Racing Against the Tide (Version 2)

Verse

City lights go red behind the glass

I've got a debt I need to erase fast

Every dollar that my father left behind

Counted twice since I took his name tonight

I made the offer in an empty room

Room that echoes only what is true

Every word against the silence hummed loud

Now the whole block knows this ain't no game of truth

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it calling from the dark?

Counting every hour we embark

Chorus

Racing against the tide, chasing every dime I owe

Got my heart beating on a borrowed time, nothing left to lose

Drowning in the fire but still I rise above the glow

This is how a man finds out what he's made of, made of gold

Verse 2

I stole the pen from under his hand tonight

Signed the lease with a signature that bites

Every number on this table now aligns

Either we both lose or one of us climbs

The landlord waits outside my windowpane

Waiting for the ink to dry and turn the game

He's counting every second I delay

I got two hours left before the sun breaks gray

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear it calling from the dark?

Counting every hour we embark

Chorus

Racing against the tide, chasing every dime I owe

Got my heart beating on a borrowed time, nothing left to lose

Drowning in the fire but still I rise above the glow

This is how a man finds out what he's made of, made of gold

Bridge

Maybe losing this is what I've been bought for

Maybe winning means living with no more scars

The tide pulls back and it lets me stand on shore

Whatever debt I paid tonight was never mine to hold

Chorus

Racing against the tide, chasing every dime I owe

Got my heart beating on a borrowed time, nothing left to lose

Drowning in the fire but still I rise above the glow

This is how a man finds out what he's made of, made of gold