Chasing Hours

Walls are rising, your kids keep growing Lost in emails, the distance is showing Feeling so close yet miles apart Trade your time but you're losing your heart Check your phone, their laughter's fleeting At your desk, their time you're cheating Overtime, it's like you lost it Gave your heart to that cold office Overtime, but family's calling Priorities, you keep on stalling Overtime, the clock is ticking Missed the moments, what were you thinking? Lights down low, another missed dinner Calls go to voicemail, you're not the winner Empty chairs fill the spaces at home Where laughter should be, now you stand all alone Briefcase heavy but your soul's feeling light Caught in the grind, it's the same every night Look in their eyes, see the wish there unspoken Lost in the race, all these promises broken Family portrait, smiles frozen in time But your place at the table, is covered with your nine to five [Chorus] You need just one kiss, to remember what's missing But you're chained to the desk, while their lives you're dismissing Tie loosened slowly, feels like a chokehold Mirrored reflection, in your eyes lies a story untold Just one hug, to feel what's real, not this lonely guise But you're married to the work, ignoring their cries [Verse 2] In their heartbeats, is where home calls But your absence echoes in the empty halls Through the glass (see your world) They reach for you, but you're too far gone Family's warmth traded for a cold dawn Yet inside (deep inside) A voice that pleads, just to break free From this cycle that won't let you be