Time On My Mind
Navigating Life's Choices: Reflections from 'Time On My Mind'
Lyrics
You forgot about the mistake of your life
You are reminded of a significant mistake in your life.
cnd the things you packed in the car in the back when you met your wife
Recalling the items packed in the car when you first met your wife.
It was daylight when you escaped from your past
Escaping from your past during daylight hours.
But it's different than you'd think, ‘cause your memories did not last
Memories from that time did not endure as expected.
Come on singer do you not remember how
Asking a singer to remember how to evoke certain emotions through music.
To make these sounds and let me feel the way I want to now?
Expressing a desire for the singer to create a specific emotional experience.
Married friends are difficult I've found
Pointing out challenges in maintaining relationships with married friends.
Easy to touch base with, so much harder to expound
Touching base with married friends is easy, but explaining deeper issues is harder.
Does having sex turn around your head,
Questioning whether sexual experiences dominate thoughts, drowning out other connections.
So you can't hear the friends who are not in your bed?
Not blaming but acknowledging the impact of intimate relationships on friendships.
It sounds like I'm putting blame on you, but I'm not.
Recognizing a strange dynamic in conversations, beyond personal fault.
Cause there's something strange every time that we talk,
Despite strange dynamics, acknowledging a deeper issue in the relationship.
It's deeper than us and it's no one's fault.
Understanding that the deeper issue is nobody's fault.
So we're not close, but I know you're my friend.
Acknowledging a distant friendship but affirming its importance.
Maybe I have lost my mind, or maybe I have too much time.
Contemplating whether losing one's mind or having too much time is the cause of current feelings.
So I've landed here in a life of my own
Describing a life lived independently with thoughts kept private.
cnd it's only my own no one else has to know what I'm thinking of
Emphasizing the privacy of personal thoughts and experiences.
I'm a drink poured out on a countertop spread wide
Comparing oneself to a spilled drink on a countertop, unable to maintain shape without external guidance.
Cause I can't hold my shape with no one else to draw the lines
Expressing the difficulty of defining oneself without external influences.
cm I really alone in this life of mine?
Questioning whether the individual is truly alone in their life.
Is all of this waste really called my time? Does it matter to you or to anyone else what I do?
Raising questions about the perceived wastefulness of personal time.
In the heat of the day I can hear your voice,
Hearing someone's voice in the heat of the day, suggesting a presence or influence.
You're telling me there's such a thing as choice,
Being informed about the existence of choice, implying personal agency.
cnd you're asking me, who I want to be.
Questioning and contemplating personal identity and aspirations.
Maybe I have lost my mind, or maybe I have too much time.
Reiterating the contemplation of losing one's mind or having excess time.
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