[Intro, a restless pulse, close and a little tense, the breath slightly caught] the clock keeps a faster time than mine my hands do not know where to land [Verse 1, hushed but unsettled, the voice trembling just under the surface] I keep checking a door that no one is going to knock on counting all the ways the day could come apart my chest holds a small alarm that will not say what it wants I am running without leaving the room [Pre-Chorus, the pulse tightens, a held breath before it spills] and the thoughts go around and around like weather nothing has happened yet but I am already bracing [Chorus, harmony opens but stays uneasy, reaching for a ground that is not there yet] so I breathe in the worry and I let it shake this restless, frightened thing that thinks it has to hold the world in place [Verse 2, slightly steadier, the first crack of light] then a window somewhere lets a little morning through the alarm is still ringing but quieter now, further away I notice I am still here the floor still under me nothing I feared has reached into the room [Bridge, instruments thin out, the pulse finally slows, room tone and breath] it was smaller than it felt the fear was only weather passing over the field one breath and then another and the sky begins to clear [Final Chorus, warm and resolved now, the ground arrives, light filling the space] so I breathe out the worry and I let it go this tired, tender thing it did its best to keep me safe, and now it can rest [Outro, calm and bright, a clear resolution, full stop ending] the clock keeps its time and I keep mine the morning is wide open and I am alright
