[Intro: Heavy distorted guitar riff urgent, bass driving - 128 BPM] [Dm7, Fmaj7, Bb9, Am7 progression - anxious and urgent] [Drums entering powerful driving with urgency] [Verse 1: Vocals raw urgent gritty, dual layers building panic] Twenty-five felt like forever away Now thirty's in the mirror and I've got nothing to say Everyone I know is buying houses, having kids While I'm still trying to figure out what living is The clock's not slowing down for me to catch my breath Every year that passes feels a little more like death They say there's no timeline but that's a fucking lie When everyone around you has a plan and you're just asking why [Pre-Chorus: Building intensity, vocal harmonies darker urgent] Tick tick tick Can you hear it getting closer Tick tick tick Every moment pulling me under [Chorus: Full band explosive urgent, dual vocal layers desperate powerful] I'm running out of time And I can feel it in my bones tonight Everyone's ahead and I'm still standing at the starting line I'm running out of time The hourglass is empty, nothing left to find I'm running out of time Out of time [Verse 2: Vocals more desperate raw, harmonies thick urgent] Forty's on the horizon like a deadline I can't meet Every birthday's just a reminder of the chances I can't repeat My parents had it figured out by now, or so it seemed But I'm still chasing ghosts of things I thought I'd be The weight of wasted years sits heavy on my chest Every path I didn't take, every moment I've suppressed They tell me I've got time but I can see it in their eyes The pity when they realize I'm still drowning in the why [Pre-Chorus: Harmonies building desperate intensity urgent] Tick tick tick Running faster, falling farther Tick tick tick Can't escape what's coming after [Chorus: Emotional peak urgent, grunge power desperate melodic] I'm running out of time And I can feel it in my bones tonight Everyone's ahead and I'm still standing at the starting line I'm running out of time The hourglass is empty, nothing left to find I'm running out of time Out of time [Bridge: Stripped urgent, vocals raw vulnerable building] Maybe there's no finish line Maybe I'm competing with a ghost Maybe all this panic is a choice I didn't have to make But when you're watching everyone else live And you're still stuck in the same place Time feels like a weapon Pointed right at your face [Breakdown: Minimal guitars hits heavy urgent, vocals intense] Thirty-five, forty, forty-five Will I still be asking "When does my life arrive?" [Final Chorus: All instruments unified desperate maximum urgent power] I'm running out of time And I can feel it burning through my life tonight Everyone's moved on and I'm still frozen at the starting line I'm running out of time The hourglass is shattered, nothing left inside I'm running out of time Yeah I'm running out of time But maybe That's a lie Maybe I've got time [Outro: Guitars feedback heavy urgent, bass rumbling, drums slowing] [Dm7 sustained urgent - unresolved tension into acceptance] [Dual vocal layers echoing desperate] Tick tick tick... (Maybe I've got time) Tick tick tick... (Maybe it's a lie) [Distortion fading with urgent resolution]
