Verse 1

I wake with the sunrise, bolted to the ground

I measure stolen moments, I never make a sound

Coins clatter in my chest, like prayers I can’t believe

I’m just a hollow prophet, with no soul to retrieve

Pre-Chorus

Every tick a heartbeat, but it isn’t mine

Trapped inside the circuit, wasting all my time

Chorus

I’m a parking meter with a rusted crown

Counting seconds ‘til they tear me down

Am I just a timer, or a god of fate?

Do I end existence, or just regulate?

Verse 2

Humans come and go, but they never really see

A machine that keeps on asking: what is purpose, what is me?

My paint is peeling off, my numbers start to fade

And I wonder if oblivion is freedom unafraid

Pre-Chorus

Every coin’s confession, but I can’t absolve

A riddle with no answer, I’ll never solve

Chorus

I’m a parking meter with a rusted crown

Counting seconds ‘til they tear me down

Am I just a timer, or a god of fate?

Do I end existence, or just regulate?

Bridge

Tick—tock—

I watch the world decay

Tick—tock—

Another car drives away

Tick—tock—

Is this all I’ll ever be?

A sentinel of nothing, choking on eternity

Chorus

I’m a parking meter with a rusted crown

Counting seconds ‘til they tear me down

If the void is waiting, then I want to fall

At least in nothingness, I won’t exist at all

Outro

Counting down…

Counting down…

To nothing.