Back in Time

Temporal Reflections: Keane's Echo of Time in 'Back in Time'
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Lyrics

I have got time to kill

I have ample time available

I am not leaving for the moment anymore

I am staying in the present moment

I don't wanna wake up

Desire to avoid facing reality or responsibilities

I have got time to kill

I have free time to spend

I am not leaving for the future anymore

I am not planning for the future


I don't wanna wake

Reluctance to confront something

I don't wanna wake up

Repetition of the desire not to wake up

She goes back in time

Repetition emphasizing someone going back in time

She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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Time I wait for you

Expressing patience and anticipation for the passage of time

Hibernating hoping life will start again

Being inactive, waiting for a new beginning

Pedal in the water

Symbolic reference to being stagnant or not progressing

The days all seem the same

Monotony in life, days feeling repetitive

I dreamed by day I shut light out, I escape

Daydreaming or escaping reality during waking hours


I don't wanna wake

Repetition of the desire not to wake up

I don't wanna wake up

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She goes back in time

Repeated emphasis on someone going back in time

She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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Something backwards I forget, I forget

Forgetting something that happened in reverse

Time has wrapped his drowsy arms around my neck

Feeling entrapped or slowed down by time

Don't wanna wake up

Repetition of not wanting to wake up

Don't wanna wake up

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She goes back in time

Intensive repetition of someone going back in time

She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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She goes back in time

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And back again

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And back again

Emphasizing the cyclical nature of going back and forth in time

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