Story Behind The Song
When I turned 40, and my day job had become my career and my music was in danger of becoming a hobby, I really started feeling like I had missed my shot. Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans, as they say.
This song seemed to capture that feeling of running out of time and the lyrics point to accepting the inevitability of aging and appreciating the change in perspective.
Song Description
Piano driven rock song with poignant lyrics referencing the way time seems to speed up as you grow older.
| Song Length |
4:40 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Depressing |
Subject |
Age, Aging, Change |
| Similar Artists |
Billy Joel, Tom Petty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Days Turn Into Yesterdays
It doesn't matter how hard I rage against the dying light
Time finds a way of marching on
Seems like every time I get a chance to turn around
All of my time is gone
Gone gone gone
Sitting around watching all my days turn into yesterdays
Drifting further away as time rolls by
Pretty soon all my years have turned into decades
And I've grown a little more grey
But a little more wise
Well there ain't nothing that I can do about it anyway
Time just keeps rolling along
So I guess I'll learn to appreciate every day
That I get to sing my song 'cuz time rolls on
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