This song was written by Sting for the movie Kate and Leopold, which was about time travel and falling in love. For some reason the 3/4 time signature really evokes for me the ticking of a clock, and not just because it is marked with a metronome - although that is also a great way to portray not just the concept of time travel from the movie, but the idea of fleeting moments and the transience of everything in life, which is what makes love so bittersweet.
This song was written by Sting for the movie Kate and Leopold, which was about time travel and falling in love. For some reason the 3/4 time signature really evokes for me the ticking of a clock, and not just because it is marked with a metronome - although that is also a great way to portray not just the concept of time travel from the movie, but the idea of fleeting moments and the transience of everything in life, which is what makes love so bittersweet.