[Intro] [slow, haunting guitar with distant ambient echoes, deep gravelly baritone whispered harmonies] (Tick... tick...) Every grain... another memory. Every breath... another goodbye. [Verse 1] [deep baritone, restrained and intimate, slowly building] I've been counting cracks along these walls, Watching daylight fade behind them all. Every heartbeat steals another page, I'm just growing older in this cage. The hourglass keeps laughing at my face, Every grain falls faster into space. Reaching out but nothing's left to hold, Young at heart... but somehow feeling old. [Pre-Chorus] [tension rises with layered harmonies and heavier percussion] The seconds cut like rusted wire, Burning every dream I couldn't save. I'm screaming into silent skies, But echoes only dig another grave. [Chorus] [huge emotional chorus with harmonized gang vocals] I can't sleep... yeah, I'm losing time. Can't break free of emotion while I'm constantly denied. I wear these stains of regret, They ricochet around my head. Leaving my soul corroded... Motionless inside my bed. The sand keeps falling through my hands, No matter how I try. The clock keeps carving pieces of me... Until there's nothing left inside. [Verse 2] [more aggressive delivery with distorted vocal doubles] The mirror says I missed my chance, A stranger wearing my reflection. Broken clocks still mock my steps, Every road leads to rejection. I've become the dust beneath the glass, A shadow chasing ghosts that never last. Running circles through my own decay, Watching tomorrow become yesterday. [Bridge] [music strips back, eerie atmosphere, whispered vocals swell into a scream] How much of me... Has already disappeared? If time's a thief... Then why'd I hand it all away? I'm digging through the ashes, Searching for the life I couldn't keep. Every grain another promise... Buried somewhere underneath. [Breakdown] [slow crushing guitars, pounding drums, gang chants] Tick... Tick... Tick... Tick... I'm running out... I'm running out... Tick... Tick... Tick... Tick... The hourglass is empty now. Every grain another memory. Every grain another scar. Every grain another piece of me... That never made it this far. [Final Chorus] [biggest chorus with soaring harmonies and emotional intensity] I can't sleep... yeah, I'm losing time. Can't outrun these shadows while they're feeding on my mind. This stain of endless regret Keeps dancing circles in my head. Leaving my soul corroded... A ghost that never left the bed. The hourglass is almost dry, Still I beg for one more day. If tomorrow never finds me... Tell yesterday I tried to stay. [Outro] [soft piano and fading ambient guitar] (Tick...) One last grain... (Tick...) One last breath... (Tick...) Then silence.
