Twenty-Five Percent

[verse] I tapped the little button Knowing what it cost Lost back twenty-five percent Of the time I had not lost [verse] The clock cell shook in red A minus sign drifted south I bought what I should have known With a coin from my own mouth [chorus] Twenty-five percent of forever Twenty-five percent of now Buying back the answer to a riddle That I had nearly solved somehow [verse] The lock turned white and final The tile would never spin You can't unbuy a confession You can't un-tell what you've been [verse] Three more hints and I'm a saint Three more hints and I'm a ghost The pulsing red will fade in time But the time it bought will not [chorus] Twenty-five percent of forever Twenty-five percent of now Buying back the answer to a riddle That I had nearly solved somehow [outro] Hint me again, hint me again There's still some seconds I haven't spent