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The Ticking Of the Clock

from The Beehive of Selfish Selves by The Tomorrow File

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I never meant to hurt you
I never wanted my words
To bruise or to beat you
But I was in pain and so I said
Some things that I needed to say
And now you've turned your face

I drove you away because I could not see
That pressure was building in me
So if I pushed too hard
It was only because of the goddamn ticking of the clock

I cannot say that I knew
All along I'd be leaving my home
When I first met you
But you felt so good
For a moment I thought I'd pause
Before I broke on through

This cynical shell that I've been living in
This mind that has put me through hell
Was wearing a smile
It was a terrible shock
This goddamn ticking of the clock

I had to wonder: is there really something here to choose?
Have a drink and a laugh between the on and the off
I tried so hard to get through
Oh, before I had to go

I should have told you from the start
That all I wanted from you was a warm soft spot in your heart
And that I would leave inside you
A message destined to explode into your future

I had so little time, for I knew I was leaving
Still I'd hoped that we could both reach out
And make it matter somehow
And shelter ourselves from the killing ticking of the clock

It makes me sad, it makes me sorry
That I tried in a letter to tell you what was going on
I should have known better
Instead of being a man and taking your hand
Sometimes it feels like I'm destined to misunderstand
That the written word can turn promise to sand
But I never deceived you

Now resentment and anger are the order of the day
Is there anything I can do
To sweep all the sadness away?
All I really tried to say was need it only be one day
Since soon I'll be leaving?

And so you see, I didn't know
That I was coming on strong
Because there was no time to go slowly
Time slips away
Always leaving the gentle and good ones shattered

So Thal, I'm leaving today
Because my life as I'm living it is killing me as surely as
Tomorrow will come
So remember that for a while
With your laughing eyes and with your smile
You came and you held me and you relit the flame
That reels and rocks
And shelters us all from the goddam ticking of the clock

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from The Beehive of Selfish Selves, released November 4, 2012
Written and performed by Daniel J.S. Lewis.

Recorded and Mixed by Daniel J.S. Lewis at Dead Dog Studio.

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The Tomorrow File comes at you with smart hooks and penetrating lyrics. A singer/songwriter with an eclectic ability to fuse genres in an originally singular way.

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