Tick Tock

[Verse 1] Second hand creeps, deliberate and mean Counting empty hours, where you used to be One Mississippi, two, you become long gone Clock face keeps turning, indifferent, on [Chorus] Tick tock Just the steady march of time Tick tock No reason left to climb Every second falls like rain on stone Tick tock I’m here and you’re not home [Verse 2] Grandfather in the corner leans tired and tall Pendulum swings lazy, answering no call I rest my cheek against the cool brass face Listen for anything beyond this empty space [Chorus] Tick tock Just the slow unravel of days Tick tock Fading in the same old ways Every tock another thread undone Tick tock And still the clock keeps on [Bridge] I thought the quiet would swallow me whole But the ticking stays louder than my soul It never stops, never cares, never bends Just keeps counting strangers where your story ends [Final Chorus] Tick tock No rush, no ache, no fight Tick tock Just endless borrowed night Every click a reminder carved in bone Tick tock And I’m still here alone [Outro] tock... tock... (rooms stay empty, time stays cold) tick... tick...