One day, there’ll be a maiden… Who’ll slip free of Time’s clutches and stand outside eternity. But try as she might, she won’t be able to escape her memories or her hopes for the future. Perceiving the nature of her prison, She’ll see how many times she’s escaped and how many times she failed. “Do you understand now?” asked Time, “There is no end and no beginning.” (Verse 1) Tick, tock, tick, tock Future echoes dance where I walk. Fingers trace the turning hands, As moments shift like sand. What was love may be loss tomorrow, What was joy may turn to sorrow. Stepping beyond, following fate’s thread, Weaving a path I have not yet tread. Tick, tock, tick, tock The winding Gyre knows no beginning and no end, and never stops. Each breath is drawn beneath a new sky, Each step forward is a moment that died. (Chorus) I stand within the Gyre’s spin, A thousand lives have ended yet just now begin. I borrow my own strength, I defeat my past pain, And learn what I have not yet gained. I hear the voice calling me, And see the shadow of who I’ve yet to be. Memories shifting, the present undone, A history not yet written— I become. (Verse 2) Tick, tock, tick, tock Past and future interlocked. Who am I? Who will I be? From eternity can no one be set free? I soothed a fractured heart I’ve yet to break, I struck a perfect blow I’ve yet to make. I pull myself through the Tractate of Eternity, Trading unborn fates for memories. Tick, tock, tick, tock The future knocks. Hope and melancholy interlace, Each step I take rewrites my fate. (Bridge) Listen… listen… the echoes call… A love once held, a battle once fought, A hope forgotten, a lesson taught. To change is loss, to stay is to be enchained— And no path will be untouched by pain. I pen my name with falling sand, I recast my heart with a steady hand. Each strike I will make, Is bought with a self that fades. (Verse 3) Tick, tock, tick, tock I see my face, but now it’s not. Eyes that shine with futures lost, Lips that speak of a coming cost. Hands calloused by labors I’ve yet to know, Yet there’s still more that time has yet to show. Each step forward brings new possibilities to align— Within the Tractate of Eternity who I am dies line by line. Tick, tock, tick, tock The Gyre winds until who am I is forgot. Am I the thread, or am I the hand— The maiden, the master, the student, or the shifting sand? (Chorus) I stand within the Gyre’s spin, A thousand lives have ended yet just now begin. I borrow my own strength, I defeat my past pain, And learn what I have not yet gained. I hear the voice calling me, And see the shadow of who I’ve yet to be. Memories shifting, the present undone, A history not yet written— I become. (Outro) Tick… tock… tick… tock… sssssssshhhhh Gyre unwinds, and I return. Though the hands still turns, Who I called waits just beyond my reach. [ticking]
