I hear them complain
Parents of children who grow up
"When did they get so old?"
If I were to answer
"During the minutes you let pass by."
Another stupid question everyone asks
When people need an excuse for missing out
"Where did the time go?"
If I were to answer
"Time doesn't stay still, it keeps moving."
When people try to revisit their past
Oh how they exclaim
"Boy, how time flies!"
I will answer them
"Time doesn't fly.
It runs."
People claim they don't want to miss it
But they don't even try to keep up
Because time keeps running
It stops for no one
Sure you might get tired
Lose your breath
But you keep on running
Because if you stop
That moment is gone
Even a second
Just one becomes far away
Even farther than all of history
You can find the far distant past in a book
But that last second
That is in no book
Not yet
That one second is running in the opposite direction
And no one can go back to that one second
Well maybe one man can
