The Time Machine

If I could only turn back time and stop

Her falling through my hands

Just like the sand through the glass

I've got to get her back

Four years I shut myself away

And did not sleep a night or day

A great machine I must design

An hourglass to turn back time

It was the night that I proposed

As we were walking through the snow

And as I gazed into your eyes we were taken by surprise

And on this winter's night, so cold

I feel the fear, it's taking hold

There was a struggle, I tried to fight

And then he stole away her life

From the barrel of the gun

One bullet, she is gone

I have to go back to save her

I'll travel through time!

Back to that night, her eyes were still bright

But just when I saved her she died again

And every time the sky was black

I felt a coldness in her hands

Why can't I save her, get her back?

I can't begin to understand

I'd sacrifice and give it all

If I could have just one more kiss

I have the power of a God, yet I am still powerless

So as I slowly lost my mind

And then lost track of all the days

I could go back a thousand times

And watch her die a thousand ways

And as the shot rang through the air

It was too much for me to bear

That's why I built it

To save her I'll travel through time

Back to the past

When I saw her last

But just when I held her she died again

Now that I've lost my only love

What reason do I have to stay?

So when I realized she's gone

I went forward through time

To the unknown, now I am alone

To search for an answer

Why can't she remain?

And so at last I have arrived

A stranger lost in a strange time

Yet still no answer to my woe

Why didn't I just let him go?

I sense there's something very wrong

I think I've known it all along

I must give up, for I have failed

There is no light in this new dawn

I only built it cause she died

It won't exist if she survives

That's why I never can save her

I cannot fight time!

The sky's turning black

I can't get her back

And never can save her from dying again