Time Machine – English Lyrics

• By: MJ Apanay, Aren Park

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the melancholic beauty of 'Time Machine' by MJ Apanay featuring Aren Park. Through its soulful R&B and Pop blend, the song teaches a poignant lesson about the finality of time and the bittersweet nature of regret, making it a special track for understanding how to articulate deep feelings of longing and loss in music.

[English]

Staring at stars, watching the moon

Hoping that one day they'll lead me to you

Wait every night 'cause if a star falls

I'll wish to go back to the times that I loved

Why do the stars shine so bright in the sky

If most of the people are sleeping at night?

Why do we only have one chance at life?

I wish I could go back in time

...

Pictures remind me of things I forgot

But also of all of the things that I've lost

Can't get them back, they won't fall from above

So I try to forget all the times that I loved

Why do we remember beautiful lies?

We end up regretting them most of our lives

Why do we only have one chance to try?

I wish I could go back in time

Each time I fall asleep

I always see you there in my dreams

It's like going back in a time machine

I know when I wake up, your time with me will end

So don't let me fall asleep

I don't wanna meet you there in my dreams

I know that we'll never build a time machine

It's time for me to try and wake up again

I fall asleep

But honestly

I wanna see you in my dreams

...

I'm trying to wake up again

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stars /stɑːrz/ A2	noun - luminous celestial bodies in the night sky
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - images, thoughts, or feelings occurring in sleep
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - to have a desire or hope for something noun - a desire or hope for something
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
back /bæk/ A2	adjective - at or to the rear; returning to a previous position adverb - in the opposite direction or to the earlier time noun - the rear surface of the human body
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to move downward, typically rapidly and freely
asleep /əˈsliːp/ B1	adjective - in a state of sleep
bright /braɪt/ B1	adjective - giving out a lot of light; shining
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun - an opportunity or possibility
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the period during which something is functional
pictures /ˈpɪktʃərz/ A1	noun - a visual representation or image
things /θɪŋz/ A1	noun - objects or matters of unspecified nature
remember /rɪˈmɛmbər/ A2	verb - to bring to mind from past
lies /laɪz/ B1	noun - false statements or deceptions verb - the third person singular of lie (to recline)
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	verb - to feel sorry about something noun - a feeling of sorrow or remorse
wake /weɪk/ B1	verb - to cease to sleep
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to make an attempt
beautiful /ˈbjutɪfəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically

Key Grammar Structures

• Hoping that one day they'll lead me to you

  ➔ Future in the past (backshift in a that-clause)

  ➔ "Hoping" introduces a wish, and "that one day they'll lead" uses "will" (future) in a past context, indicating future possibility.

• Wait every night 'cause if a star falls

  ➔ First conditional (hypothetical situation)

  ➔ "If a star falls" is a condition for action, implying possibility, linked by "'cause" to "Wait every night".

• Why do we only have one chance at life?

  ➔ Wh-question (rhetorical question with inversion)

  ➔ "Why" asks for reason, with "do" as auxiliary for present simple, questioning a general aspect of life.

• Pictures remind me of things I forgot

  ➔ Past simple (completed action)

  ➔ "Forgot" indicates a past action without connection to present, describing forgetting as completed.

• Why do we remember beautiful lies?

  ➔ Rhetorical wh-question (general truth)

  ➔ "Why" questions reason, using present simple for a habitual or general tendency, often unanswerable.

• Each time I fall asleep

  ➔ Temporal clause ('each time' for habitual)

  ➔ "Each time" introduces a repeated condition, with present simple indicating ongoing habit.

• I know when I wake up, your time with me will end

  ➔ Future in the past (time clause)

  ➔ "When I wake up" refers to future from past perspective, "will end" backshifts to future certainty in past context.

• I don't wanna meet you there in my dreams

  ➔ Negative contraction (want to + negation)

  ➔ "Wanna" is informal for "want to", with "don't" creating negation, expressing refusal.

• I'm trying to wake up again

  ➔ Present continuous (ongoing effort)

  ➔ "Trying" is a continuous action indicating current effort, "to wake up again" as infinitive purpose.

• I wanna see you in my dreams

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (desire expression)

  ➔ "Wanna" (want to) expresses desire, "to see" as purpose infinitive.