[Intro – Clean electric guitar using chorus and analog delay, playing minimal melodic ticks to mimic a clock. Bass enters with a subdued, melodic counterline. Sparse analog drums enter after 4 bars. Tempo 76–82 bpm.] [Verse 1 – Fragile male vocal enters soft and close. Guitar pulses with a hypnotic, clock-like phrasing. Every “T” should be percussive. Minimal reverb.] Time is the time To tell the time That time is ticking too fast The time that’s ticking Is ticking too quickly It's time to leave time in the past [Verse 2 – Maintain rhythm. Slight build in drum groove. Guitar and bass stay centered. Clock motif continues.] From time to time We tell the time That time is ticking too much The time tick tocks All All around the clock Sometimes I think time's outta touch [Pre-Chorus 1 – Add ambient pad and slight echo to vocals. Emotional tone begins to swell. Snare gains gated reverb.] Time keeps ticking away Time ticks by day after day [Chorus – Full dynamics lift. Layered vocals, lush guitar textures, melodic bassline prominent. Let the emotion expand slowly without rushing.] Where's all the time gone? Why do I feel I'm running out? How can time move on? Without a shadow of a doubt I guess it's getting time to say goodbye May we meet again another time I wish We had More time [Verse 3 – Pull back slightly. Let the tick motif intensify with guitar. Vocals grow more desperate, pushing rhythm slightly.] Time and time again I stare into the clock Its tick-tock mocks me While I'm talking And I'm begging it to stop! [Pre-Chorus 2 – Keep build tight. Let the vocal rhythm feel pressured. Add tension in guitar delay.] I've got too little time on my hands And still the clock makes its demands [Chorus – Return to full instrumentation. Let second half bloom emotionally with wider stereo guitar layers.] Where's all the time gone? Why do I feel I'm running out? How can time move on? Why do I feel I'm running out? How can time move on? Without a shadow of a doubt I guess it's getting time to say goodbye May we meet again another time I wish We had More time [Bridge – Strip drums. Only guitar, ambient synth pad, and whispered/double-tracked vocal. Deep reverb on vocal. Let space stretch here.] I wasted time Thinking I could make it up I'm outta time But I'm not ready to give up Please, give me a second shot Just need a minute To prove I didn't Waste the one I got [Chorus – Final chorus. Add vocal layers and emotional drive. Final lines slow down just slightly. Let last “more time” echo into space.] Where's all the time gone? Why do I feel I'm running out? How can time move on? Without a shadow of a doubt I guess it's getting time to say goodbye May we meet again another time I wish We had More time You know I wish We had More time Why can't We have More time?
