Shutter snaps the diesel fades
Backyard jungle masquerades
Brass circle sitting in the dirt
Heavy cold and left behind
Tick tock in the rusted grass
Seconds die but never pass
Gold hands frozen green vines creep
Watch the world while the workshop sleeps
Lens cap off I frame the shot
Rusted gears the only plot
Spring unwound but teeth still bite
Glowing soft in low blue light
Tick tock in the rusted grass
Seconds die but never pass
Gold hands frozen green vines creep
Watch the world while the workshop sleeps
Stranger stands in rubber boots
Counts the roots and counts the shoots
He winds the crown a single turn
Silent lesson slow to learn
No tickets left no destination
Just brass and weeds and respiration
Mechanical tick inside my hand
Time is physical time is planned
Camera hangs against my chest
Birds fly out the workshop nest
Pocket watch ticks loud and clear
Stranger nods and disappears
Tick tock in the rusted grass
Seconds die but never pass
Gold hands frozen green vines creep
Watch the world while the workshop sleeps
Negative strips hang dry tonight
Watch face catches porch lamp light
We speak zero words at all
Time held tight in overgrown walls
Tick tock in the rusted grass
Seconds die but never pass
Gold hands frozen green vines creep
Watch the world while the workshop sleeps
Shutter clicks the brass keeps ticking
Vines swallow gold but never winning