Such a low down dirty trick you played me
You work your witchcraft so well
Straight through my bleeding heart
Another martyr to your hypodermic kiss
Your needle don't ever seem to miss
Time changes everything
Why did we have to say goodbye ?
And I know why the caged bird sings
Time changes everything
Was that a face I saw at the window ?
Did I hear footsteps out in the hall ?
All the people that we used to know
Faces stranded in my mind
Faces drawn without lines
Time changes everything
Why did we have to say goodbye ?
I know why the caged bird sings
Time changes everything
How can the world ?
Keep on turning ?
What else is it gonna do ?
I'm still growing, I'm still growing
I am now, I'm not the only child
Hanging in the frame with you
Time changes everything
Why did we have to say goodbye ?
I know why the caged bird sings
Time changes everything
Lyrics by:
Squire
Format:
Released: February 2003
Time Changes Everything (5 Force PR, 1 Track Promo CD)
Time Changes Everything (Red Alert PR, 1 Track Promo CD)
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Time Changes Everything (4.45)
Details:
Lines 3 - 5 in the opening verse of Time Changes Everything alludes to the Ten Storey Love Song video (musically, Time Changes Everything has the same choral melody as Ten Storey Love Song). This video was based around a Francis Bacon painting, 'Version Two of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe' (1953); "...hanging in the frame with you" gives a further clue as to the song's artistic leanings. Squire's assurance that he is "not the only child hanging in the frame with you" recall the 'child-like' experiences of Ian in the video, who is suffering cold turkey . Squire and Mani - see the scene where the latter brings a football to Ian - are adopting the role of children in order to see Ian through his struggle. "Faces drawn without lines" relates to the artistic technique of Bacon. Several of Bacon's figures, such as that in 'Version Two of Lying Figure with Hypodermic Syringe', are trapped in cages, just like the bird in Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'.
The interaction between the piano and other instruments at the end of the song is reminiscent of David Bowie's 'Time', from 'Aladdin Sane.'
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