[Verse 1]
Snow on the schoolyard gate
Bell rings
The world runs late
You’re still in yesterday
Face in a paperback maze
Clock hand stutters
Shakes
Page curls
The margin breaks
Ink spills into the sky
Classroom ceiling folds inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Are we falling up or waking?
Every second
Glitching
Breaking
All the endings rearranging
Say my name before it changes (hey)
[Chorus]
In this fractured hourglass
Shards of time cut as they pass
But I will meet you
I will meet you
Every loop and every loss
I’ll rewrite the scattered clock
I’m running to you
Running through you
If the timeline burns to ash
I’ll still hold you in the crash
In our fractured hourglass
We don’t fade
We just recast
[Verse 2]
Stairs made of pixel light
Boss fight on a Friday night
Your laugh
A secret code
Cheat sheet for a distant road
Rain on the station floor
Future waiting at the door
Ticket stub
Your trembling hand
Train dissolves into a marching band
[Pre-Chorus]
Are we game or are we grieving?
Every choice
A hidden ceiling
Hit “continue
” keep believing
Load my heart
I’m still respawning (oh)
[Chorus]
In this fractured hourglass
Shards of time cut as they pass
But I will meet you
I will meet you
Every loop and every loss
I’ll rewrite the scattered clock
I’m running to you
Running through you
If the timeline burns to ash
I’ll still hold you in the crash
In our fractured hourglass
We don’t fade
We just recast
[Bridge]
Eight-bit halo
Over your shadow
Glowing on the ruins of a playground swing
Choirs in the static
Memories erratic
Still I hear you hum that little springtime theme (la-la)
If we’re just save files in the dark
Let this glitch be where we start
[Chorus]
In this fractured hourglass
Shards of time cut as they pass
But I will meet you
I will meet you
Every loop and every loss
I’ll rewrite the scattered clock
I’m running to you
Running through you
If the ending comes too fast
I’ll break through the final cast
In our fractured hourglass
We are more than what has passed