Song Interpretation: Time

Chantal Kreviazuk - Time

Lyrics:

Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don't go so fast
I'm missing the moments as they pass

Now I've looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time

I'm down,
I'm down on my knees
I'm begging for all your sympathy
But you, (I'm just an illusion) you don't seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don't mean to hurt you)

Now I've looked in the mirror and the world's getting clearer
I'll take what you give me
Please know that I'm learning
So wait for me this time

I should've know better
And I shouldn't have wasted those days
And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away

Now
This is my time
And I'm going to make this moment mine
(I shouldn't have wasted those days)

I'll take what you give me
Please know that I'm learning
I've looked in the mirror
My world's getting clearer
So wait for me this time

This time, this time, this time

Ohhh, this time
This time
This time

Chantal Kreviazuk’s song “Time” was featured on the original soundtrack for the 2003 film “Uptown Girls.” The song’s main focus is about the narrator missing out on life. She has been wasting her time in life—either by working too much or not doing anything—and not taking it very seriously and is missing all the precious moments in life which include spending time with friends, being with the one you admire or enjoying hobbies.
Chantal Kreviazuk gives time human like qualities within the first stanza. She states, “Time, where did you go? Why did you leave me here alone?” Time in this sentence is given the ability to move. What Kreviazuk means here is that she’s been so caught up in the work she’s been doing or too busy pondering about the past that many months or years have passed by so quickly. When Kreviazuk exclaims, “I’m missing the moments as they pass,” one can tell that she is upset at the fact that she is missing out on her daily and social life. She’s been too busy to notice how fast the years fly by and so she’s complaining to time asking why the days have gone by so fast without notifying her.
In the beginning of the song, Chantal Kreviazuk is saddened by the fact that she did not put the most of herself into her life and wasted time. Then a shift occurs in the song. When Kreviazuk exclaims, “Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the world’s getting clearer,” she finally decides to grad a hold of her life and begin living life to the fullest and spend her days working towards important things and having fun on the side. Also when she states, “I should’ve known better, and I shouldn’t have wasted those days, and afternoons and mornings; I threw them all away,” she makes it clear to herself that she indeed lost track of time and missed out on life and therefore is ready to take charge or her life and make something of herself.
The title of the song “Time” at first glance does not impact you as much if you had not listened to it prior to reading the title. But after you hear the song and realize what the song is about the title takes a more important role. The whole entire song is focused around time. The narrator is upset with herself because she did not notice she was wasting her time doing unnecessary things. Then the narrator is decides that she is going to take control over her life again and that the time to do that is now before she misses out on anything else again.