Hourglass Lyrics
We live in the future of the past.
The past of the future.
The present is an hourglass
We try to freeze the sands of time
Dusty hours, the center, its wooer
Grains breaking through symmetry,
Just like them, we fall in line,
Until it’s dirt under stone
Sync with earth in a cemetery,
While decay makes sand from bone.
We become time as those hours pass
Generations from before: our hourglass
The past of the future.
The present is an hourglass
We try to freeze the sands of time
Dusty hours, the center, its wooer
Grains breaking through symmetry,
Just like them, we fall in line,
Until it’s dirt under stone
Sync with earth in a cemetery,
While decay makes sand from bone.
We become time as those hours pass
Generations from before: our hourglass
About
Genius Annotation
I came up with this one day while I was cleaning up my house. I had Kendrick’s “Hiiipower” on repeat the whole time. I get to a point with music or certain types of songs where I literally just zone out the lyrics and only hear the melody.
I was completely immersed in sound.
I realized after I was trying to play with a new form (It was really hard!). Though the rhymes are imperfect I think I’ll try it again one day.
Rhyme Scheme (not perfect)
A
B
A
C
B
D
C
E
D
E
F
F
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