Borrowed Time

Intro (spoken / soft)

Yeah…

Ever feel like everything you got… ain’t really yours yet?

Like you just… borrowin’ time?

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Verse 1

I been livin’ like tomorrow ain’t promised

Clock tick loud but I move with no pause in

Used to stare at the ceiling, feel boxed in

Now I’m starin’ at the stars from a cockpit

Same kid with the weight on his chest

Just learned how to carry it less

Still got nights I don’t get no rest

Overthinkin’ every move I’ve pressed

They see wins, they don’t see the fear

They see lights, they don’t see the tears

Every smile got a cost attached

Every mile took me off the map

I been runnin’ from the old me still

Tryna outrun what I used to feel

But the past got a way to creep

In the quiet when the world go sleep

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Pre-Chorus

I been up but I don’t feel safe

Like it all could fade away

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Chorus

I’m on borrowed time, don’t waste it

Every second I’m chasin’, can’t fake this

From the dark, I made light out the pain

But I know it could all change

I’m on borrowed time, I feel it

Every moment too real, I can’t miss it

If I lose it, I lose it all

So I run every time I fall

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Verse 2

I remember when the lights went off

Had to sit in the dark, feel lost

No plan, just a prayer and hope

Tryna balance life on a tightrope

Now it’s different but it feel the same

New view but the same old pain

Money come but it don’t fix peace

Still got demons that don’t release

I done seen how quick it flip

One wrong move, that’s it

One bad day, whole world shift

That’s why I don’t take nothin’ for granted, nothin’ I get

They want pieces of what I built

But they don’t want the nights I felt

Empty, broken, barely holdin’ on

Still standin’, still goin’ strong

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Bridge (melodic / emotional)

If it all fade out tonight

Would I say I lived it right?

Or was I just chasin’ more

While forgettin’ what it’s for…

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Verse 3 (deeper / reflective)

I been thinkin’ ‘bout the time I lost

All the bridges that I never crossed

All the words that I never said

All the moments stuck in my head

Tryna be who I said I’d be

While still dealin’ with who was me

It’s a war that don’t ever end

Just learn how to play pretend

But I’m real with it now, no mask

If it’s love, I don’t let it pass

If it’s fake, I don’t let it stay

I protect what I built today

‘Cause I know how it feel to lose

Everything you thought was true

So I hold what I got real tight

While I’m livin’ this borrowed life

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Final Chorus (Extended / emotional peak)

I’m on borrowed time, don’t waste it

Every second I’m chasin’, can’t fake this

From the dark, I made light out the pain

But I know it could all change

I’m on borrowed time, I feel it

Every moment too real, I can’t miss it

If I lose it, I lose it all

So I run every time I fall

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Outro (soft / spoken)

Yeah…

Ain’t nothin’ guaranteed

So if you got it…

Hold it close