[Lyrics] [Intro] [Sparse crushing drums] [Deep sub-bass intro] [Rhythmic tap dance shoes shuffling on wood floor] [Click-clack, click-clack tap patterns] [Verse 1] [Aggressive spoken-word] Mi see yuh photograph one single time. Dat’s all it took ta freeze up mi mind. Mi heart pon a silver plate is yours ta take, A fragile offering mi make for yuh sake. [Rapid tap dance heel clicks] [Verse 2] [Wobbling bass stabs] Mi got noting left worth offering chu, Just broken ghost tracks mi a run through. Inna mi own mistakes, mi burn and bleed, While time moves on at a ruthless speed. Yeah, time waits for no man, mi know dat true, Mi torturing miself wid di ghost of chu. [Pre-Chorus] [Melodic Vocal] [Cavernous pads swell] [Soft rhythmic tap dancing rolling in the background] But di clock keeps ticking away, away, Wasting half mi life inna shadows gray. Ta say mi have no regrets is a lie, As di neon lights watch di years go by... [Chorus] [Heavy half-time stomp groove] [Aggressive spoken-word] Mi see yuh photograph one single time. Dat’s all it took ta freeze up mi mind. Mi heart pon a silver plate is yours ta take, A fragile offering mi make for yuh sake. [Verse 3] [Syncopated tom hits] Been dropping tracks, (dropping tracks) Like no tomorrow, (no, tomorrow) Taking it ta di Max. (Di Max). Trying ta bury mi sorrow. (Mi sorrow). And all mi have is a photograph blind, Pon di back of mi eyes, inna back of mi mind. [Focal Hook] [Drums cut out - Total Silence except deep sub bass] [Single loud tap shoe heel click: CLACK] Like Alexander Hamilton, mi running out of time. [Heavy beat drops back in with massive impact] But look at di world... aren't we all? [Chorus] [Distorted clap layers] [Tap dancing syncopated with the claps] Mi see yuh photograph one single time. Dat’s all it took ta freeze up mi mind. Mi heart pon a silver plate is yours ta take, A fragile offering mi make for yuh sake. [Bridge] [Dark trance-style arpeggios] And now dat mi started ta think again, Di ink is bleeding right out of mi pen. Mi never did anything halfway done, A full-hearted glow under a dying sun. [Pre-Chorus] [Melodic Vocal] [Cavernous pads swell] But di clock keeps ticking away, away, Wasting half mi life inna shadows gray. Ta say mi have no regrets is a lie, As di neon lights watch di years go by... [Chorus] [Monolithic head-nod groove] Mi see yuh photograph one single time. Dat’s all it took ta freeze up mi mind. Mi heart pon a silver plate is yours ta take, A fragile offering mi make for yuh sake. [Outro] [Chopped percussive fills] [Frenetic, fast tap dance solo mimicking a drum roll] Been dropping tracks, (dropping tracks) Like no tomorrow, (no, tomorrow) Taking it ta di Max. (Di Max). [Music strips down to just the stomp and shoes] Like Hamilton, mi running out of time. Yeah, we all running out of time. [Gated snare roll layered with rapid tap shoe clicks] [Gliding 808 fade out] [End]
