Time Sends His Regards

Verse 1You hear the second hand breathing
In the bulkhead
In your bones
Red numbers counting backward
From a future already postponed

You bargain in broken equations
You offer your memories
Your name
But every calculation
Solves to the very same blame

ChorusTime sends his regards
Signs your scars in silver
Laughs in the dark
As your choices wither
You can beg
You can burn
You can pray
He folds you back into yesterday
Time sends his regards
And always has his way

Verse 2You skipped across ruined orbits
Left your shadow in the void
Thought distance meant escaping
What you never could avoid

He waits in the static between years
In the glitch behind your eyes
A patient
Patient conqueror
Collecting unfinished goodbyes

ChorusTime sends his regards
Signs your scars in silver
Laughs in the dark
As your choices wither
You can beg
You can burn
You can pray
He folds you back into yesterday
Time sends his regards
And always has his way

Bridge[Beat drops to low pulse
Distant chimes]
He does not run
He does not chase
He simply stands
And strips you of your place

No verdict read
No gavel slammed
Just every path
Collapsing where you stand (where you stand)

ChorusTime sends his regards
Signs your scars in silver
Laughs in the dark
As your futures splinter
You can beg
You can burn
You can pray
He files your soul under “too late”
Time sends his regards
And always has his way
(Always has his way)