around (Keep them turning, keep them turning) [Verse 2 — broken beat] You want the morning moved to three I change the hands and lose another piece of me [Bridge — exposed vocal] If every hour belongs to you When does my lifetime start? [Outro — slowing pulse] Another clock begins to sing I cannot hear my own heart ring
