Time Machine

I found a time machine, a day or two ago
Like it had been misplaced
Just sitting there, right on my lawn
And it looked a little rusty, but I sat at the controls
And I bolted shut the door
Took a breath, and turned it on
If anyone should see me
I wouldn't know what they would say
As I entered in a year and then a month and then a day

I found a time machine with only room for one
A hundred knobs and buttons, all in platinum and chrome
I'd never been much of an argonaut
So I'd look at what I'd done
Learn anything I could
Then turn around and go back home
So I saw what we'd created
Saw it suddenly go cold
And I watched our dying embers
All the lies we both had told

I could have done it better
I could have seen it clearer
I could've kept from losing you

I found a time machine and saw what could've been
A happy end dismantled by my whispered jealousy
But time moves only forward
So I'll hold close what I've seen
And from here on out I'll never let fear get the best of me
And I'm content with my new moral
And I won't go back again
Can't help but wonder what would happen
Had I known what I know then

I could have done it better
I could have seen it clearer
I could've done anything
I could have done it better
I could have seen it clearer
I could've kept from losing you