Real Time

I can capture time on my phone
I can catch it in a video
Watch it when I'm home
I can capture time on my phone

I can watch it over again
I can even send it to all my friends
As if that slice of time never ends

I can take that time and slow it down
I can analyse each second
Play it round and round
I can take that time and slow it down

I can take that time and make it fly
And if I'm in a hurry
I can let it just zip by
I can take that time and make it fly

But then there's real time
Like the time I spend with you
I call it real time
For all the things we do
It passes in a moment
That will not come again
And if I want to hold it
I need to keep it in my brain
To savour it forever
Or pick it all apart
Or maybe I should hold it in my heart

Some of it is magic
Some's a bit mundane
Some is very sensible
Some is just insane

Like these little children
So zany in their grace
We've got them in these photographs
Above our fireplace
Those shots are great to look at
But they cannot replace
The moments when we're talking
Face to face

And it would be a crime
To squander that real time
In favour of some electronic trace
I will never take for granted
The gifts that I've been granted
Like the sudden flash of wonder
On your face

Because that's real time
The time I spend with you
I call it real time
For all that we've been through
It passes in a moment
That will not come again
And if I want to hold it
I need to keep it in my brain
To savour it forever
Or pick it all apart
Or maybe I should hold it in my heart

So here we are in real time
Being here tonight
It won't last forever
So I hope to get it right

Some of it may linger
Some might fade away
I guess that's how it happens
With this music that we play

In real time
The time I spend with you
I call it real time
For all the things we do
It passes in a moment
That will not come again
And if I want to hold it
I need to keep it in my brain
To savour it forever
Or pick it all apart
Or maybe I should hold it in my heart
I think I'm gonna hold it in my heart