Tick Tock (Message Bound Mix)

Not looking for pardons
I know I'm a creature of conscience
Who's hailing the demons they've harnessed
And wondering what they've accomplished
They're messing with time
Floating around me
Delving inside
Head being pounded
Dimming the lights
The louder I shout
The harder they fight
You're reeling your spirit
Uncover the smoke and the mirrors
Remember the person envisioned
Determined and ready and willing
The ticking of time
The count of the clock
You're hoarding the why's
When everything's wrong
The hands of my life
The hours I've lost
Take it all back
You're all that you've got
But is this who I'm meant to be
Concerned about the future with
Every breath I breathe
No
But this is who you're meant to see
For underneath the dirt
Forms the roots of self-belief
Where you'll say
I can be happy
I can be anything that I want
I could be healing
I could be dreaming
Building a castle in the stars
And if this world won't light the way
Then I will be my own escape
I should be free
I should be everything that I need
I should be smiling madly
Loving laughing
Everything that I seek
And I won't wear myself away
From counting hours
In the day

Tick
Tock
The chime it never goes
I keep dotting all the crosses playing
Tic tac toe
With the demons in my head
They keep signing on the o's
If I'm ever gonna win
I need to get out of this hole

Tick
Tock
Time is passing on clocks
I never count the hours
I know one day they'll stop
And if they stop
A little bit too soon
Will I spend the moment
Wondering was I a fool
I keep wondering
What's wrong with me
Looking around
Don't like what I see
Maybe I'm different
Maybe I'm broke
All I know is this place
Makes me choke
With it's
Gaseous
Rancidness
Seeping through the streets
Everybody's laughing
But everybody reeks
If I don't fall in line
I'll be targeted for sure
Cause the way I am
It doesn't suit their cause

Tick
Tock
Life Is getting boring
I just keep snoring
Whilst everyone else is applauding
They're happy with the way that things are
But I'm not
They're happy just to stay till they rot
But I'm not
I need to live
I need some life
Inside these walls
Everything has died
I really need that resurrection in me
Someplace I can be
Where I just can't see these
Damn
Clocks

Tick
Tock
The chime it never goes
I keep dotting all the crosses playing
Tic tac toe
With the demons in my head
They keep signing on the o's
If I'm ever gonna win
I need to get out of this hole

Tick
Tock
The time it never stops
I could count the hours days and minutes
Till I lose the plot
And if that plot
Is lost a bit a too soon
Will I spend the future
Wondering was I fool and
I keep wondering
When will I be free
Looking around
At the cage where I sleep and
Maybe I'm the enemy
Maybe I'm the ruse
All I know
Is this place has been cruel

Tick
Tock
Life has started crawling
I just keep on stalling
Everything is so appalling
I'm mad about the way that things are
But they're not
I'm mad about the roles and the parts
But they're not
I need some lift
I need some flight
For on the ground
Everything has died
I really need that resurrection in me
Someplace I can be
Where I just can't see these
Damn
Clocks

Tick
Tock
The chime it never goes
I keep dotting all the crosses playing
Tic tac toe
With the demons in my head
They keep signing on the o's
If I'm ever gonna win
I need to get out of this hole

Cause I'm sick of all the people that have taunted me
A good guy going bad inside his privacy
For everything I am am I the honest me
I need to be the one with no apologies

Tick
Tock
The chime it never goes
I keep dotting all the crosses playing
Tic tac toe
With the demons in my head
They keep signing on the o's
If I'm ever gonna win
I need to get out of this hole
Tick
Tock
The chime it never goes
I keep dotting all the crosses playing
Tic tac toe
The demons in my head
They keep signing on the o's
If I'm ever gonna win
I need to get out of this hole

We are union
Voices of the mind
That speak against our failings
When we know they're our design
We can't choose happiness
Nor can it choose us
We just count our numbered days and
Hope it shows on up
But
It doesn't mean that you
Still shouldn't try
Cause as long as there's that chance
Then you deserve a better life
A life of pieces
Held with plasters on the walls
And even though it's taking years
You know that time won't make them fall
And
You might not want this
To live a life that hurts
But if everything was perfect
Would you really know your worth
Because through thickened skin and countless scars
Emerges something hidden
A person who forgets the clock
And time that they've been given
So you mustn't chase it
For the future will come fast
From birth to dust
Our steel will rust
So make the moments last
And if you sink
And get hit hard
Remember you're still living
For the person who still carries on
Prevents the demons winning