Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Serialising the album Pretentious Incongruity by Key 13 (@keefmarshall)
Pretentious Incongruity: 2020-2024 is a retrospective compilation looking back at some key milestones in the first five years of Key 13 as a recording identity.
Track 2
Probably not to everyone’s taste, this one – but one of my personal favourites. Not least because the lyrics are highly personal, and I really enjoyed making it. So much so that I included two very self-indulgent improvisations. It could definitely be edited down to a 3 minute single, but I like it this way. Originally written for /r/songaweek, theme “Tempo Change” – it slows down gradually through the final two phases.
Part of a really productive month or two, along with L.U.C.A and several others.
Influences: John Foxx, Ultravox.
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Lyrics
Life
Life’s getting shorter
Years pass
By and by
Time
Time passes so fast
The days
Blend to night
Age
The number keeps rising
The future
Turns to past
Memories
So soon forgotten
Everything fades
Then slips away
Tick tock tick tock
Tick tock tick tock
The sun will rise and set
The clock keeps ticking on
Tick tock tick tock
Tick tock tick tock
Each moment so much sweeter
When soon they’ll all be gone
Let’s savour each one.
