verse 1 i hear a ticking it keeps on ticking though it s only inside my head the light is flicking and hell is kicking a believer before it s dead chorus and i m looking to the hourglass that s running out of sand i m looking through the hourglass into another land verse 2 i hear a crying of people dying and it s taking me to the street intensifying a self denying that bringing will starve defeat repeat chorus bridge time is sifting away so fast loving i ve got to love what lasts cause where you hide your treasure you hide your heart if you hide it in this world you know it s gonna fall apart repeat chorus