Lyrics
Things come wrapped up in time
Things unfold over time.
Like the past in a present
The past is revealed gradually like a gift in the present.
Or the perfect line in a song
A perfect line in a song takes time to form.
They take their time
Things take their time to exist.
And when they're gone
Once gone, they take the time spent with them.
They take their time with them
Even after they are gone, their influence persists.
And you can't have them back
You cannot reclaim the past.
Because the time for them has gone
Time for those moments has passed.
And their time has gone with them
Their time is gone with them.
The time for them has gone.
Emphasizing that the time for those moments is irretrievable.
There's an echo of them
There is a lingering trace of those moments.
An echo of the time they were wrapped in
The echo preserves the essence of the time they were part of.
Sweet or bitter in the memory
The memory, whether sweet or bitter, is now only an echo.
But an echo is all, all I can reach now
An echo is the only connection to those memories.
An echo of you
An echo of a person remains.
An echo of you
Repetition for emphasis.
An echo of you in your time
The echo preserves the person in their time.
Still echoing
The echo continues persistently.
Like a star in the sky
Comparing the persistence of the echo to a star in the sky.
Like a star in the sky above me
The echo remains above, symbolizing its lasting presence.
And the story of it's life
The life story of the echo is recounted backward through time.
Told backwards down this rod of light
The narration moves backward along a metaphorical rod of light.
But at it's beginning..
Reflecting on the beginning of the echo's existence.
Long extinct.
Stating that the origin of the echo is long extinct.
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