IT'S NEVER OVER [Alt. Version]

[Verse 1] I watched the sky collapse again same shade of grey it’s always been the days crawl past, they leave no mark just strangers walking through the dark the clocks all tick, but never move each second sinks into the groove of every step I’ve walked before— same hallway, just a different door [Pre-Chorus] the day repeats with different names the air still tastes like loss and blame I tell myself to see it through but nothing changes, nothing new [Chorus] it’s never over the fear, the fight the ticking clock that kills the night I break, rebuild, then break once more each silence louder than before it’s never over— it’s never over it’s never over it’s never over [Verse 2] the mirror warps, but won’t let go it shows me things I’ll never know a future shaped in jagged lines that loops and folds, then re-aligns I try to scream, I try to speak but what's the point when hope is bleak? and yet it whispers all the same like rain that carves a stone by name [Pre-Chorus] I brace for storms that never come and when they do, can't overcome I build a wall, it breaks apart— each time it’s built around my heart [Chorus] it’s never over the fear, the fight the ticking clock that kills the night I break, rebuild, then break once more each silence louder than before it’s never over— it’s never over it’s never over it’s never over [Bridge] and maybe that’s the fight I win— not breaking where it should begin the world forgets, the world denies but still I breathe, and still I try [Chorus] it’s never over the fear, the fight the ticking clock that kills the night I break, rebuild, then break once more each silence louder than before it’s never over— it’s never over it’s never over it’s never over [Outro] it’s never over it’s never done but neither am I