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Richie Sambora: Father Time Meaning

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Father Time Lyrics

Father time
I couldn't make her wanna stay
I couldn't seem to find the words to say
Now I have to live in yesterday
Father time

I thought that you were on my side
I thought that I could keep our love alive
I thought that I could keep her...

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  1. anonymous
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     Sep 19th 2020 !⃝

    It's quite clear this song is about a woman he lost because no matter how hard he tried to make her stay, or what he said she had left anyway. Therefore living in the memories they had made by singing, now I have to live in yesterday!

  2. anonymous
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     Apr 1st 2011 !⃝

    Great love song about love that is gone.
    It is obviously that singer is praying to god. Father is the God him self. Singer is feeling left and let down by God:

    "Father Time
    I thought that you were on my side"

    He is praying for punishment:

    "Father Time
    Grant me just another day
    Of our love"

    Later at the song singer excepts the truth and return's to God:

    "Father Time
    Only you can turn the page
    And close the curtain on this empty stage
    Only you can take my pain away

    My heart keeps breakin' and my body keeps aching for you"

    At the end singer is on his knees:

    "Father, father can't you see I'm depending on you
    I'm dying at the door to your heart and I can't break through"

    He is praying God almighty to use his power and return him lost love:

    "She's your child make her mine"

  3. evil-pasty
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     Jul 30th 2005 !⃝

    I believe this song to be about Sambora's mother either abandoning him and his father.

    "Now she's gone.
    She didn't even say goodbye.
    I guess she didn't have the heart to try.
    She didn't even have the guts to lie."

    The next line seems to be either his father blaming him for her leaving or just slipping into a deep depression. Maybe both.

    "Father, Father can't you see I'm depending on you?
    I'm knocking at the door of your heart but I can't break through"

    He just wants to see his mother again and for everything to return to how it was.

    "Father time. don't tell me it's too late
    All my life. You know that I would wait.
    Father time"

    Amazing song.


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