1) From USA.
2) From Fin… Read Full Bio ↴There are 2 punk bands named Time Flies:
1) From USA.
2) From Finland.
1) Time Flies started in one way or another in 1996 at the height of the Youth Crew revival. We went through a number of changes before we ever even got started. We had bad names, lots of random players including ex-members of Converge, Merauder, Mayday, Dillinger Escape Plan and others. Finally by the spring of 1997 we had four solid guys, a handful of songs, and recorded a demo in July of that year.
We played our first show on August 2, 1997 in Norfolk Virginia. The show was with Battery, Ten Yard Fight, Stretch Armstrong, Blade Crasher and For The Living. We began to play a number of shows in the VA/DC area opening for bands like Battery, Good Riddance, and Ensign. It was about this time that Brian joined Dillinger Escape Plan and left the band to be replaced by Cen from Grip and Dayspring. A little more than a month after our first show we took our first long road trip. We played in New Bedford MA, Hartford CT, and then returned to play a matinee show in DC and evening show Richmond Virginia on the same day. It was those 2 shows that we played with 97A. About a week passed after those shows and Chris Kelly from 97A offered to do our seven inch on his label, Teamwork. We recorded in March of 1998 in Boston with Brian McTernan at Salad Days. We did a short tour that included Canadian dates in the end of July and early August 1998 with Ten Yard Fight and a few ending dates with Fastbreak. Our seven inch, Can’t Change the Past e.p. came out in the end of August of 1998. At the same time InVAsion (now Malfunction) also released a seven inch that included some extra songs we recorded during that same session in March at Salad Days. We had a record release show in Richmond with Ten Yard Fight and Fastbreak and it was a great show.
About a month or two later we started talking about signing to Indecision Records. By early October we had signed the contracts with Indecision and started working on our first LP, later to be called On Our Way. In March of 1999 we began recording for about two weeks with Brian McTernan again at Salad Days, which had just re-located to Washington DC. We were his first project in the new DC location. We recorded as a four-piece shorty after recording Curtis began playing guitar and we got Charlie from Count Me Out to play bass. We got the chance to tour with at that time a new Indecision band called Death By Stereo. We embarked on what we called a US tour with Death By Stereo and Count Me Out in July and August of 1999, that really consisted of some random dates throughout the US and a few shows in California. On Our Way was finally released in the end of August 1999. From then on we continued to play a number of shows.
After a few more months not only were we sharing bass players with our brother band Count Me Out, we were also sharing drummers. So we took a few months off, and then came back with a few new songs that we were trying out. We played some great shows that included the Mouthpiece reunion in New Jersey and the Wilkes-Barre PA Posi Numbers Festival in 2001. These were great shows for us and we really felt the love from the kids. After Posi Numbers We decided to do a West Coast Tour with Count Me Out in July 2001. We tried to make the band a full time thing, experimenting with some new songs that were a bit different than the earlier Time Flies songs. They were a bit more “poppy” with a little more melody. People seemed to enjoy the songs. We even considered changing the name. After a few more months, Colin had an opportunity to drum for American Nightmare, and took that opportunity. We decided shortly after trying to make it go on with another drummer, that it just wasn’t the band anymore without our original four. That when we decided it was time to call it quits.
We played our last 2 shows on June 16, 2002 in Wilkes-Barre PA at the following year’s Posi Numbers Festival, and the following week on June 22, 2002 in Richmond VA at the deceased Twisters. We started as a straight edge band, we ended as a straight edge band. It was a great five years, and we loved every minute of it. Mostly we just enjoyed being out on the road with each other and hanging out. We never set out to be bigger than we were. We were just great friends enjoying the ride like it was a vacation. All we ever wanted to do was put out a seven inch, play some shows, and have kids enjoy what we did. We accomplished what we set out to do.
Thanks to everyone for the good times and the support. Thanks for all the houses we stayed at and for all the shows we played. Mostly especially thanks to the kids that sang along and the people that helped make it what it was supposed to be…Fun.
- Kurt Powers, March 2004
No Reflection Left
Time Flies Lyrics
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The song "No Reflection Left" by Time Flies addresses the topic of personal growth and development. The song starts with a question, asking if the two individuals can work together to remember a past idea that was cut short. The song then goes on to describe how a dream can be destroyed when a fire is put out, which can be interpreted as losing motivation or passion for a specific goal or idea.
The song then moves onto comparing the two individuals and their personal growth, with the singer being proud of the things he held onto and his strength. The singer questions why the other individual looks down on him when he has accomplished so much. The lyrics then take a darker turn, where the song questions the other person's use of drugs or a "chemical crutch" to escape from reality. The singer mentions how there is no escape in regression and that all of the other person's friends have lost touch with them.
The final lines of the song seem to be a direct message to the other person to take a look at themselves in the mirror and see the distorted views they have of themselves. The singer also mentions how the other person has crashed and burned and is now stoned and blind. The repeated phrase of "no reflection left" seems to signify the idea that this other person has lost touch with who they were and no longer sees themselves clearly.
Overall, the song is a commentary on the idea of personal growth and how it can be hindered by negative influences such as drugs or bad relationships. The lyrics paint a picture of someone who has lost touch with themselves and is unable to see themselves clearly.
Line by Line Meaning
Could we put our heads together?
Let's work together to find a solution.
Could you remember those three words?
Do you remember the message we once shared?
Three words that you cut short.
You didn't fully embrace the message we once shared.
Did you forget the idea, or what it's about?
Have you lost sight of the original message?
A dream is shattered when a fire is put out.
Hope is lost when enthusiasm disappears.
So why do you look down on me?
Why do you treat me as inferior?
Like you, I found a lot more things
We have both experienced different things.
Unlike you, I kept my strength
I didn't lose my resilience.
How could you look down on me?
Why do you consider me to be inferior?
I held onto a lot of things
I haven't let go of certain values.
unlike you, I'm still fucking straight!
I didn't succumb to any vices or addictions.
Did you think you'd escape
Did you believe you could run away from your problems?
With a chemical crutch?
Using drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Well there's no escape in regression and all your friends have lost touch
Going back to old habits won't solve anything and it has resulted in losing connections with people close to you.
I can't even look at that the same
I can no longer regard you in the same manner.
Cause you act like we have changed
You behave like we have altered when you're the one who's changed.
Well take a look at yourself
Examine your own behavior.
And tell me who's fucking changed...
And determine who has truly undergone a transformation.
Look in the mirror, not even a reflection of what you used to be.
You have become unrecognizable to your former self.
Take a look at me, an example of what you could never see, And you'll never be.
I embody a life that you couldn't envision for yourself and will never achieve.
Influenced with time, Expanding your mind?
Have you grown and matured through your experiences?
You say you feel fine.
You claim that you are doing well despite your struggles.
You think you've matured, You've crashed and you've burned, burn
You consider yourself to have grown up while in reality you have failed spectacularly.
You're stoned and can't see.
You're under the influence and unable to view situations objectively.
no... reflection... left.
There's no more self-awareness or self-reflection.
Your distorted views have left you blind
Your warped perceptions have made you unable to see reality.
no... reflection... left.
There's no more introspection or contemplation.
The mirrors are cracked from your lies one last time.
The deception you have spread has forever tarnished your reputation.
Contributed by Alex V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.