"Teeth of the Clockwork"

Verse 1
Rust in the bloodstream, a carnival pulse,
Fractured reflections—my shadow convulses.
Cogs in the ribcage grind down the hour,
Tick-tock-tick—gnashing jaws devour.

Pre-Chorus (spoken/chaotic)
—Do you hear it?
The laugh between the seconds,
The crack in the mirror's grin,
It whispers—
"You are only borrowed skin."

Chorus (soaring/clean)
Teeth of the clockwork bite down the sky,
A thousand eyes blink and fossilize.
I’m dancing in spirals, breaking the line,
While reason corrodes in the acid of time.

Verse 2
Insect machinery claws at my throat,
Wires in the marrow sing what they wrote.
Voices collide like collapsing stars,
I wear their debris in invisible scars.

Bridge (manic, spoken-scream mix)
Spinning!
Spinning!
Spinning into glass!
I am the fracture in the hourglass!
Sand becomes teeth, and teeth become chains,
Tell me again how the madness sustains—
Tick—tock—tick—tock—

Chorus (clean + layered screams)
Teeth of the clockwork bite down the sky,
A thousand eyes blink and fossilize.
I’m dancing in spirals, breaking the line,
While reason corrodes in the acid of time.

Outro (whisper/growl dual vocal)
—Every second is a predator.
—Every thought, a parasite.
—And in the cracks between the laughter...
—I lost the shape of me.

Progressive metal, mathcore, avant-garde metal