Runnin’ Outta Time

How do you tell time, how do you tell time?
The calendar pages, your watch or mine?
Well, well, well, well you tell time
You tell time nothin’
You tell time nothin’

A few breaths ago, I stopped tracking the years
Now I find my age by the length of my beard
While you save the day by an hour or two
Still sooner or later, time catches up to you
And all down the line, everybody runnin’ from
Runnin’ outta time
Runnin’ outta time

Now, pay attention to the hourglass
When you flip it over, just completing a task, boo!

How do you tell time, how do you tell time?
Evaluate the moonglow, tally up the sunshine?
Well, well, well, well you tell time
You tell time nothin’
You tell time nothin’

Time told me something when we moved in this house
Time said something once that I still can’t pronounce
You can’t see through the mirror, but at pictures on the shelf
You can look in the past and try to know thyself
And all down the line, everybody runnin’ from
Runnin’ outta time
Runnin’ outta time

Now, try as we might to keep time in containers
Time ain’t working for us on retainer, boo!

How do you tell time, how do you tell time?
Well my face sinks and grows deepening lines
Their size and their length tell me what I’ve been against
Oh well, well, well you tell time
You tell time nothin’
You tell time nothin’

Did time give birth to an almighty one?
Take a look down the barrel of this here answer gun
And don’t hate me saying, ‘cause I’m just relaying
By the time it’s translated, the message is dated
All down the line, everybody runnin’ from
Runnin’ outta time
Runnin’ outta time
Runnin’ outta time
Runnin’ outta

Runnin’ Outta Time - YouTube demo (the broken string take)
Runnin’ Outta Time - bandcamp