Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
It’s actually the only one of his movies that I somewhat regularly come back to think about. Not to slag his more serious or funnier movies, but something with the remote fast-forward analogy, and how often I wish I could skip or speed over a real-life situation- it really hit close to home, especially the illustrated consequences of that.
I hated that he turned down the remote at the end. I get that it’s the message of the film, don’t fast-forward your life etc, but it had so many other cool features!
Take the remote, disable the FF button, enjoy being a time lord!