Clockwork Heart
Pieces fall one by one
Raining down, cogs, wheels and springs
Puzzle the scraps back together and see
If you can fix the wheels of your broken heart
Constructing takes time but in the end it starts
Shield the gears of your clockwork heart
Afraid, scared, cold
Shivering in this metallic prison that I’ve known
Strand me alone here, no escape
Corpulent machines, infrared beams
Tie me down with silken, molten alloy strings
Do your part to my clockwork heart
This heart is made with clockwork gears
That turns and grinds throughout the years
Turned askew by but a single tear
Left to die and filled with fear
Bleeds this heart with clockwork gears
Shiny and sleek they reflect like mirrors
Mechanical heart, bleeding oil
Escapement ticking, rhythmic pulsing
Steady rhythm, haunts the halls of my mind
Mechanical being, unwinding springs, heart cogs turn, then subsequently break apart
I need to escape the gears of my clockwork heart
This heart is made with clockwork gears
That turns and grinds throughout the years
Turned askew by but a tear
Left to die and filled with fear
Bleeds this heart with clockwork gears
Shiny and sleek they reflect like mirrors
Can’t escape what you create
Iron box that holds me to this fate
Chisel my chain from this decay
Piece the wheels of my broken heart
It took some time but now I’ve felt the spark
All that’s left is my clockwork heart
Digital intelligence, enhanced eyes, robotic lies
Determined to live a fictional life
Insert wires dig the scalpel in
Doesn’t hurt synthetic skin
Reprogram to give it a spark
State-of-the-art clockwork
This heart is made with clockwork gears
That turns and grinds throughout the years
Turned askew by but a tear
Left to die and filled with fear
Bleeds this heart with clockwork gears
Shinny and sleek they reflect like mirrors
These cogs and springs and clockwork gears
Inside my chest ringing loud and clear
The echo of these clockwork gears
That turns and grinds throughout the years
Turned askew by but a tear
Left to die and filled with fear
Bleeds this heart with clockwork gears
Shinny and sleek they reflect like mirrors
These cogs and springs and clockwork gears
Inside my chest the echo of this heart’s
Clockwork gears
Innovating through the years
My heart is made, my heart is made with clockwork gears
~Andrea Williams, Dexter Deam
Special thanks to: Sol Keiter, and Megan Putnam.
