Given that the theme of the month is the Philosophy of Time, I thought it would be fun to list Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Songs about Time. I have also included some lyrical snippets that illustrate the philosophical draw of these 10 great tracks.
#10: “Child in Time” by Deep Purple
Sweet child in time, you’ll see the lineLine that’s drawn between the Good and the Bad
See the blind man, he’s shooting at the world
Bullets flying, ooh taking toll
If you’ve been bad - Oh Lord I bet you have
And you’ve not been hit oh by flying lead
You’d better close your eyes, you’d better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet
#9: “The Longest Time” by Billy Joel
If you said goodbye to me tonightThere would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I’m so inspired by you
That hasn’t happened for the longest time
#8: “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper
Lying in my bed I hear the clock tickAnd think of you
Caught up in circles confusion
Is nothing new
Flashback warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcase of memories
Time after
Sometimes you picture me
I’m walking too far ahead
You’re calling to me, I can’t hear
What you said
Then you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
If you’re lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I’ll be waiting
Time after time
#7: “Caught Somewhere in Time” by Iron Maiden
If you had the time to loseAn open mind and time to choose
Would you care to take a look
Or can you read me like a book
Time is always on my side
Time is always on my side
Can I tempt you, come with me
Be Devil may care fulfill your dream
If I said I’d take you there
Would you go, would you be scared
Time is always on my side
Time is always on my side
Don’t be afraid, you’re safe with me
Safe as any soul could be…Honestly
Just let yourself go
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
#6: “Whisper in Time” by Bad Religion
All those stories that my dad told meThey are just a whisper in time
All those things that never came to be
They are just a whisper in time
A whisper in time, a whisper in time
Things that I can’t shake from my mind
A whisper in time, a whisper in time
Moments that just flicker and die
All those places I wanted to go
They are just a whisper in time
All those friends who now I do not know
They are just a whisper in time
Maps and roads that brought me here today
They are just a whisper in time
Circumstances that were explained away
They are just a whisper in time
Because we are messengers of memory
Just whispers in time
#5: “Essence of Time” by isa (my old band with my bro Devin Roberts)
Words of wisdomCloaked in love but meaningless
Don’t wish for what you can’t have
When time and love don’t coalesce
But time is of the essence
And the essence is loaded up
With violent words in passages
Where do we go from here
All this time is floating away
Where do we go from here
All my love is floating away
It’s always the same
Time is of the essence
And the essence is fading away
Stuck in this atmosphere of worry
Oh it carries on
I swear its hard to breathe
Oh everything is still and waiting for to come around
Day after day it’s all the same
#4: “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day
Another turning pointA fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go
So make the best of this test
And don’t ask why
It’s not a question
But a lesson learned in time
It’s something unpredictable
But in the end it’s right
I hope you had the time of your life
#3: “Somewhere in Time” by Savatage
So what can I tell youIf life’s the length of this play
Perhaps God gave the answers
To those with nothing to say
The years are forgiven
If God’s forgiving and kind
Perhaps we’ll all find the answers
Somewhere in time
Somewhere in time
I’ve been changing
Redefining
All the things I thought I knew
So long ago
When I was flying
Through the years that seem so far away
In the back of a reason
In the back of my mind
Where I’ve piled up the seasons
That I’ve traded for time
I’ve been grasping at rainbows
Hanging on till the end
But the rain is so real lord
And the rainbows pretend
The rainbows pretend
#2: “Got the Time” by Anthrax
If I, Tell Ya What I’m Doing TodayWill You, Shut up and Get out of My Way
Someone Ask Me What the Time Is, I Don’t Know
Only Know I Gotta Go Now
No Time, Tryin’ Ta Get a Watch Repaired
No Time, Never Got a Thing to Wear
Little Ringin’ on the Telephone
Oh No, Hear a Ringin’ in My Head Now
No Such Thing as Tomorrow
All We Want
Two, Three, Go!
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin’ in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin’ in My Head
Time, Got the Time Tick Tick Tickin’ in My Head
Tickin’ in My Head, Tickin’ in My Head, Tickin’ in My Head
#1: “Time” by Pink Floyd
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull dayFritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say
