||<-3><tablealign=center><tablewidth=100%><tablebordercolor=#302f35,#302f35><tablebgcolor=transparent><bgcolor=#302f35,#302f35><color=#bacdd3,#bacdd3> A Matter of Time 주요 차트 기록 ||
Swore I'd never do this again Think that I'm so clever, I could date a friend He just called me, said he's runnin' late Like me, he probably had to regurgitate I know it's irrational, at least I'm self-aware I'm shivering, maybe I'll stay home, oh shit, he's here
My head's a wild place, I've considered every way Words I'll forget, deeply regret, he'll run away And nothing brings me fear like meeting with my destiny But like clockwork, think he fell in love with me
Ding, dong Ding, dong Ding, dong
Now we're drinking, caught in fight or flight I think I might be loving this romantic night Damn, he's smiling, starin' back at me We're at the arcade, think it's going perfectly I know I'm dramatic, but I caved in at his touch I want him forever, oh my God, I've said too much
My head's a wild place, I've considered every way Words I'll forget, deeply regret, I'll run away And nothing brings me fear like meeting with my destiny But good God, I think he fell in love Tick, tock, and I fell in love too Like clockwork, I fell in love with you
This skyscraper's causing vertigo The countdown begins in Tokyo Twenty-seven days alone Means twenty million ways to cope without you
I'm in a reckless fever, love-struck girl, I'd tease her Thought I'd never be her Quite the job you've done on me, sir You've been hosting parties in my mind I'm working overtime to have you in my world Oh, what a curse it is to be a lover girl
Forced to get creative, wrote my feelings down The independent lady in me's nowhere to be found I can't wait another day to see you How embarrassing to be this way
I'm in a reckless fever, love-struck girl, I'd tease her Thought I'd never be her Quite the job you've done on me, sir You've been hosting parties in my mind I'm working overtime to have you in my world Oh, what a curse it is to be in love
I wait by the phone like a high school movie Dream at the shows, you'll come runnin' to me Think I see you in the wings, God I'm hallucinating
What a reckless fever, love-struck girl, I'd tease her Thought I'd never be her Quite the job you've done on me, sir You've been hosting parties in my mind I'm working overtime, you've become my whole world Oh, what a curse it is to be a lover girl
Can't help but notice, all of the ways In which I failed myself, I failed the world all the same I don't think I'm pretty, it's not up for debate A woman's best currency is her body, not her brain
They try to tell me, tell me I'm wrong But mirrors tell lies to me, my mind just plays along The world is a sick place, at least for a girl The people want beauty, skinny always wins And I don't have enough of it, I'll never have enough of it
Sometimes I see her, she looks like Snow White She's everything I am but my wrongs are turned to rights Her body is smaller, skin is so fair She's achieved everything I've dreamed of And it's all that I can think of
They try to tell me, tell me I'm wrong But mirrors tell lies to me, my mind just plays along The world is a sick place, at least for a girl The people want beauty, skinny, always wins And I don't have enough of it, I'll never have enough of it
I rack my brain, spend hours and days I still can't figure it out What happened that year in our house Still learning to live without you I wonder what you tell your friends Which version of our fairy story The one where you walk out in glory Or the night I moved out in a hurry
I think about you always Tied together with a string I thought that lilies died by winter, then they bloomed again in spring It's a heartbreak Marked the end of our girlhood We'll never go back to our castle in Hollywood
Thirty months have come and gone I'm dating the boy that we dreamеd of I wish I could tell him about us I wish I could tell you how I finally fell in lovе There's not a single day where I didn't wish we were better That I couldn't borrow your sweater We were meant to be forever and ever
I think about you always Tied together with a string I thought that lilies died by winter, then they bloomed again in spring It's a heartbreak Marked the end of our girlhood We'll never go back to our castle in Hollywood
I wish you well, I wish like hell You hadn't lied, we could be fine The way I dress, over-obsess Still just like you, I owe it to The best, worst friend I've ever had
I think about you always Tied together with a string I thought that lilies died by winter, then they bloomed again in spring My first heartbreak Marked the end of my girlhood We'll never go back to our castle in Hollywood
My life is a circus Hold on for all I bring with me You make me nervous Take my sincere apology For all of my oddities My recurring comedies I know I'm on a
Carousel spinning around Floating up and down Nowhere to go Will you break the spell? Tether me to your ground Such a spectacle You signed up for one hell of a One man show Tangled in ribbons A lifelong role Aren't you sorry that you fell? Onto this carousel
The city of acrobats Of clowns and illusory traps with me Was losing its wonder I thought I would go under, till we met I'm waiting for you to see The things that are wrong with me Before you're on my
Carousel spinning around Floating up and down Nowhere to go Till you break the spell Tether me to your ground Such a spectacle You signed up for one hell of a One man show Tangled in ribbons A lifelong role I'm so sorry that you fell Onto this carousel
I've been falling in bad habits Staring into the abyss Drowning in red wine and sniffing cinnamon We've been kissing on the playground Acting like little kids Making dirty jokes and getting away with it
So, I propose It's long overdue When you go to hell, I'll go there with you too And when we're punished For being so cruel The silver lining's I'll be there with you
Mm-mm
Never been calm or collected No one ever called me sweet What a miracle, I found a darling I met you at the worst time Fell in love on a whim Now we pirouette in fields of rosy sin
So, I propose It's long overdue When you go to hell, I'll go there with you too And when we're punished For being so cruel The silver lining's I'll be there with you
Ooh Ooh, ooh The silver lining's I'll be there with you
The whole town is talking 'bout how you've fallen in love I read in the papers he's someone that girls dream about Some kind of ruler on top of a kingdom I'm just a jester, I'll never be him Last night you called to me It almost killed me
To hear you scream my name Your smile still kills the same I almost turned around You chased me to the ground You asked me how I've been But how do I begin To tell you I should've chased You 'cross every single state? I lay down my sword for fate 'Cause it's too little, way too late
I didn't need the reminder of things I've done wrong Of promises broken, fragility hidden in song Guess that we're soulmates in different lifetimes What if you leave him? Throw me a lifeline I know that you're happy But it just killed me
To hear you scream my name A clear fucking X-ray Of if I'd stuck around I swear to God, I almost drowned You asked me how I've been But how could I begin To tell you I should've chased you? I should be who you're engaged to
Lost my fight with fate A tug-of-war of leave and stay I give in, I abdicate I lay my sword down anyway I'll see you at Heaven's gate 'Cause it's too little, way too late
I'll toast outside your wedding day Whisper vows I'll never say to you 'Cause it's too little, all too late
Hold up your chin, deep breath in, it's alright Here I begin missing him, it's my plight Nothing worth having has come to me easily I've sacrificed you, all of you, completely
Love you forever, don't let go of me I left my own homeland to chase reverie Gleymdu mér aldrei þó ég héðan flýg Gleymdu mér aldrei, elskan mín
I miss the wind, stone cold kiss on my cheeks Bends in your body, the hope of your spring Millions now hear my soliloquy I'm still that child on a black sand beach
Love you forever, don't let go of me I'll die if I wither in your memory Gleymdu mér aldrei þó ég héðan flýg Gleymdu mér aldrei, elskan mín
Are you tired? I can tell that you're tired Your eyes turn gray, you beg me to be silent You said I can't read your mind But I'm reading it just fine You think you're so misunderstood The black cat of your neighborhood
Tough luck, my boy, your time is up I'll break it first, I've had enough Of waiting 'til you lie and cheat Just like you did to the actress before me Oops, she doesn't even know You won't be missed, I'm glad to see you go
Tough luck, tough luck
Since we're spilling secrets Does your mother even know? (Mother even know) You demoralized, effaced me Just to feed your frail ego (Oh) When you're screaming at the TV Cussing out opposing football teams You said I'd never understand The things that make a man a man
Tough luck, my boy, your time is up I'll break it first, I've had enough Of waiting 'til you lie and cheat Just like you did to the actress before me Oops, she doesn't even know You won't be missed, I'm glad to see you
I should congratulate thee For so nearly convincing me I'm not quite as smart as I seem That I'm a loud-mouthed nobody My accent and music are dumb Your tattoos are no better, hun The proof says you're tragic as fuck The truth is that's just tough, tough luck (Tough luck) Tough, tough luck (Tough luck) Tough, tough luck (Tough, tough luck) (Tough, tough luck)
Tough luck, my boy, your time is up I'll break it first, I've had enough Of waiting 'til you lie and cheat Just like you did to the actress before me Oops, she doesn't even know You won't be missed, I'm glad to see you go
Oh, heavens, hear my story, a cautionary tale Of how I came to be loved, and how it came to fail A first time for lovers, a first time in agony The truths you will uncover will knock you on your knees
I gave it too much, I gave myself up I lost sight of all my dignity I've always been smart, my chameleon heart Took your draining personality and gave it to me I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime My heart to you handed, you took it for granted And made me the villain, all alone
I struggled through the winter Found cheat codes to your soul Was born to be a giver Destined to pay the toll
I gave it too much, I gave myself up I lost sight of all my dignity I've always been smart, my chameleon heart Took your draining personality and gave it to me I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime My heart to you handed, you took it for granted And made me the villain
Oh, inside you, there's a guiltless child who never saw his mother smile A boy who had no sense of home, believes he's better off alone Who coils up in jealousy to mask his insecurities And I can't fix you, God, I tried, the hourglass I shattered just in time
I gave it too much, I gave myself up I lost sight of all my dignity One more lover fails, cautionary tales Continue to happen to me
Bet you think you're so poetic Quoting epics and ancient prose Truth be told, you're quite pathetic Mister Eclectic Allan Poe
Did you ever stop and give a wonder to Just who you were talking to? The very expert on the foolish things That men have said to woo and win me over What a poser, you think you're so interesting
Pum-pum, pa-ra, pum
Twist my hair around your finger Oh, grandiose thinker of mine Talking 'bout some dead composer You're just a stoner patronizing me
Did you еver stop and give a wonder to Just who you wеre talking to? The very expert on the foolish things That men have said to woo and win me over What a poser, you think you're so interesting
Mm-mm, mm Pa-ra-ra-rum, pa-ra-ra-rum Pum-ra-ra-ra Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra (Ooh) Pa-ra-rum, pa-ra-rum
Saging my bedroom Dusting every surface, every corner Pleading and praying it gets warmer In this hollow winter tide Three hours of sunlight Don't really matter when you're deprived Of happiness, enweakened, advised To find some oxygen
Sweeter pastures, wait for me like a lover My soul has suffered, get the fuck out of my atmosphere I'm breathing clean, clean air
Went through an X-ray Doctor said therе's nothing left to see now Nothing weird or scary, although somehow Your hеart turned back to gold Guess I'd been wounded Tiny comments ricocheted like bullets Cyclone on a sunny day, you shook it And dragged me down to hell
Now sweeter pastures, wait for me like a lover Lord knows I've suffered, get the fuck out of my atmosphere I'm breathing clean, clean air
Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh, clean air Oh, I'm breathing clean, clean air
I get in my head so easily I don't understand, I'm my worst enemy You assure me you love me and seal it with a kiss I can't be convinced
It's just a matter of time 'til you see the dagger It's a special of mine to cause disaster So prepare for the impact, and brace your heart For cold, bloody, bitter sabotage
I swear that one day, I'll marry you I'll get in the way, just like I always do You assure me you love me Your message won't go through Why won't it go through?
It's just a matter of time 'til you see the dagger It's a special of mine to cause disaster So prepare for the impact, and brace your heart For cold, bloody, bitter sabotage
Such a terrible idea, worst one I've had all this year But I can't ignore our obvious attraction I imagine how it ends, up in flames, we'll go again Seeking chaos, can't help giving in to passion
But there's something so vexing 'bout you It's like the gods above us don't approve We've been through this before, fell in and out, I said, "No more" But still I want you like a mad, mad woman
I remind myself how he'd question everything 'bout me Called me stupid as a mindless joke, he hypnotized me as we spoke Purely mythological, with the ugliest soul You would think that he is holding me for ransom
'Cause there's something so vexing 'bout you It's like the gods above us don't approve We've been through this before, fell in and out, I said, "No more" But still, I want you like a mad, mad woman
Made it to the final hour But the wine begins to sour And I'm seeing myself in a dreadful fashion Then the fog begins to clear As I'm gasping at clean air I remember how together, we're so handsome
'Cause there's something so vexing 'bout you It's like the gods above us don't approve We've been through this before, fell in and out, I said, "No more" But still, I want you like a mad, mad woman
Human nature is strange I know you're bad for me And I never feel rage At least not so easily Has addiction come for me?
I don't smoke cigarettes Don't do things I'll regret Don't mood swing, shoulder bets But baby, with you, that's just how I get
I have every bit of you Every awful corner Biting more than I can chew Just so I'll feel warmer What a greedy, hungry horror am I
I don't smoke cigarettes Don't do things I'll regret Don't mood swing, shoulder bets Don't cut strings to attach to Just some far-sought silhouette A journey that I'll one day dread I'm caught up in a web I'm blinded by you, that's just how I get (The pendulum swings back around) That's just how I get (I need more tempo, crave more sound) I don't smoke cigarettes (The pendulum swings back around) Don't do things I'll regret Don't mood swing, shoulder bets (I need more tempo, crave more sound) But baby, with you, that's just how I get (The pendulum swings back around)
Oh, that's just how I get (I need more tempo, crave more sound)
I wait for the thunder in sunshine Wait for sickness in health I wait for the sorrow The blue of tomorrow Regrets of yesterday
I wait for an earthquake in silence Wait for nightmares in a dream But worst of them all I wait for you to fall Out of love with me Ooh-ooh-ooh
You didn't do this Just me in the music Spinning evermore The price of a cynic Is joy for just a minute Nothing to live for
I wait for the tears when you smile Search for the lies out your teeth I wait for the day When you finally say You're out of love with me I wait for the call When you've finally fallen Out of love with me Ooh-ooh-ooh Bam-bam, bam-dam
I hesitate Accept my hapless fate I wait, I wait, I wait
I'll forget about you in time I won't think about you when I die Erase you from my periphery Delete you from everything I see I'll forget about you in time
Went home to my mother and cried She said, "You will find another in this life" I wish I could believe her words I've fallen under the age-old curse I'll forget about you in time
I knew I had to do it, break it off Now I feel ruined 'Cause you treated me so awfully I don't know what you saw in me You've brokеn me I don't believе I'll fall in love again
I'll forget about him in time (In time) Oh (In time, in time) I'll forget about him, won't I?
레이베이는 이번 앨범에 대해 "나에게 새로운 앨범은 언제나 이야기를 써 내려갈 빈 책과 같다"며, 본인의 주 장르인 클래식과 재즈를 보존하고 기리는 데 대한 고민 속에서 이번 앨범은 그저 자기 마음이 내키는대로 작업했다고 한다. 더불어 "사람들은 종종 예쁜 외양, 환상적인 이야기, 로맨틱한 음악을 기대하지만, 이번에서 만큼은 나 자신의 가장 결점 있는 부분들을 끌어내 정면으로 마주하는 데 관심이 있었다"고 밝히기도 했다.[4]
[A] A Matter of Time[S] Standard Edition[FH] The Final Hour[4] "Every new album for me is a blank book of stories to write. [...\] I'm constantly thinking about classical and jazz, how to properly preserve them and pay homage. For this album, I just wanted to let my heart wander. [...\] People expect a pretty façade of girly clothes, fantastical stories, and romantic music. This time, I was interested in seeing how I could draw out the most flawed parts of myself and look at them directly in the mirror."