Borrowed Time

I've been counting ceilings, counting years

Running circles dressed in quiet fears

The mirror shows a stranger getting old

With a chest full of stories never told

And the clock don't care

About the things you meant to say

Every second spent just standing there

Is a second thrown away

We're all living on borrowed time

So why are we standing still?

Every heartbeat is a finish line

And I'm running, running, running uphill

On borrowed time

Oh, borrowed time

I traded days for safety nets

Built a life on comfortable regrets

But something cracked behind my ribs last night

A voice that said: "Get up — get up and fight"

And the world won't wait

For the man who learns too late

Every promise left at heaven's gate

Is just another weight

We're all living on borrowed time

So why are we standing still?

Every heartbeat is a finish line

And I'm running, running, running uphill

On borrowed time

Oh, borrowed time

I wasted years on "someday soon"

I watched the light leave every room

But I'm still breathing

I'm still here

And that's enough to shift the gears

That's enough, that's enough

We're all living on borrowed time

And I won't be standing still

Every heartbeat is a starting line

And I'm burning, burning, burning until

There's nothing left to find

On borrowed time

Borrowed time

Burning

Borrowed time