Lyrics

[intro][melancholic; melodic acid arpeggio synth]

You had a dream
to break my sky wide open
But all that labor
left your body broken
Ran out of time
to watch the path I’m takin’
You gave everything
Won’t watch your dream forsaken

[Pre-chorus][Tension riser synth]

With your dyin’ breath, you asked me
For one last thing, one final promise

[Chorus][powerful; Driving 303 acid ostinato bassline]

Nooow I’m half a dream away
That promise finally found me
And there’s no time. No time. No Time.
Now my promise is a lie.

[Breakbeat Interlude][Percussion solo]

oh-ah-oh-oh
oh-oh-ah-ah

[bridge][rapped]

Twenty years ago, I was just a kid
While I watched your eyes growing dim
I made a promise, to keep your memory
And when the time came, I’d make your journey
Then the years went by and my dreams came close
That promise found me here like a ghost
But that place is far, this place is home
Why can’t the past leave me alone?
I made other obligations
Just can’t up and leave my station
A billion miles across the darkness
How could I ever keep that promise?
And there’s no time. There’s just no time. No Time.
Guess my promise was just a lie.

[verse][melodic acid arpeggio synth]

I took your dream
Did the best with what I had
But now your honor
demands I leave instead
There’s just no time
to do what you asked of me
You gave everything
And I’d give anything

[Pre-chorus][Accelerating pitch riser]

for what your dyin’ breath asked of me
That one thing, my final promise

[Chorus][powerful; Driving 303 acid ostinato bassline]

Nooow I’m half a dream away
That promise finally found me
And there’s no time. No time. No Time.
Now my promise is a lie.

[drop]

oh-ah-oh-oh
oh-oh-ah-ah

[slow outro][sad; breathy]

A billion miles
across the darkness
How could I ever
keep my promise
There’s just no time.
No time. No time.
Now my promise is a lie.

[fade out][atmospheric echo tail]

oh-ah-oh-oh
oh-oh-ah-ah

[end]

Track: No Time