[Intro] [Verse 1] I’ve been counting seconds on a rusted wall Every apology just sounds identical Your name engraved in gears I never fixed I say I’m sorry, but I’m never quick I learned to talk in practiced lines Like clock hands spinning, killing time Every word rehearsed too late I break things just to feel the weight [Pre-Chorus] I know you hear the ticking too It’s louder when I lie to you [Chorus] These are my clockwork apologies Wound too tight, they never bleed I say “forgive me” on repeat But nothing here is real to me Yeah my clockwork apologies Cold brass heart, no guarantee I’d fix us if I knew the key But I was built to break, not stay [Verse 2] I learned your silence by its sound Like empty rooms when you’re not around You wanted truth, I gave excuses Polished lies in steel conclusions I oil the past so it won’t scream But rust remembers everything Your patience snapped like brittle wire I watched it burn, called it a fire [Pre-Chorus] If love’s a machine I never fixed Why do I take the fall again? [Chorus] These are my clockwork apologies Stamped in shame and symmetry I sound so calm, so self-aware But I’m still the reason you’re not here Yeah my clockwork apologies Tick-tock guilt inside of me I’d stop the time, I swear I’d try But I only move when things go wrong [Bridge] I don’t need forgiveness if I won’t change I don’t need your tears to fuel my shame Rip these gears out of my chest If loving you means being less I’m tired of sounding self-aware Like knowing pain means I still care [Final Chorus] These are my clockwork apologies No soul left in the things I say If I loved you the right way I wouldn’t need these words today Yeah my clockwork apologies Fall apart when you walk away Let the silence finally speak Let the machine just break in peace... break in peace... break in peace... break in peace... [End]
