Always Running Out Of Time

Much of today was spent in the glorious company of Cadena, my Gibson Maestro...it was lovely. :) The only downside is that spending hours with her turns into MORE hours, until I am very sleepy. And yet I still have much to say, and an entry has yet to be written! However, tonight's will be a lyric reflection.

This song was written in association with Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, and I like it a lot for many reasons. Mostly, I find that it describes so accurately the daily slipping away of our most precious commodity: time. Usually almost imperceptible until hindsight, the accidental and regrettable loss of time can be a pretty harsh reality. Since I've been acknowledging it more readily in my own life, I've been slowly learning to both recognize trivial time-wasters and treasure this unique gift of minutes, hours, and days.

"Always Running Out Of Time"
Motion City Soundtrack

"I won't tell you how to live your life,
so please stay far away from mine.
Always watching out for 'which' and 'whether's,
always running out of time.

Drip drap,
Peeling back the skin of summer;
autumns, everything aligns.

Inside out and roundabout,
my heart is always running out of time!
Always running out of time...

I have to know
if you'll float away with me.
The faster I go,
the further away it seems you get!
Are we floating nowhere yet?

Drip drop,
try to stop the forward motion;
all hands tend to fall behind.

Wasted 'whether's of the 'which' cuts deeper,
Always running out of time!
Always running out of time...

I have to know
if you'll float away with me.
The faster I go,
the further away it seems you get...

With all of me white
and all of her red,
I should have stayed,
but I lost my head.

With all of our rhymes
divorcing themselves,
I should have stayed,
but I lost my head.

I should have stayed,
but I lost myself.

Always running out of time. (Always running out of time)
Always running out of time. (Always running out of time)
Always running out of time. (Always running out of time)
Always running out of time. (Always running out of time)..."