Sands of Time (Atti's Version)

[Verse 1] They said it was a myth, a curse in disguise A bottle sealed with broken skies Golden dust that bends the clock But steals the soul with every drop I held it tight in shaking hands A thief of time, a desperate man I turned it once to change the past But found the future fades too fast [Pre-Chorus] The moments I tried to save Were the first to misbehave [Chorus] In the Sands of Time, I lost my name Traded heartbeats for the flame I rewound fate just to break the rhyme But nothing holds in the hands of time I slowed the fall, I stopped the climb But still I shattered on the Sands of Time [Verse 2] I watched her die, then live again But love rewound is never the same I spoke to ghosts with borrowed breath And bartered minutes to cheat death But every deal left me colder still The hourglass cracked, and so did my will [Pre-Chorus] The more I turned it back The more I lost track [Chorus] In the Sands of Time, I lost my name Traded heartbeats for the flame I rewound fate just to break the rhyme But nothing holds in the hands of time I slowed the fall, I stopped the climb But still I shattered on the Sands of Time [Bridge – Spoken/whispered over ambient soundscape] You can't unmake what pain has made You can't outrun a soul that fades The past is ash, the future lies And time… Time never dies. [Breakdown – stripped, eerie harmony] I tried to fix what I had torn But every moment comes unborn [Final Chorus – full band, crashing rhythm, raw vocals] In the Sands of Time, I cursed my crown Became the king who burned it down I kissed the clock and sealed my crime And wept alone in the Sands of Time I tried to save what wasn’t mine But all I broke was the line divine [Outro – soft acoustic + strings] So let the grains fall where they may I’ve stopped the world—but I can’t make it stay.