Well, my Latin translations haven’t been confirmed by any kind souls, but I’ve pressed on with Time Flies anyway. Of the songs I’ve posted this month, this is the one I’m most unsure of. Parts of it great, but there are bits I’d like to do some considerable work on too. For that reason, this may not actually be the last version of the song I’ll post. It is, however, finished enough to count towards my target and be the fourth song I’ve written and recorded this month.
Time Flies
by Ross Flint, 16/04/09 – 21/04/09
i: Sabuli Tempus
Standing in the present, watching as time goes past
Beginning with the first days, ending with the last
Time travels from the future into history
Leaving us behind as it goes on its way
It’s an infinite stream and we stand against the flow
Blindly looking forward at a future we can’t know
An infinite expanse of possibilities
A never-ending curve of probabilities
Watch the hourglass as the sand runs away
See tomorrow pass into yesterday
A trickle of grains becomes a deluge
Time is running out – there’s no refuge
You’ll be buried anyway
We’re walking in the sands of time
We take a stand and draw a line
But we don’t have the strength to turn back the tide
And trying to do so is just foolish pride
There is no fountain that grants eternal youth
No magical elixir to stave off time’s abuse
An infinite expanse but we try to stand still
Time and change won’t be denied: won’t bow to human will
Watch the hourglass as the sand runs away
See tomorrow pass into yesterday
A trickle of grains becomes a deluge
Time is running out – there’s no refuge
You’ll be buried anyway
ii: Memorium Angiportus
Time is a road with many forks along the way
One for each decision made each and every day
The road ahead is darkened and hidden
The path behind beyond our grasp
We look back as memories rise unbidden
Haunting us from the past
iii: Carpe Diem
Reach out and take your prizes
When the opportunity arises
Never let them slip away
Reach out and seize the day
Life is short, you get just one
Take your chances as they come
Grasp your dreams and you might see them
Carpe diem
Tempus fugit
Carpe diem
