I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Looking back at the beginning of this
And how life was
Just you and me and love and all of our friends
Living life like an ocean
But now the currents slowly pulling me down
It's getting harder to breath
It won't be too long and I'll be going under
Can you save me from this
'Cause it's not my time,
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, I won't go
I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take 'em away
Oh, but I'm taking 'em back
All this time I've just been to blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live
Is not what we have, it's what we believe
It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a wield in me
Now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, but I won't go
I won't go
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be something you can see
It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a wield in me
Now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, but I won't go
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see
I won't go!
No I won't go down!
Yeah.
And how life was
Just you and me and love and all of our friends
Living life like an ocean
But now the currents slowly pulling me down
It's getting harder to breath
It won't be too long and I'll be going under
Can you save me from this
'Cause it's not my time,
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, I won't go
I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take 'em away
Oh, but I'm taking 'em back
All this time I've just been to blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live
Is not what we have, it's what we believe
It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a wield in me
Now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, but I won't go
I won't go
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be something you can see
It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a wield in me
Now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, but I won't go
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see
I won't go!
No I won't go down!
Yeah.
Lyrics submitted by BlessedHobbit
It's Not My Time Lyrics as written by Christopher Lee Henderson Bradley Kirk Arnold
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
There are some minor errors in this, including the omission of a line or two. Not trying to knock the person or anything like that. Anyway, I think it's about someone finally summoning up enough courage to say enough is enough and confront the person that has been tormenting them for years. I think this CD in general has been a great leap lyrically at least for 3DD. I'm not saying that the other CD's are bad, far from it actually. If you don't have the CD yet, it is well worth the buy.
Try these out:
Nevermind the face that you put on In front of me And nevermind the pain You've put me ..through
Cause every little thing you say And every little thing you do It makes me doubt all of this
What are you waiting for?
[Chorus:] Look what you did Is this who you wanted me to be? Well it's not me
Look what you did Is this how you wanted it to be? This life you gave away Was meant for me
Forget the trip that you've been on Or so it seems Nevermind the lies that you told, my tears
Cause every little thing you said And every little thing you did You made me doubt all of this
Is that what your waiting for?
[Chorus:] Look what you did Is this who you wanted me to be? Well it's not me
Look what you did Is this how you wanted it to be? This life you gave away Was meant for me Was meant for me Was meant for me Yeah, Yeahhhhhh
Look what you did Is this who you wanted me to be? Well it's not me
Look what you did Is this how you wanted it to be? This life you gave away Was meant for me
Yeahhhhhh
Oh was meant for me, yeah hey yeah hey
Oh No Oh
Man, break-ups can sure suck!!! =(
ahhh i love this song.. "nevermind the lies you told my tears" best line in the whole song
I think this song is about a guy who gets broken up with, and wants the girl to be happy, so he doesn't show her that he's hurting inside, but he ends up hurting so much that he just can't hide it anymore. And these lines were missing at the very end, which I think is the best part of the song:
I don't know how I can face this pain I'll keep it inside so you can't see I don't think I can go on this way, 'cause it's not me
It's about a guy who is being changed into someone he's not. Someone is trying to change him but he doesn't want to change because it's not who he is.
agree with xx 3DD Fan. you love this person and almost give up your own identity for her, but then you come to realize that this isn't who you are and you don't want to be changed into somebody else. yet you are afraid of giving up the relationship althou you fear it's coming to an end.
that was my first favorite song from seventeen days. (until i got to love all of them equally)
i think its about a break up where the guy is so hurt that its changing who he is and hes trying to fight it cuz its not who he is
and i think hes kinda blaming the girl for it because shes the one who hurt him...and shes the one changing him
at least thats what i think
I think this song is pretty much related to his near death experience in his car accident with his wife.
Whoops meant to post that on "It's Not My Time"
lol, i find it funny when people do that :P, never understood how you can do that :S:S haha<br /> <br /> good song btw
To me this song is about two people that had a relationship (Doesn't have to be romantic) And the other person was changing giving up a life, trying to make the other one change themselves. The only reason I think this is because I found it at the exact moment when my best friend walked out of my life.