What do clocks measure?

Hands spin circles they never touch the ground
Ticking whispers but the truth won’t make a sound
The second hand’s a liar it steals what isn’t there
What do clocks measure in the thinning air


Not time not space not dreams we chase


Clocks don’t measure time they measure fear
Every tick a heartbeat closer to the clear
Clocks don’t count moments they just remind
What you’re losing while you’re trying to find


The face stares blank a ghost in the room
Its shadow stretches like a silent doom
Numbers mean nothing when the soul won’t align
What do clocks measure if it’s not time


Clocks don’t measure time they measure fear
Every tick a heartbeat closer to the clear
Clocks don’t count moments they just remind
What you’re losing while you’re trying to find


They slice the infinite into little lies
Chop up the sky into measured goodbyes
But no clock has ever caught the sun
No clock has ever made the race run