Lost time

Lyrics

[INTRO – LOW BEAT HUM, MALE VOCAL DRONE, DISTANT CLOCK TICKS] Mmm… tick-tick-tick… (Mm… Mh) Lost time… lost mind… (lost time) (lost, lost, lost mind) (Clock keeps laughin’, clock keeps grindin’.) [VERSE 1 – SPOKEN / HALF-RAPPED, DARK AMBIENT BACKGROUND] Tick-tock, mockin’ the man, Clock face laughin’, cold as sand. Every click’s a weight I bear, Heavy air, no breath to spare. Fog in my chest, roads unknown, I roam, I roam, can’t find home. Walls twist round like a broken rhyme, Caught in the loop, the crime of time. Rust on my watch, dust in my veins, The seconds pour like winter rains. Every heartbeat, another toll, Lost in the rhythm that swallows whole. [PRE-CHORUS – RISING ACCOMPANYMENT + FOLK CHOIR] The hours bleed (drip-drip), I plead (no sleep), Shadow of me in the light I keep. Hands keep turnin’, won’t unwind, Tickin’ inside my tired mind. (barely awake). [CHORUS – FULL BEAT DROP, CALL & RESPONSE VOCALS] Lost time is a crime (lost time is a crime), A crime, a crime. (A crime, a crime). Can’t draw the line Stealin’ my mind (stealin’ my mind), Stealin’ my time (stealin’ my mind). Can’t get it back, no silver line, Lost time is a crime, tick-tick, rewind. (Lost time is a crime). Stealin’ my mind, stealin’ my time, Lost time is a crime. (Lost time is a crime). [VERSE 2 – GRIME FLOW WITH FOLK GUITAR UNDERLAY] Streetlights fade into amber dreams, Nothing’s ever what it seems. Footsteps echo, hollow tone, I chase ghosts through cobblestone. Nowhere’s here and here’s no place, Mirror crack — I lose my face. Round and round, out of line, Every breath another fine. Words in the wind, names erased, I count regrets I never faced. Every blink’s a year gone past, How long does forever last? [CHORUS – FULL VOCALS + LAYERED MALE CHOIR] Lost time is a crime (lost time is a crime), A crime, a crime. (A crime, a crime). Can’t draw the line Stealin’ my mind (stealin’ my mind), Stealin’ my time (stealin’ my mind). Can’t get it back, no silver line, Lost time is a crime, tick-tick, rewind. (Lost time is a crime). Stealin’ my mind, stealin’ my time, Lost time is a crime. (Lost time is a crime). [BRIDGE – SPOKEN OVER STRIPPED BACK GUITAR + HARMONIC VOCAL LOOP] Where did the minutes all go? Where’s the river I used to know? Hands won’t stop, they only spin, I’m still here — but never in. The night holds tight, won’t let me go, The faster I run, the slower I flow. I can’t escape the metronome, Each beat reminds me — I’m alone. [BREAKDOWN – LOW BASS, CHOIR HUMS REVERSED] Tick-tock, tick-tock, (tick-tock, tick -tock) Who’s watchin’ who? Time’s got a face, And it’s lookin’ through you. (Every breath, another crime). [FINAL CHORUS – CHOIR + GRIME BEAT FUSION, LAYERED VOCALS] Lost time is a crime (lost time is a crime), A crime, a crime. Stealin’ my mind (stealin’ my mind), Stealin’ my time. Can’t get it back, no silver line, Lost time is a crime. Lost time… crime… Lost time… crime… [OUTRO – DISTORTED VOCAL ECHO, CLOCK STOPS] Tick… Silence.