[Intro — Low, Harmonized] Yeah… How different would you live if somebody counted the days for you? [Verse 1 — Harmonized Rap] Docs delivered the news and the wound opened him up, like a book flipped against the wiiiiind. He paced back and forth, trying to keep his lights from going dim. The room kept moving, but every voice became a blur, all he heard was the clock and the sentence underneath the words. They gave him an amount of time, then watched him take it in, he walked outside a different man than the one who entered in. [Pre-Chorus — Rising Melody] They say time is of the essence, but what if your essence was short on time? You’d think evil was regression, but sin’s the only one picking up the line. [Chorus — Layered Harmonies] So let the sands fall doooown, I can’t turn the glass around. Spent my whole life scared of losing, now there’s nothing left to count. If the end already knows me, I won’t meet it underground. Let the sands fall doooown, I’m finally living now. [Verse 2 — Harmonized Rap] He quit the job that kept him breathing but had buried him alive, left the keys there on the counter and took off without goodbye. Bought the car he couldn’t afford, pushed the needle past the law, called the girl he never got over, told her every single thought. Told his brother, “I forgive you,” even though he never asked, burned the letters from his father, kept one picture from the past. Every reckless little choice felt like reclaiming something stolen, for the first time in forever, every second felt wide open. [Pre-Chorus — Rising Melody] They say time is of the essence, but what if your essence was short on time? You’d think evil was regression, but sin’s the only one picking up the line. [Chorus — Layered Harmonies] So let the sands fall doooown, I can’t turn the glass around. Spent my whole life scared of losing, now there’s nothing left to count. If the end already knows me, I won’t meet it underground. Let the sands fall doooown, I’m finally living now. [Verse 3 — Darker Harmonized Rap] What if you knew every action had a consequence, but tomorrow’s not around to make you pay ’em? Would you sit and fade away, or take control and never waste ’em? He kissed a stranger on the coast, watched the sunrise from the hood, did some things he wouldn’t mention, did some things he always should. Then the silence found him sober, and the truth came crashing in— he finally learned to love his life when there was barely any left. [Final Pre-Chorus — Stripped Back] They say time is of the essence, but none of us know when we’re out of time. We keep waiting for permission while the sand keeps slipping by. [Final Chorus — Full, Layered] So let the sands fall doooown, we can’t turn the glass around. Spent our whole lives scared of losing, like forever’s guaranteed now. When the end comes looking for me, I won’t beg it to slow down. Let the sands fall doooown… I was finally living now. [Outro — Fading Harmonies] Sands fall doooown… Sands fall doooown… Nobody knows how much is left.
