[Intro] [grand piano playing melodic arpeggios] [orchestral strings enter with legato swells] [Verse 1] [piano continues, strings fade to background] [clean baritone male vocals] The shadows stick on the copper face Ten past twelve in this forgotten place The clock tower groans a dying breath Defying gravity, defying death [electric bass and light percussion enter] Suddenly a shudder, a metallic grind The hands begin to spin, leaving time behind I see the younger me standing in the sun Before the choices that could not be undone [Chorus] [full band enters, distorted guitars, driving drums] [belted tenor vocals] Stop! Don't walk that road you think you know Scream it out, but the sound is hollow Backwards we rush through fading light Trying to catch a moment lost in night If only you could hear this desperate plea Live free, live loud, just be the real me But the gears just turn, the whisper fades away Trapped in the echo of yesterday [Post-Chorus] [piano melody returns, strings swell] [Verse 2] [piano and strings only] I watch myself hesitate before the door Afraid of failure, wanting something more [bass and drums enter with building intensity] I try to shout across the ticking void That hesitation leaves you paranoid [distorted guitar power chords] My life moves fast, a silent frenzy A ghost observing what it used to be That fragile future, I see it break apart A warning broken by the beating of my heart [Chorus] [full band, high energy] Stop! Don't walk that road you think you know Scream it out, but the sound is hollow Backwards we rush through fading light Trying to catch a moment lost in night If only you could hear this desperate plea Live free, live loud, just be the real me But the gears just turn, the whisper fades away Trapped in the echo of yesterday [Bridge] [half-time feel, heavy guitar chugging] The winding mechanism slows its frantic pace Everything returns to its appointed space The hands click forward, one painful, heavy beat And the memory dissolves beneath my feet Too late, too late, the moment slips the chain Only the silence and the falling rain [Outro] [double-kick drums, soaring vocal ad-libs] Just keep ticking, ticking slow To the life I'll never know [vocal layers] (Clock ticking, fades out) (Clock ticking, fades out) (Clock ticking, fades out) [final piano chord, reverb tail]
