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My Body Is a Clock

by RUNAE

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This song about involuntary childlessness is based on my own experiences during the four and a half years of trying to get pregnant. Peter and I were some of the lucky ones who succeeded at the end after numerous treatments, and I gave birth to our Viktor last summer. So this is not an attempt to get pity. I know that some try even longer and some don’t succeed. But I want to tell my own story about this struggle because it has become part of who I am today. It was an inner struggle between heart and mind- battling with an inevitable ghost called time.
Making this song has been kind of like therapy for me, and to release it now feels as if I can finally let go of the pressure I have felt for so many years. It’s a closure.

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My body is a clock
but I had to keep believing
Hope is still breathing
but my mind begs me to stop
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When I was young
and ignorant about this outcome
and everybody said don’t worry
You’ve got plenty of time
Well, maybe for some, maybe for some

My body is a clock
but I had to keep believing
Hope is still breathing
but my mind begs me to stop
My body is a clock, my body is a clock
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The seasons run
Keep counting the moons and suns
Didn’t know that I were to join
this club of the invisible
who are waiting, who are waiting
who are waiting, waiting, who are waiting,
waiting, who are waiting, waiting

My body is a clock
but I have to keep believing
Hope is still breathing
but my mind begs me to stop
My body is a clock
Time can be deceiving
Should I keep believing
when my mind begs me to stop
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Staring into space
Should I let I go or should I stay
in this hell of uncertainty
fearlessly, fearlessly?
Should I be ashamed?
Hiding all my feelings

My body is a clock
but I have to keep believing
Hope is still breathing
but my mind begs me to stop
My body is a clock
Time can be deceiving
Should I keep believing
when my mind begs me to stop
My body is clock, my body is a clock
but my mind begs me to stop
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released September 1, 2023

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RUNAE writes about duality, the hidden, and the dark sides of human nature. Her first single, Enchanted, was released in February 2020 with the following EP Little Moon during the fall 2020. The singles You're My Wild Storm and Pirate's Blind Date came out in 2021, and she released a demo collection in 2022 just before giving birth to her son. Runae is now out with My body is a clock! ... more

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