Time Will not Wait

Jean-Paul VERNERET

8/2/2026

 

Verse 1

We’re moving fast, heads down, no sound

So many what ifs weighing us down

We swear that later will feel right

But later never shows tonight

We push our dreams another day

Like time was kind, like it would stay

But it keeps running anyway

 

Pre-Chorus

We keep saying “not today”

But today keeps slipping away

 

Chorus

Time won’t wait for us

It keeps on moving, never stops

When it’s gone, it’s gone too fast

All we’re left with is the past

Life goes by in a rush

Nothing ever slows it down

Time won’t wait for us

While we’re chasing it around

 

Verse 2

We play it strong, we play it cool

Hide our fear behind the rules

We stack our dreams in someday piles

Forget to live the here and now

We try to own tomorrow’s plans

While today slips through our hands

Every second that we lose

Is a moment we can’t choose

 

Pre-Chorus

We keep saying “not today”

But today keeps slipping away

 

Chorus

Time won’t wait for us

It keeps on moving, never stops

When it’s gone, it’s gone too fast

All we’re left with is the past

Life goes by in a rush

Nothing ever slows it down

Time won’t wait for us

While we’re chasing it around

 

Post-Chorus

Running, running, running now

Always trying to slow it down

Running, running, chasing time

While it’s already crossing the line

 

Bridge

Living life on borrowed time

We miss the moment every time

The present screams, we look away

Until it’s gone…

Already gone

 

Final Chorus

Time won’t wait for us

It keeps on moving, never stops

When it’s gone, it’s gone too fast

All we’re left with is the past

Life goes by in a rush

Nothing ever slows it down

Time won’t wait for us

No—time won’t wait for us