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The Timekeeper

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His hands are only tired by the beating of years
They are shaking every time he holds these gears
He’s focused on his work, it’s a matter of time
It lets him forget what’s left of his few dimes

Still smiling for precision, It just takes him longer
To put everything at the place it desires
In this agonizing city, he’s the only one who dares
To say electronics won’t break him beyond repair


[Chorus] He’s the timekeeper,
He has the most precious power
He’s the timekeeper
Don’t you forget about his hours

The old man feels like he’s just an attraction
Kids laugh at his storefront from another dimension
And when people enter, they only want the oddest
They are cruel to him cause they’re usually the richest

The timekeeper finally restored the piece he was working on
The massive tower rythming the life of Mister Simon
Its musics sweetens his ears like a mermaid’s call
That’s the reason why he doesn’t trust time sold in a mall

(Chorus)

Twelve years already since his Margaret passed away
Her memory is the reason why he decided to stay
The spasms are getting stronger, but he never felt so good
This morning, his grin was higher as he stood

Another letter came in, he calls them the red ones
For sure, they want the shop more than his grandsons
They only saw boredom in the ticking of the clocks
And now debt won to Death the right to make the first knocks

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[Alternative final verse]  The timekeeper saw his art crushed by the industry
Like a painter ashamed by the rise of photography
But he’s fighting to do what his life made him for
Hoping death will beat debt to knock at his door

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Scrapped lyrics for a Reddit's GameOfBands song contest. The theme was "Clockwork".
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Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai pas updaté mon DeviantArt, pour la simple et bonne raison que j'ai un projet bien trop grand en cours !

Voici une chanson que j'ai faite pour un concours d'écriture de chansons sur Reddit (/r/GameOfBands), dont le thème était "Clockwork" (Mécanisme/Engrenages). J'ai repris la chanson à zéro depuis, mais comme je suis fier de ce concept, le voici !
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