Time By The Alan | Parsons Project W/ Lyrics

Woolfson himself once remarked that the song could be interpreted through many lenses—from an ancient sea captain embarking on a dangerous voyage to a modern astronaut venturing into the unknown.

Appearing on the gambling-themed concept album (1980), the song serves as a meditation on the risks we take with the hours we are given. The lyrics use the powerful metaphor of a river flowing to the sea to illustrate how moments, once passed, are "gone forever". Time by The Alan Parsons Project w/ Lyrics

(Verse 1) Time, flowing like a riverTime, beckoning meWho knows when we shall meet againIf everBut time keeps flowing like a riverTo the sea Woolfson himself once remarked that the song could

(Chorus) Goodbye my love, maybe for foreverGoodbye my love, the tide waits for meWho knows when we shall meet againIf everBut time keeps flowing like a river (on and on)To the sea, to the sea (Verse 1) Time, flowing like a riverTime, beckoning

(Chorus) Goodbye my love, maybe for foreverGoodbye my love, the tide waits for meWho knows when we shall meet againIf everBut time keeps flowing like a river (on and on)To the sea, to the sea (Verse 2) Till it's gone foreverGone forevermore