Cuckoo Clock

Verse 1

You wind the gears of your fantasy
Paint cracks over reality
Every truth is a blade you dodge
Every fact is a ghost you lodge
Mirrors scream but you shut them down
Build your kingdom on shaky ground
Tick‑tock tremors behind your eyes
You’d rather break than recognize

Pre‑Chorus

You twist the hands until they lie
Pretend the hours never die

Chorus

Cuckoo clock, you’re ringing wrong
Chiming midnight all day long
You keep hiding from the obvious
Like the world’s the one that’s dangerous
Cuckoo clock, you’re out of sync
You drown the truth before you think
Every second that you try to bend
Just brings you closer to the end

Verse 2

You stitch your stories with borrowed thread
Rewrite the past inside your head
Every warning’s a joke you mute
Every crack is a point you dispute
You call the storm a gentle breeze
Call the fire a minor tease
But the walls are shaking, can’t you feel
The weight of everything you won’t reveal

Pre‑Chorus

You twist the hands until they lie
Pretend the hours never die

Chorus

Cuckoo clock, you’re ringing wrong
Chiming midnight all day long
You keep hiding from the obvious
Like the world’s the one that’s dangerous
Cuckoo clock, you’re out of sync
You drown the truth before you think
Every second that you try to bend
Just brings you closer to the end

Bridge

You can’t outrun the pendulum swing
You can’t outshout the echoing
You can’t unmake the breaking sound
Of everything you’ve pushed down

Final Chorus

Cuckoo clock, you’re ringing wrong
Chiming midnight all day long
You keep hiding from the obvious
But the truth is getting venomous
Cuckoo clock, you’re out of time
No more seconds left to mime
When the gears collapse and the echoes stop
You’ll finally hear the final drop

Punk / Metal