[Intro]
[tick… tick… tick…]
Boots on a cold tile floor
Chime in the empty air
Breath in a frozen square
I step
I stare
[Verse 1]
Uniform
Worn-out laces
Calendar
Red-marked faces
Every day
Same formation
Heartbeat drills in rotation
Left-right
Chasing the second hand
Dust storms where the hours land
[Chorus]
Time marches on
I march along
Head up
Straight through the dawn
Every tick
Another battle won
I won’t run
I won’t run
Time marches on
I march along
If this is war
Then make me strong
When the final chime is calling me home
I march on
I march on
[Verse 2]
[synthed bass growl under vocal]
Phone screen
Ghost notifications
Night shift
Numb rotations
Mirror shows little cracks of fear
Still I strap my courage here
Left-right
Footsteps against the void
Staring down all the worlds destroyed
[Pre-Chorus]
Raise my fist at the falling sand
Every grain cuts into my hand
If the end waits at the line
I’ll meet it standing in my prime
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[filtered drums
Distant chimes]
Tick in my ear like a taunt
Like a dare
“Come to the edge” but I’m already there
Scarred knees
Sore lungs
But I still advance
If this is the last one
I’ll die in the dance
[ticking speeds up]
Count it
Count it
One more breath
I’ll mount it
If nothingness is all that’s left
I’ll shout my name into the depth
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[half-time groove
Echoing chime]
Tick… tick… fade to gray
Boot prints carved in yesterday
If time forgets the song I sung
My marching beat already won