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