[Intro: Music Box, Celesta, Clockwork Percussion] [Tick... tick... tick...] [Whispered Choir] Three steps forward... One step gone... Three steps forward... Dance along... [Verse 1] At the end of the midnight arcade There’s a shop where the hours are made With a window of silver and blue And a clock with no number for two Inside sits a gentleman strange With a waistcoat of gears and champagne He smiles as the pendulums swing And says: [Clockmaker, Spoken] “Time is a terribly overrated thing.” [Waltz Begins] [Verse 2] He keeps Tuesdays asleep in a drawer And forgotten Julys by the door There are centuries under the stairs And tomorrows suspended in air Tiny moons orbit clocks on the wall While mechanical nightingales call Then he winds up the stars overhead And whispers: [Clockmaker] “Now dance before eternity notices.” [Pre-Chorus] One, two, three Turn with me One, two, three Lose gravity One, two, three Round we fly Borrow an hour And never ask why [Chorus] Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz While the hands disappear from the walls Round and round Without touching ground Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz Where a minute can last all night long Take my hand Forget what you planned Tonight belongs To nobody’s clock Tick-tock Tick-tock Let time stop [Instrumental Waltz] [Violins Spiral Upward] [Clock Chimes] [Verse 3] There are dancers inside every clock Little kingdoms that wake after dark Through the glass we can see them appear Growing younger with every new year There’s a queen who has danced since the spring Of a year no historian can name And she laughs when the old clock strikes nine [Queen, Spoken] “My dear, it’s been nine for a very long time.” [Pre-Chorus] One, two, three Turn with me One, two, three Lose gravity One, two, three Don’t be late Midnight is waiting Outside of the gate [Chorus] Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz While the hands disappear from the walls Round and round Without touching ground Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz Where a minute can last all night long Take my hand Forget what you planned Tonight belongs To nobody’s clock Tick-tock Tick-tock Let time stop [Clock Sound FX] [TICK] [TICK] [TICK] [SILENCE] [Clockmaker, Spoken] “Well... that’s never happened before.” [Breakdown] Throw away the calendar Burn the itinerary Yesterday is history Tomorrow’s imaginary No appointments No alarms No more numbers On your arms Turn the gears Release the night Make the seconds Dance in light [Backing Vocals] Tick-tick-tick-tick Tick-tick-tick-tick [Lead] Faster! [Backing Vocals] Tick-tick-tick-tick [Lead] Faster! [Bridge] What if time is only music And the clocks have counted wrong? What if every life is measured Not in years But in songs? What if all the hours we wasted Were the ones we tried to save? Then wind the universe backward And dance upon its grave [Final Chorus] Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz Let the centuries fall from the walls Round and round As the stars tumble down Dance the Clockmaker’s Waltz Till forever forgets to move on Take my hand There is no master plan Tonight belongs To nobody’s clock Tick-tock Tick-tock Let time stop [Choir] One, two, three One, two, three Round eternity One, two, three One, two, three Dance until you’re free [Clockmaker, Distant] You may keep the hour. Consider it a gift. [Clock Chimes Once] [Whispered Voice] The moonflowers are beginning to bloom...
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