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 line Line 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 tonight There 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 tick And 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 lose An 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 me They 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 wisdom Cloaked 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 point A 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 you If 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 Today Will 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 day Fritter 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