My head is an ocean
My heart is a clock
It's beating is linear
It's ticking won't stop
Wherever I am
Be it lost in a storm
Of delicate thoughts
I failed to form
I know that this clock
Will tell me the time
And inflict an agenda
On my unprepared mind
I know that this clock
Will count things for me
Count the stairs to the rooftop
Count the fish in the sea
Count the quick revolutions
Of colorful tops
Don't tell the clock this
But I wish it would stop
Cause the numbers keep growing
They're already so high
They're crushing the clouds
They're piercing the sky
This clock is an addict
This clock is a thief
It counts away lifetimes
And buttons and leaves
It counts all my fake smiles
Counts the hands that I shook
Counts the people I let down
Counts the pills that I took
It counts my uneven breathes
Counts the nails in my head
Counts the seconds I lay there
Awake in my bed
This clock is a monster
This clock is a beast
On vacant eyed people
It viciously feasts
It counts every step
Of this torturous walk
It counts every moment
I was too hurt to talk
And it keeps these statistics
In a nice little book
The clock reads them out loud
But won't let me look
The clock is so cruel
The clock is so mean
The clock is a system
The clock's a machine
It's gears tear through soft skin
It's screws puncture eyes
It's hands lean in closely
And whisper me lies
It tells me I'm okay
If I keep with the beat
Keep counting my breaths
Keep moving my feet
But I'm stuck in the same place
And this the clock sees
But still the clock's yelling
But still the clock screams
It's shrill and it's piercing
It's killing my ear
But the clock doesn't mind
Cause the clock doesn't hear
It just gives me a grin
And I look at the floor
It pretends not to hear me
When I beg please no more
My feet start to move
They fall perfect in line
It's involuntary
I miss what was mine
The clock's taken over
It's fighting my head
The battle is gory
I'm as good as dead
And finally I utter
Won't you let me be done
But the clock simply tells me
It's only begun
