Story Behind The Song

When one person is free and has the time the other isn't and doesn't. Soon the situation flips so that the two can never be together.

Song Description

Jay is influenced by New Order on this alternative-dance tour-de-force.

Lyrics

FRACTURED TIME

I've been having this one-sided
Conversation inside
My head with you
It's true that I want you but
How to confront you
Before I've made it through
All this fear and repression
That fights this obsession
How can I let go?
When I'm just starting over
It's a new life for me
Though your body is screaming
Time didn't set you free

Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set me free,
I got time
Please be careful
What you wish for
And my "own space" is
Getting lonely
While you've stayed so fine
Please be careful
What you wish for
Life doesn't bring you to me
So I must climb
Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set you free

I'm believing in things that
Would stun and amaze
Friends who think they know me
This fractured existence
My constant insistence
On keeping myself lonely
But through this
Pain and confusion
I seek one conclusion:
How to be with you?
Then I look in the mirror
It's a new face I see
Though your body's
Still screaming
Time didn't set me free

Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set you free,
You've got time
Please be careful
What you wish for
A choice doesn't
Make it easy
And now I wait in your line
Please be careful
What you wish for
Your independence
Made you see
To change your mind
Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set me free

I'm on a mission
It's your lips that
I need for kissing
But you're still not sure
You don't follow through
You know I'm here and I'm
Waiting for you
I'd like to open the door
To Your Heart
But we're both still reeling
From worlds torn apart
(Instrumental)

Then I look in the mirror
It's a new face I see
Though your body's
Still screaming
Time didn't set me free

Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set me free,
I got time
Please be careful
What you wish for
Now my "own space"
Has gotten lonely
And yet you've
Stayed so fine

Please be careful
What you wish for
Life didn't hand you to me
And so I must climb
Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set me free

Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set you free,
You've got time
Please be careful
What you wish for
And the choice doesn't
Make it easy
And now I wait
In your line
Please be careful
What you wish for
Your independence
Made you see
And change your mind
Please be careful
What you wish for
Time didn't set
Me free

It's a condition of this day that we need permission in some way
Or is it just a symptom of uncertain times?

(c) 2003 J. Wayne Pfeiffer