Watchmaker
[Intro: Trenton Woodley]
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
I want to learn the secrets and the sciences of seconds, oh
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
The methods to dull my ears to the sound
[Verse 2: Matty Mullins]
Teach me how to rewind, rewind, so I can relive
Every second, minute - all I missed, oh
I'm always focused on the next thing
If only I could pause and breath
Teach me how
[Verse 3: Trenton Woodley]
If I were a watchmaker
I'd build suspension into the springs
Hidden gears, secret faces
Undiscovered hours to keep you in
These hours to keep you in
[Pre-Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
There'll be no back, there'll be no forth
Just us where we are
[Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines
Teach me the measure of these machines
[Verse 4: Trenton Woodley]
I'm haunted by mechanical sounds
Damped, stolen, and swallowed, relentless, counting down
In the bellies of old enemies
And I'm plagued by the "tick-tock - tick-tock"
But with vehemence I'll take to their faces and tear them away
There's tension in me
I'm wound up and bound to this endless release
A robin imprisoned in a carved clock
I'm a tune locked in a music box to a grave melody
I can feel a nervousness in my fingers
To spindles, they're wasting away
And with every twitch, they're turning
Passing by with my meaningless revolutions
[Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines
Teach me the measure of these machines
[Bridge: Trenton Woodley]
I gazed too deep, I leaned in too close
Caught by the collar and dragged into a two-four waltz
Drawn into steps unfamiliar to me
I was passed like partners between turning teeth
[Outro: Trenton Woodley, Matty Mullins]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
(Teach me how to rewind, rewind)
If I were a watchmaker
(So I can relive)
I'd build suspension into the springs
(Every second, minute - all I missed, oh)
Hidden gears, secret faces
Undiscovered hours to keep you in
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn (the secrets and sciences of seconds)
(Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines)
Teach me the measure of these machines
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
I want to learn the secrets and the sciences of seconds, oh
(Watchmaker, teach me the ways)
The methods to dull my ears to the sound
[Verse 2: Matty Mullins]
Teach me how to rewind, rewind, so I can relive
Every second, minute - all I missed, oh
I'm always focused on the next thing
If only I could pause and breath
Teach me how
[Verse 3: Trenton Woodley]
If I were a watchmaker
I'd build suspension into the springs
Hidden gears, secret faces
Undiscovered hours to keep you in
These hours to keep you in
[Pre-Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
There'll be no back, there'll be no forth
Just us where we are
[Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines
Teach me the measure of these machines
[Verse 4: Trenton Woodley]
I'm haunted by mechanical sounds
Damped, stolen, and swallowed, relentless, counting down
In the bellies of old enemies
And I'm plagued by the "tick-tock - tick-tock"
But with vehemence I'll take to their faces and tear them away
There's tension in me
I'm wound up and bound to this endless release
A robin imprisoned in a carved clock
I'm a tune locked in a music box to a grave melody
I can feel a nervousness in my fingers
To spindles, they're wasting away
And with every twitch, they're turning
Passing by with my meaningless revolutions
[Chorus: Trenton Woodley]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines
Teach me the measure of these machines
[Bridge: Trenton Woodley]
I gazed too deep, I leaned in too close
Caught by the collar and dragged into a two-four waltz
Drawn into steps unfamiliar to me
I was passed like partners between turning teeth
[Outro: Trenton Woodley, Matty Mullins]
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn the secrets and sciences of seconds
(Teach me how to rewind, rewind)
If I were a watchmaker
(So I can relive)
I'd build suspension into the springs
(Every second, minute - all I missed, oh)
Hidden gears, secret faces
Undiscovered hours to keep you in
Watchmaker, teach me the workings
I want to learn (the secrets and sciences of seconds)
(Teach me the seasons, the measure of these machines)
Teach me the measure of these machines