Chronos

Don't torture yourself, it's inevitable not to think about what has passed
What could have been
Symptom of a questioning instinct
That orbits all dilemmas around one's own being
I don't consider it absurd, selfishness
Since we are all that, in fact, we have
Besides ourselves, only time
The rest? Illusion, concession
Nothing is truly yours, only the present
This brief and momentary act

I think time is passing too fast
I see these photos and it's like looking back
So many memories, childhood seems distant
A time when all this money wasn't important
The ticking passes, blurs and changes everything
My loves, my pains, and the view of the world
I looked in the mirror imagining my old age
It looked at me, smiled, and whispered
You've changed, you've changed
You've changed, you've changed

The good days come, the bad days go
I'm trying to understand my place in the world
Trying to live well, without guilt or illusion
Enjoying as if it were the last second

I know in the universe nothing is eternal, everything goes away
It seems like it was just yesterday that I learned to drive with my dad
My sister making me sleep, playing cowboy
Or when I thought my brother was a superhero
Everything is a cycle, beginning and end
In the photos I console myself
Sorry mom, today I no longer fit in your lap
But I promise to make the most of the time
For your grandson, I will be an example
Because today I know that life passes like the wind
Everything has changed, everything has changed
Everything has changed, everything has changed

The good days come, the bad days go
I'm trying to understand my place in the world
Trying to live well, without guilt or illusion
Enjoying as if it were the last second

Valuing what I have, because all this ends in a click
You know, I know how much it hurts to miss the simplest things
Christmas with the whole family, vacation trips, playing in the garden
When we are children, we never imagine that it will end
I saw that life is more than money and work, all this is superfluous
Because time is relentless, always taking away those we want close
I want to live in the present, with no time for fighting and foolishness

I know life is a gift, yesterday the mirror told me
You've changed, you've changed
You've changed, you've changed

But what if it were?
I know you still try to understand, insistent
So, live the present, you will only know if you make it happen
Because, otherwise, continuing to think about what wasn't is a complete waste of time
And that, I've already said, is all that, in fact, we have