Only Time (song)

Name	Only Time
Album/single	The General Electric
Length	4.37
Alternative titles
First live performance
Recorded	1999
Writer/composer	Shihad
Producer	GGGarth

Additional Information

Song meaning as told by Jon: "When I was growing up I really loved Neil Young's 'Old Man' and that's my sort of version, even though it ended up a funky rock/doo-wop number. It's just self-advice". (Real Groove, September 1999)

Lyrics

Out on the search for something happening
I lose where I begin
Now that something means nothing
A gone man set loose upon the street
Moves on up to me,
And says with feeling

When you can't find the world
You can only find yourself
And you can't break away
'Til you find your own way
But it takes time
You know it takes time

Gone man, I'm searching for a scene
For something to believe
But you make no sense to me
I've no time for words from an old man
He says "get 'em while you can
'Cause life burns up and then it's gone"

When you can't find the world
You can only find yourself
And you can't break away
'Til you find your own way
Surround yourself with love but nothing else
Then you can break away
When you find your own way

And it's only time
It’s only time
It’s only time
It’s only time
It’s only time

Gone man, I'm searching for a scene
For something to believe
But you make no sense to me

When you can't find the world
You can only find yourself
And you can't break away
'Til you find your own way
Surround yourself with love but nothing else
Then you can break away
When you find your own way

It’s only time
(when you can't find the world)
It’s only time
(when you can't find the world)
It’s only time
(Surround yourself
with enough of nothing else)
It’s only time
(when you can't find the world)
It’s only time
(you can only find yourself)
It’s only time
It’s only time
It’s only time