The narrator is hung up over a past lover, blaming them for leaving him stuck in the past without the ability to move on. Even though they are now much older, he’s trapped in his sixteen-year old life—young, naive, and head-over-heels for her.
[Verse 1]
Running from the suburbs
Skipping heartbeats
Living by our own front teeth
Put my faith into a number
And push the odds aside
We swore we'd make it out alive
But you lied
[Pre-Chorus]
An old dream still haunts me
A time machine
[Chorus]
I knew you then
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
I knew you then
Gold rings, but you never could commit
[Verse 2]
I heard you're living somewhere upstate with a new life
Is that really what you had in mind?
But I don't wanna let go, and watch it all unfold
I couldn't if I even tried, and I tried
[Pre-Chorus]
You left me stuck sixteen
Without a time machine
[Chorus]
I knew you then
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
I knew you then
Gold rings, but you never could commit
I knew you then, I knew you then
[Bridge]
I knew you then, I knew you then
[Chorus]
I knew you then
Ripped jeans in a playground of cement
I knew you then
Gold rings, but you never could commit
I knew you then, I knew you then
Time Machine was written by Ryan Winnen & Joe Memmel & Zachary Dyke & Chase Lawrence.
Time Machine was produced by Jay Joyce.
COIN released Time Machine on Fri Jun 05 2015.