Hopeless Bargains.

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The clock on my wall keeps a crooked grin

Ticking like a beetle in a tin

I asked it once to slow its pace

It laughed and tapped its cracked glass face

Pre-Chorus

It holds you firm it holds you fast

Makes a moment feel like it could last

Then snatches it back before you blink

Chorus

Time has a grip I can't unclench

A stubborn hand around my chest

Time has a grip I can't unclench

It never says why it won't rest

Post-Chorus

No more no more

Nothing left to see

No more no more

Nothing left of me

Verse 2

I wound the gears on my brass machine

Hoping it might stall the scene

But the springs just spun and spat

And ate the hours where I sat

Pre-Chorus

It holds you firm it holds you fast

Turns your future to your past

Then buries it beneath the sand

Chorus

Time has a grip I can't unclench

A stubborn hand around my chest

Time has a grip I can't unclench

It never says why it won't rest

Post-Chorus

No more no more

Nothing left to see

No more no more

Nothing left of me

Bridge

Work on and on

Work till you bleed

But it offers no ground beneath your feet

Once you fall

The pendulum stills

And the whole wide world goes quietly still

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Time has a grip I can't unclench

A stubborn hand around my chest

Time has a grip I can't unclench

It never says why it won't rest

Post-Chorus

No more no more

The end of you

No more no more

The end of the world

Forevermore

Breakdown

Born to die

Born to die

You and I

Born to die