The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
So quickly time will come and time will go
It runs on by
It steals your hopes and dreams and one last chance
You never know
I can see it now
I can feel its scolding hand
Saying come on now you've got to run
You wonder can you stop the hands of time
Erase your fate
He's laughing, knowing that he's got control
Just watch and wait
I can see it now
I can hear the whispered voice
Telling me now you've got no time to waste
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time
And you've got to see
You have the answer, you have the strength
There's no denying it's in your hands
It's in your hands
It's a matter of time
Living breathing touching feeling
Hoping dreaming still deceiving
Searching finding losing crying
Know the truth you're dying
Oh you're dying
It's a matter of time
Remember who you are and what you have
The time is yours
Your flame is burning down so guard it well
It may go out
I can see it now
I can see the end of time
Holding the answers to all your fears
It's a matter of time
It runs on by
It steals your hopes and dreams and one last chance
You never know
I can see it now
I can feel its scolding hand
Saying come on now you've got to run
You wonder can you stop the hands of time
Erase your fate
He's laughing, knowing that he's got control
Just watch and wait
I can see it now
I can hear the whispered voice
Telling me now you've got no time to waste
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time
And you've got to see
You have the answer, you have the strength
There's no denying it's in your hands
It's in your hands
It's a matter of time
Living breathing touching feeling
Hoping dreaming still deceiving
Searching finding losing crying
Know the truth you're dying
Oh you're dying
It's a matter of time
Remember who you are and what you have
The time is yours
Your flame is burning down so guard it well
It may go out
I can see it now
I can see the end of time
Holding the answers to all your fears
It's a matter of time
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
This is one of those multi-level meaning songs. On one level, they're talking about the temporary status of life; nobody can live forever. On another level, they're talking about the temporary nature of the entertainment industry; nobody can be on top forever. Although you cannot completely win either way, you have enough power to make you way through life.
For me the most powerful part of this song is that Terri Nunn performed it live on TV in 1979, and she still performs it today, live on stage, almost forty years later.
Just a matter of time, indeed.