CLOCKWORK.

❂ CLOCKWORKS OF OUR SOULS.

VERSE ONE:
what is the earth when turned inside out?
what is the globe that spins round and round,
when crushed to a ball, and tossed straight out?

what is it all, when it escapes your notice?
of your peripheral far-sighted vision?
where is the future if not in our hands?
what is a mural if not at the cost of the plot of a land?
who is a friend if we're not the same for them?

PRE-CHORUS:(1)
what is a clock if not a time-teller, love-restrainer?
who is a child if not a wish-speller, a universe-caller?
what is our heart if not our home? clockworks of our souls,
tick and tock and pass time as they go

CHORUS:(1)
if it was easy to say it, we'd all be saying it
so say it with me; "i love you,"
don't know who you're speaking to? that's alright,
as long as you feel it with as much life
as you can muster, all your might
says three words, these: "i love you,"
whether you mean it or not, there's someone who needs to hear it
what is the truth if not what i tell you;
i love you

VERSE TWO:
what are my eyes if not see-through?
"what is your love if not reused?
what is to cry if not an excuse?
what is to laugh if i'm on mute?
what is to live if i'm living for you?"

what is to walk homeward if the path is caved in?
what is to say what's on my mind if it's judged ruthless?
what is to start wars with the outside when the battle's within?
what is to say 'i love you' if you don't mean it?

what is to ask for help when it's reprimanded?
what is to live in this world when it's bound to end?
what is to be miserable in the face of being ecstatic
tell me, what are my rainbows if not achromatic?

BRIDGE:
what do i say when there's no words landing on the tongue of this disgrace?
who am i if not somebody's messenger for their chitchatting
what do they have except for their leveraging
who can i be if not myself?

what is to sit idly by,
directionless facing westward, sunsets
who are loved ones, if not just blood
what is your brain if not a place to be trapped In
what is consciousness, if it's laughing at your face?
what is old age, if not the bearing of humongous pains?

what are clouds if not the weather that will pass?
what is a mountain if not a burden to bear, but a sight to gaze up at?
what is life, if not the mere passage of time?

(CHORUS)

i love you nevertheless, whether you will or not
i love you nevertheless

OUTRO:
what is your name if not always on my mind?
what are these tapes if we can't press rewind?