Time On Her Side

Future Islands

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    The sea was large today
    Just as any other day
    But something broke in me
    Watching on this winter’s eve

    Like a voice, that I’d been trying to hide
    Pulled me close
    And out into the undertow

    I can’t beat it
    Oh! The sirens sing me home
    Just can’t release it
    I didn’t have the strength to go

    She’s a garden rose and blossoms head to toe
    And even when she leaves her golden shadow stings

    I can’t beat it
    Every time she goes, cuts me even deeper
    If only I’d the strength to go
    Like she does

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    But she’s got time on her side
    And she’s free to decide
    Because she’s got time on her side
    To be young is divine

    And scaling the dunes to sea
    Where the white wall feeds
    Gets me no closer to peace
    From the grips that she holds on me

    Oh! I can’t beat it
    Every time she goes
    Cuts a lil deeper
    So the wound will never close

    If only I could beat it
    She wouldn’t look away for woe
    But it finds me when I’m sleeping
    And wakes me in a fevered low
    Like she does

    But she’s got time on her side
    And she’s free to decide
    Because she’s got time on her side
    She’s so free, it’s sublime

    I just wonder if I’m on her mind
    As she’s on mine, all the time
    And I want her to know that I’m on her side
    I’m on her side

    The sea was large today
    Just as any other day

    Song details

    Composition: William H. Cashion, Samuel T. Herring, and John G. Welmers

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