Story Behind The Song

I was working as a video game test lead for a major publisher who often had us on 7 days a week. This brutal schedule, along with them flying me to different external development studios around the world, kept me from being able to touch base with my fri

Song Description

This song is (in essence) sort of an anthem against the clock. To urge the listener to call in sick now and then, to catch up with the ones they love. Life is too short to let it slip by you, or to spend it worrying about the repercussions of using such

Lyrics

Time
(Lyrics by Lee Lueken)
Verse:
These days are more full than they used to be
Wall-to-wall responsibility
the great preoccupation

Old ties fade and die eventually
people that we used to see
Bridge:
are left to imagination
Tell me when you reach your destination
Verse:
Mandatory overtime. The clock burns down
your brain unwinds
a string for your impulse's puppet

Destructive influences detain us from
things we need the most
some of us don't live long enough to regret it
Bridge:
I'll come and see you when I've got time
It's tough escaping from the grind
Verse:
Work's eating up your life and what youve got
the scraps that are left behind
there's money but therre is no time to spend it
Chorus:
Kick the clock. Call in to work
One whole day of self rebirth
Spontaneous pure elation
they'll just take it from your vacation