We tied it open as it rotted And left some pieces by the road To gather dust and be forgotten As all our systems overload The clock is ticking way too loud And the pistons ache as it all starts breaking down And you fill the tanks as you watch it pour back out Oh oh White knuckles take it to the bottom Of things it shouldn't climb at all With pedals hanging from the column And nothing else to stop the fall The clock is ticking way too loud And the pistons ache as it all starts breaking down And you fill the tanks as you watch it pour back out Oh oh The clock is ticking way too loud And the pistons ache as it all starts breaking down Only getting louder now As the engine shakes with a cold heartbreaking sound And you fill the tanks as you watch it pour back out And you see you've taken one last time around Oh oh oh oh oh