Turn Back Time
Aqua Lyrics


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Give me time to reason
Give me time to think it through
Passing through the season
Where I cheated you

I will always have a cross to wear
But the bolt reminds me I was there
So give me strength to face this test tonight

If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night
For the night

Claim your right to science
Claim your right to see the truth
Though my pangs of conscience
Will drill a hole in you

I seen it coming like a thief in the night
I seen it coming from the flash of your light
So give me strength to face this test tonight

If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay

(The bolt reminds me I was there)
(The bolt reminds me I was there)

If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night
If only I could turn back time
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night

If only I could (if only I could)
If only I could (if only I could)
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night
If only I could (if only I could, if only I could)
If only I could (if only I could, if only I could)
If only I could turn back time
I would stay for the night
If only I could (if only I could, if only I could)




If only I could (if only I could, if only I could)
If only I could turn back time

Overall Meaning

In the song "Turn Back Time" by Aqua, the lyrics speak of regret and a desire to go back in time to change things that went wrong. The first verse begs for time to think and reflect on what has happened, as the singer has cheated someone. They express the feeling of having a cross to bear, but it is the bolt that really haunts them, reminding them of their actions. The chorus is a plea to be able to turn back time and make things right. The second verse is more cryptic, with lines about claiming the right to science and truth, and the guilt that comes with it. The singer has seen the repercussions of their actions and wishes they could take back what they did. The song ends with a repetition of the bolt reminding the singer of where they went wrong.


The theme of "Turn Back Time" is a common one in music, but Aqua's take on it is unique in its use of specific imagery, both in the cross and the bolt. The song is catchy and upbeat, but has a deep undercurrent of regret and guilt. Interestingly, the song was released in 1998, but gained popularity in 1999 when it was featured in the film Sliding Doors.


Line by Line Meaning

Give me time to reason,
Please grant me some time to contemplate and analyze the situation


Give me time to think it through
Please give me some time to consider and ponder over the matter


Passing through the season,
Going through a period of time


Where I cheated you
During the time when I deceived and wronged you


I will always have a cross to wear,
I will bear the burden of my past actions and mistakes


But the bolt reminds me I was there
The memory of what I have done is forever imprinted in my mind


So give me strength,
Grant me the power and courage


To face this test tonight
To confront the challenge at hand that presents itself tonight


If only I could turn back time,
I wish I could change the past


If only I had said what I still hide
I regret not speaking up about something I still keep to myself


I would stay for the night, for the night
I would choose to remain present for the time being, for the sake of the moment


Claim your right to science,
Exercise your lawful entitlement to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding


Claim your right to see the truth
Exercise your lawful entitlement to discovering the veracity of things


Though my pangs of conscience,
Despite my feelings of guilt and remorse


Will drill a hole in you
Will also have an adverse impact on you


I've seen it coming like a thief in the night,
I have foreseen it unexpectedly and stealthily


I've seen it coming from the flesh of your light
I have seen it coming from the purest and brightest parts of you


If only I could turn back time,
I wish I could reverse the clock


If only I had said what I still hide
I regret not having spoken up about something I still keep hidden


If only I could turn back time,
I wish I could alter the past


I would stay.
I would remain present


The bolt reminds me I was there
The memory of what I did remains vivid within me




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johnny Pederson, Karsten Dahlgaard, Claus Norren, Soren Rasted

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@leteziaz

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@theharshtruthoutthere

@@PelczarTomasz Let us come to repentance and seek the LIVING GOD through His Living Word - the Bible.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Let's leave the harlots behind! - let's preserve our bodies as a sacred temple, just as they are. TEMPLE OF GOD = HUMAN BODY!
Let's leave the drunken life behind! - let's look for reason and sanity!
Let's leave the lovers of lies behind! - let's find love for truth!

Spiritual rebirth = leaving a sinful life behind forever, taking up your cross and starting to live saved, having first repented, because no one is born again and carries his cross until repentance.
Christmas was, is and always has been a demonic holiday to give thanks to Baal through a demon called KRAMPUS. Christian Christmas should be celebrated in September or October. We live according to a pagan calendar, it is naive to think that holidays found, marked in pagan calendars = Christianity. Childhood has to come out, for everyone who is 20+ years old and naivety (childish understanding) has to be left behind. Hollywood stars live to serve BAAL and to deceive the masses. Idolise them not! an inverted (FTMs and MTFs) singers, deceiving masses, mostly youth, to lust after the same gender, keeping alive and working the evil and insanely sick lgbtq++ movement. Behind it all - depopulation agenda of masons. If any life matters then why you let masons to kill you and your loved ones? + like any other hollywood star, this one too is just a puppet on the freemasonry checkerboard. Search out freemasonry hand signs and symbols and keep far away from having any fellowship with them, but be busy to reprove them. Attend not to their concerts. For their concerts are masonic rituals, be not partakers, but expose them. Real Meaning of Emojis: 🤷‍♂ = living in ignorance/ ignorant 😍 = love of lies 😘= eye of Horus/ lonely eye (in English: one eye symbolism) and love of lies 🤩/😍 = love of lies 😎 = living in ignorance 🤐/😶/😷 = refraining from telling the truth 😛/😜 = Mock God and one eye 🤑 = love of money 😡/🤬/ = demon possession Humanity is called.. 1.) To repentance and rebirth (in spirit) 2.) To expose evil aka the actual theater stage on LAND (freemasonry) and to expose the actual actors (freemasons). Let us not make friends with the evil of this world (freemasonry), by doing their hand signs (👌✌🤞👍🙌🤦‍♀🤦‍♂🤷‍♀😜) we show friendship with evil spirits: (Ephesians 6:12 and Ephesians 5:11 - mybible.com ) The same is true of their lies in the promos; NASA, etc. (wearing nasa logo bodysuits, etc.) Explanations: 👌 = 666 / www = 666 👍
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@djtenzen

Most underrated song on the album. It’s so much more mature and serious than the others.

@edwarddeguzman3258

If they had mixed more songs like this on their albums they probably wouldn’t be regarded as one hit wonders

@paulcrisp9861

@@edwarddeguzman3258 I'm sure aqua had three uk 🇬🇧 number ones, this one included, turn back time was the best by far in my opinion. 👍😀👍🇬🇧🇬🇧 Sept twenty two

@TheKamel777

Yes, it is.

@TheBann90

@@edwarddeguzman3258 instant downvote

@samomuransky4455

@@edwarddeguzman3258 They have many of these. On Aquarium, Be a Man comes to mind, but the ultimate genius is Good Guys on Aquarius. Sadly never released as a single but it's their best song, hands down.

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