When time is running out
Do you hear the ticking?
Maybe you don't; so bored are you
That you resort to pen-lid clicking

In a class full of students,
Can you hear the clock tick-tock?
It comes from our hearts
It enters without a knock

Can you hear the life fade from others?
Concentrate hard enough, and I think you can
Chance and fate will have their ways
They've already drawn up your lifetime plan

The louder it is, the longer you will live
Your inner clock hasn't wound down
The fainter it is, like little claw clicks,
And you haven't long until your one with the sound