Time Has Cut Us Down

[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold on the counter
Phone face down by the sink
Scrolling through people I don’t talk to
Wonder what they’re doing
What they think
[Chorus]
Time has cut us down
Shaved us to the bone
Gave our bodies
Gave our kindness
To things we never really owned
I should’ve stayed a little longer
With the ones who lit the room
Time has cut us down
Now I reach
And there’s no you
[Verse 2]
You laughed with your whole shoulders
Carried bags that weren’t your own
I kept saying “maybe next month”
Like the calendar was carved in stone
[Chorus]
Time has cut us down
Shaved us to the bone
Gave our bodies
Gave our kindness
To things we never really owned
I should’ve stayed a little longer
With the ones who lit the room
Time has cut us down
Now I reach
And there’s no you
[Bridge]
All those little shining faces
Passing in the hallway light
I traded them for tired paychecks
For staying up with screens at night (oh why)
[Chorus]
Time has cut us down
Shaved us to the bone
Gave our bodies
Gave our kindness
To things we never really owned
If I get another morning
I’ll sit down
I’ll see it through
Before time cuts us down
I want to spend it holding you

Indie folk ballad with fingerpicked acoustic guitar, warm upright bass, soft brushy drums. Male vocals close and intimate, double-tracked in the chorus. Gentle pad swells under the hook; bridge brings in subtle harmony and a distant organ for emotional lift, then strip back to guitar and voice on the final line.