"Counting Time Will Kill You "

https://suno.com/song/429e6300-e53b-41f1-8ccc-30d37302843c

Words by Elvis and Shade . Basically stop wasting time and get to writing . Even empty pages are a blessing .

Verse 1:

Been sittin’ in the dark, watchin’ smoke fade slow,

Dreams like old tattoos, some don’t ever go.

Whiskey on the table, Bible on the floor,

Heaven’s just a motel I don’t check in for.

Pre-Chorus:

Clock on the wall keeps laughin’ at me,

Tickin’ off sins like rosary beads.

Chorus:

Counting time will kill you, boy,

Waitin’ on the world to change.

Every minute’s just another nail,

Drivin’ deeper in your name.

You can pray, or you can move —

But the clock don’t care what you choose.

Counting time will kill you —

So live it, or it’ll bury you.

Verse 2:

Letters in a drawer from a girl I lost,

Words still warm, but the ink’s long crossed.

I told her I’d come back when the storms were through —

But time don’t stop, it just rolls over you.

Pre-Chorus:

Dust on my boots, blood in my grin,

I keep losin’ years and winnin’ sin.

Chorus:

Counting time will kill you, boy,

Waitin’ on a break to come.

Every sunrise feels the same,

When you’re runnin’ from what you’ve done.

You can hide, or you can burn —

Either way that wheel still turns.

Counting time will kill you —

So live it, or it’ll bury you.

Bridge:

The devil don’t chase, he just waits in line,

Smokin’ a grin while you count down time.

And the angels quit watchin’ long ago,

Said, “Son, you reap what you let grow.”

Final Chorus (bigger & rougher):

Counting time will kill you, friend,

Ain’t no mercy at the end.

You can fight it, you can kneel,

But it don’t care how you feel.

Every tick’s a warning bell,

Heaven or hell — it’s hard to tell.

Counting time will kill you —

So live fast, or time sure will.

Outro:

Yeah, counting time will kill you…

If the whiskey don’t beat it to it first.