Lyrics:
[Intro, Distant Clock Ticking, Low Strings]
Tick… tock… tick… tock…
(Whispered voices)
We run… we run… we run…
[Verse 1, Male Lead]
Morning breaks with iron light
Shadows march in black and white
Seconds drip like falling rain
Measured breath, familiar chain
Calendar carved into my skin
Deadlines shouting from within
Every promise, every cost
In the race, something’s lost
[Pre-Chorus, Female Lead, Rising Strings]
Feel the gears beneath my feet
Turning heart into a beat
No escape from what we owe
Time’s the master, don’t you know?
[Chorus, Full Ensemble, Choir Backing]
We are slaves to the hands of time
Bound to the rhythm, the silent chime
Running fast but we stand confined
Prisoners of the grand design
Oh—hear the clock align
We are slaves… to our own time
[Verse 2, Alternating Voices]
Children trading dreams for plans
Future written by unseen hands
Hours sold for shards of gold
Growing young, but dying old
Every second tightly wound
Hope is buried underground
We obey the ticking throne
Never left to stand alone
[Pre-Chorus, Choir Swells]
Feel the pressure, feel the strain
Moments slipping down the drain
Every heartbeat on the line
Signed and sealed by Father Time
[Chorus, Powerful Harmony]
We are slaves to the hands of time
Bound to the rhythm, the silent chime
Running fast but we stand confined
Prisoners of the grand design
Oh—hear the clock align
We are slaves… to our own time
[Bridge, Dramatic Twist, Percussion Break]
What if we shattered the glass and steel?
What if we lived what we truly feel?
No more numbers on our souls
No more cages made of goals
(Gospel Choir)
Rise above the ticking sound
Break the chains that hold you down
[Ascending Progression, Key Change]
Time is fire, time is flame
But we don’t have to play its game
[Final Chorus, Full Orchestra, High Choir]
We are more than the hands of time
More than the rhythm, the endless climb
We can break from the grand design
Rewrite fate in a single line
Let the old clocks fall behind
We’re not slaves…
We’re alive!
[Outro, Fading Choir, Soft Tick]
Tick… tock… fades away…
We choose our time… today…
[End]
