Time Flies

Let's talk horology, how we measure timing and the essence in the presence of Mythology Seconds turn to minutes and the hours, sand drops in the hourglass of ours From our heartbeats, pendulum swings, phases of the moon, sunray beams Is it physics of the shapes inside? Digital analogs, chronicles of monologues I been in the past for a minute, for a last lil' visit, made it last for a minute Want this thing forever, not restin' – I guessin', I be livin' like there's things I'm regretting The things I ain't seen yet, people I ain't spoke to, secrets and confessions that I been Holdin' on to The ballad from the prodigal, Chronos - Kairos with the power, time is so methodical Ain't it funny how the time flies When you watching the sun rise Ain't it funny how the time flies When you staring at the night sky Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how the time flies Don't wanna grow up to be a bitter ass figure, celebrities we idolize, but never getting Bigger Let me fix the picture, the signal proper, take a look back at my life, all the lockers First off, I had to grow up quick, single parent home, mentality had to roam All the talk bout the money and the bills, replaced childhood whims and all the thrills Get the chills when I talk about the topic, mature for my age, fueled my rage So, I, guess it's hereditary, like my hairline, guess it was necessary, for my lifeline Took my time getting where I gotta be at, growing and showing, man, I hope y'all really See that My life ain't never followed a script, now that I'm grown, I don't give a shit Ain't it funny how the time flies When you watching the sun rise Ain't it funny how the time flies When you staring at the night sky Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how the time flies You know it's flying when you staring at some yearbooks, people changed up since, and It's got you shook Looking at the unfinished page, talkin' the Robin to my Ted, that shit all up in my head Never told her I felt, never capitalized, see you in my dreams, it be something like a Mirage That's my conscious that be hittin' a tad, gotta close the door to the great girl I never had Life is fast when you chasing pure ambition, when your dreams and goals comin' to Fruition It gets faster when your siblings grow up, and you ain't keeping up, and your age Creeping up It gets faster when your niece and nephews speaking and walking, time flies, you and Your father is talking Your best friend and old friends got new friends, it's the party of one, The Lone Wolf's End Ain't it funny how the time flies When you watching the sun rise Ain't it funny how the time flies When you staring at the night sky Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how time flies Ain't it funny how the time flies