people don' get it
act like they met it
like they can pick it up
trick it up
stick it up

like it's a thing you get to have

Its not something you earn
maybe somethin' you learn

the time is not negotiable

and you can't do it alone
it's not on your phone
and not made out of stone

you can lose it
you do get to chose it

day, after day, after day
and in a way

it becomes a thing on its own

it starts to refine you
how they define you

get to know
that you mean what you say

and the time
the time
it don't rhyme
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no easy way to say it
and not meant to play it
like its somethin' they give you
live you
forgive you

Like it's a thing on a shelf

not a prize that you win
not a toy you can spin

or a result of being sociable

and sometimes you are alone
just a line on the phone
and you are not made out of stone

and you lose it
and you try to choose it

but things seem to get in the way
and in a way

it becomes a symbol on its own

how you define you
how you design you

how you know
that you mean what you say

and the time
the time
it don't rhyme

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still gotta question it
hearin' me expressin' it
like I know what I'm saying
I'm praying
I'm staying

The one thing I have faith in

I know to give space to
the days we can get through

and we know now its controllable

and not afraid of alone
the years they have shown
it is harder than stone

and we will lose, but not it
and we choose to hold it

and the things that get taken
will not leave us shaken

we have done what we set out to do

you have defined me
and I have defined you

and I know
that you mean what you say


and the time
the time
we made it rhyme