Time Stands

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Feb. 14, 20201 viewer13.1K views

Time Stands Lyrics

[Verse 1]
For a moment, I could wait to see it fall apart
Every empty bed in every city I've been
I sit and contemplate all the moments you said
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you

[Verse 2]
What's that you used to say? Find a love that you can wait for
Or do you feast upon the weak and weary of heart?
I can take the pain, but I can't take all the hatred
Laziness of mind and simplest of thoughts

[Chorus]
Are you just too old, or too young to carry?
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you

[Verse 3]
Now you're pouring out your hate at every difference you found
You won't even listen to reason at all
Not questioning your faith, far be it from me
But you would speak of love while tying one's hands

[Chorus]
Are you just too old, or too young to carry?
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you
Are you just too old, or too young to carry?
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you

[Verse 4]
Now lean and use your weight, that's what a shoulder's made for
Carry all the dead and children from here
Curses on the men and the greed that seems to plague them
I can't raise my hand, so I'm raising my voice

[Chorus]
Are you just too old, or too young to carry?
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you
Are you just too old, or too young to carry?
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you

[Outro]
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you
Time stands in a duel and I stand for you

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“Time Stands” comes from Nathaniel Rateliff’s 2020 solo album, And It’s Still Alright. According to Rateliff’s official website, the song is a hymn, a showstopper, a gift from beyond, a song that asks more questions than it answers, yet it’s anthemic in its scope and delivery.

Although “Time Stands” (as well as the rest of And It’s Still Alright) was written and recorded well before the COVID-19 crisis, Rateliff’s music video immortalizes quarantine: empty city streets, highways and dirt roads; quieted beaches and boardwalks; and once-bustling highways with few, if any, cars flying by, giving it a more literal feel of time standing still.

SOURCE: The Boot and Rolling Stone