Time rushes by me on wings of quartz and steel
turns in circles round me till I forget to feel
Seconds turn to minutes, hours turn to days
Don't matter how I count them, I never win the race.

Against time, time I'm taking my
time, time, I'm taking it
I was lost inside a song
the years seem short but the days are long
time, time, taking me
time, time, breaking me
I'm lost inside a song
now the years seem short but the days go on and on.

And sometimes I remember the first days of my life
I was once a daughter, now I'm acting like a wife
and my mirror tells me lies when we discuss my age
I'm smoothing out the lines, I'm pulling out the greys.

Well that's time, time I'm taking my
time, time, I'm taking it
I was lost inside a song
the years seem short but the days are long
time, time, taking me
time, time making me cry
lost inside a song
now the years seem short but the days go on and on

It runs like rick-a-tick rick-a-tick tock
I set my alarm but I don't wake up
now it's been a long time since I've seen your face
been a long time since the good old days
I mean a damn long time since the good old days
so even if it's true, don't tell me that I changed.

The hourglass is running, you can't turn it around.
One day you're a mile high, the next you're underground.
The seconds and the moments, the seasons and the years,
won't matter how you measured, once it disappears.

Well, that's time, time, I'm taking my
time, time, I'm taking it
I was lost inside a song,
the years seem short but the days are long
time, time, taking me
time, time, breaking me
time, like water, deep and strong
the current pulls us all along.