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Clocks

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can you hear the clock?
tick-tock tick-tock
empty moments breed empty minds
tick-tock tick-tock
there goes the clock
the sun is dying
and everyone is lying
did you expect life
to be this hard?
that you would survive unmarred?
life is indifferent
and you are not ignorant
and you cannot escape
there is no escape
tick-tock tick-tock
are you nervous yet?
everything dies
death is all around us
in the cities, in the seas
in fires, and from disease
and still, everyone flees
inevitable they say
and you deny it like some kind of god
you breathe like your future isn't shrinking
tick-tock tick-tock
you're wasting time
exhausting, squandering, losing time
each moment erodes another
memories lost, replaced by others
a spring forest of pine
overridden by waiting at the checkout line
congratulations on waiting
and procrastinating
your happiness is deflating
tick-tock tick-tock
oh, how to evade the clock
we dance in our chains
expanding brains, blood in our veins
grass is bright green, did you know?
the sky is blue, the stars do glow
sunflowers are yellow, blood is red
will you see this when you are dead?
you have no duty, these chains can break
don't regret, don't forsake
smell and listen now not after
coffee, perfume, music, laughter
think and taste, feel and see
knowledge, velvet, love, glee
tick-tock tick-tock
are you really listening
to the clock?








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