[Verse 1] [Slow Rap, Distant Clock Ticking in Background] "Step in the room, but I’ve been here before, Four walls close in, I forget what they’re for. Memories rewind like a scratched-up tape,* Stuck on repeat, no escape, no escape." *"I see my shadow move out of sync,_ Watch myself fall from the words I think. Footsteps echo where I haven't walked,_ Clock hands whisper when I try to talk." [Beat slowly builds | Soft bass thumps] "I trace the cracks in the glass like veins,_ My own reflection just laughs in pain. Deja vu got a home in my chest,_ _And I swear time’s playing me like chess." [Pre-Chorus] [Ethereal Vocals, Warped Clock Chimes] "Tick… tock… shadows on the wall,_ Lost in a loop, did I ever live at all?" "Tick… tock… seconds turn to ghosts,_ Wind me up, let me go, I’m a prisoner of the cogs." [Chorus] [Haunting Melodic Vocals, Slow & Eerie] *"I run, I run, but the clock won’t break,_ Hands on my throat, tied up in fate. Time’s got a grip, won’t let me go,_ Haunted by ghosts that nobody knows." "Turn the gears, rewind the pain,_ I'm lost in a world that just looks the same. Past and future, they blur and twist,_ If this ain't hell, then what did I miss?" [Verse 2] [Slow Rap, More Urgency in Delivery] "Saw my past self down the hall, Tried to warn him but I couldn’t call. Mouth stitched shut, voice locked tight,* But I swear he knew—saw the fear in his eyes."* *"I chase my echoes, but they run too fast,_ Never touch the present, just repeat the past. Another mistake, another regret,_ But the clock resets like it’s all pre-set." [Beat fades out for a moment | Only the ticking remains] *"One step forward, two steps behind,_ Feel like I’m reading my fate in rewind. I scream at the hands, I tear at the gears,_ But they don’t break—they just disappear." [Bridge] [Silence | Only Distant Echoes & Clockwork Sounds] "Maybe I’m just a gear in the machine,_ Maybe I was never meant to be seen. Maybe all this déjà vu,_ Is just a sign I was never new." [Soft Violin Enters | Hollow, Almost Whispers] "If I close my eyes, will the clock still chime?_ Or will I wake up in another time? Tick… tock… tell me the truth… Am I real, or am I just proof…?" [Final Chorus] [More Intensity, Echoing Vocals & Haunting Reverb] *"I run, I run, but the clock won’t break,_ Hands on my throat, tied up in fate. Time’s got a grip, won’t let me go,_ Haunted by ghosts that nobody knows." "Turn the gears, rewind the pain,_ I'm lost in a world that just looks the same. Past and future, they blur and twist,_ If this ain't hell, then what did I miss?" [Outro] [Ethereal Female Voice, Soft & Echoing] "Tick… tock… shadows on the wall,_ Lost in a loop, did I ever live at all?" [Music Fades to Silence | Last Sound: A Clock Stopping]
