[intro – spoken, flat] welcome to death metal kids learning time. today’s lesson the clock watch closely this counts [drum count in – metronomic] one two three four [verse 1 – instruction] count them up seconds tick sixty makes one minute minutes rain like a shower sixty minutes makes an hour hours pass daylight fades twenty four makes one day clock hands move never skip never stop never rest [chorus – simple, taught] tick tock time on a clock tick tick tock moves non stop tick tock hands go round tick tick tock won't slow down [verse 2 – applied] days make weeks weeks make months months make years years add up blow out candles watch them go every year goes faster though used to crawl now it flies you don’t see it pass you by look away look back fast so much time already past [chorus – reinforced] tick tock count it out tick tick tock no way out tick tock marks the sound tick tick tock wears you down [FUCKING BRUTAL Instrumental Breakdown] [Guitar Solo] [bridge – slow, stripped] time on the clock you read it right face and hands day and night hands and numbers look just fine doesn’t match inside your mind [Final Chorus] tick tock every day tick tick tock wears away tick tock time moves on still feels wrong lesson's done [outro – spoken, quiet] remember time is real until it isn’t learning complete
