Block Clock Running Slow (version 2)

Intro

Block clock running slow

Every shadow's a debt to pay

Same four corners, same rhythm in my head

Verse 1

Ferris Street studio, mixing board hums

Cable snakes on the floor, counting every sum

Engineer said keep it tight, engineer said keep it low

But I'm running out of breath before the beat goes slow

Grandmother told me 'you don't owe nobody a thing

I say 'you can't count on nothing that ain't got wings

Pre-Chorus

So I put my hand up against the clock tower tonight

Feeling every pulse, waiting for something right

Chorus

Block clock running slow, but time don't know my name

Block clock running slow, and I'm still in the flame

I turn off the lights down on Ferris, start walking through

Every shadow's a debt to pay, that's the rhythm, too

Verse 2

Downtown, the neon signs they cut like a blade

I don't need color when the dark already paid

Corner store owner says 'you keep your eyes open wide

I say 'watch me keep the whole neighborhood inside

Aunt told me 'don't you ever let nobody see your pain

I tell her that's just where the story starts to stain

Ferris Street to city block, I'm counting every line

Block clock running slow and I still got time

Pre-Chorus

So I put my hand up against the clock tower tonight

Feeling every pulse, waiting for something right

Chorus

Block clock running slow, but time don't know my name

Block clock running slow, and I'm still in the flame

I turn off the lights down on Ferris, start walking through

Every shadow's a debt to pay, that's the rhythm, too

Bridge

The hands don't move on the clock but the heart still keeps pace

If you want my attention just ask for the dark of space

I trade all my breath for a glimpse in the night sky

Sometimes I think it's not the days that we live, it's the nights we deny

Outro

Block clock running slow

Every shadow paid its due