LYRIC FOR SALE

By Digital-Shadows

The Clockwork Hypnotist tells the story of a mysterious, time-themed figure who drifts into people’s lives when their thoughts are already unsteady. Presenting himself as a fixer and comforter, he uses hypnotic rhythms, dream imagery, and nostalgia to lull the listener into trust. As his metronomic influence deepens, the boundary between waking and dreaming dissolves, and free will quietly slips away.

What begins as reassurance becomes manipulation: memories are rewritten, desires reshaped, and identity slowly mechanised. The narrator realises—too late—that the Hypnotist is not a saviour but a subtle controller, turning people into marionettes inside a prewritten script. The song ends with surrender rather than escape, as the gears keep turning even after consciousness fades, suggesting a loss of agency to systems, routines, or forces that quietly run our lives while we sleep.