Clock ticks

Clock ticks, time passes, I don’t flinch

Weeks fold in like a tightened cinch

Fast life, cold grind

No roots, no ties, no mind

Everyone’s running, I let them go

Had no reason to move or grow

Clock ticks, time passes, no rewind

No pause, no soul, no sign

Same streets, same face

Same race with no place

Smiles fake, eyes dead

Dreams stacked up in my head

Didn’t feel it, didn’t need it, didn’t know what time was for

Didn’t chase it, didn’t face it, left it ticking out the door

But then you came and changed the frame, slowed the chaos in my view

Now I’m counting every second, and I’m counting them for you**

Clock ticks, time lingers, you walked in

World went soft, lost all spin

One breath, full stop

Heart caught fire, no drop

Everything sharpened, colors loud

I saw myself and I was proud

Clock ticks, time freezes, when you smile

Every second feels worthwhile

I used to drift, now I stay

Don’t want this to slip away

I beg the clock, “stay right here”

‘Cause now I’ve got something near

Didn’t feel it, didn’t need it, didn’t know what time was for

Didn’t chase it, didn’t face it, left it ticking out the door

But then you came and changed the frame, slowed the chaos in my view

Now I’m counting every second, and I’m counting them for you**

Clock ticks, time’s precious, now I see

The past was empty, not the key

I lived without, but never whole

Now you fill the missing soul

I’d turn back just to relive

All the seconds I couldn’t give

Didn’t feel it, didn’t need it, didn’t know what time was for

Didn’t chase it, didn’t face it, left it ticking out the door

But then you came and changed the frame, slowed the chaos in my view

Now I’m counting every second, and I’m counting them for you**

Now I breathe with a purpose, now I burn in the light

Now I’d fight off the ticking just to hold you each night

I was numb, I was silent, just a shadow that grew

Now I’m louder than time — ‘cause I’m living it with you