[Chorus]

I want to blink like a shutter

Blink like a shutter

Stop time like a photograph

Appreciate the things that pass

By in an instant

Minute after minute

Every day. Give me a way

To make the good things stay

[Verse 1]

It happens every time one of mine

Breaks the seal on some new deal

Landmark, milestone ­­ always prone

To look for one more stride from home

Progress, bigger shoes

New wheels, faster meals

Excitement in the eyes of the speed demon

Make tracks, blow steam, and then scream freedom

New rewards for days, months, years survived

Alive, and pointed straight ahead to old wishes

Fewer riches, piles of dirty dishes

Any given day's the same

But you always know

So slow to young eyes but surprise ­­

Where did the time go?

Where did the time go?

Where did the time go?

[Chorus]

I want to blink like a shutter

Blink like a shutter

Stop time like a photograph

Appreciate the things that pass

By in an instant

Minute after minute

Every day. Give me a way

To make the good things stay

[Verse 2: Dustinfool]

Flashing by, my life is

But this moment is so timeless

Trying to live while I’m alive

And make this time worth passing by ‘cause

I remember where I was

Doing what I love

Filling up my membrane

With things that are worth remembering

I wish time would just stop

But the seconds keeping moving

Living my life through snapshots

Fun things that I’m doing

I’m using all of my focus so I can live my life in color

And I always put it down like a finger on a shutter

I need a little time stamp

A way to look back

I need a way to document this no look path

You need a new lens, a new look, a new light (all right)

You got two eyes, open wide, open mind (damn right)

A new lens, a new look, a new light (all right)

You got two eyes, open wide, open mind (damn right)

[Chorus]

I want to blink like a shutter

Blink like a shutter

Stop time like a photograph

Appreciate the things that pass

By in an instant

Minute after minute

Every day. Give me a way

To make the good things stay

[Verse 3]

Hard to break the shell and get the juice of everyday

Wake up, get dressed, nothing makes you say hey

Sinister minutes blur into hours while you pay no mind

Trying to find your keys before the stores close (Time goes by)

Another day lived among your faves, nothing saved or savored

Well you paid a few bills but you tasted no flavor

That's the treachery we lose to

Losing moments as breaths ‘cause we're used to

(Because we’re used to)

So let me blink like a shutter

Sing it like a stutter, like a refrain

Go ahead and sing it again

So let time fly, I'll take notes, keep it on the up high

No gentle good night, I'll take a strobe light ­­

Light up and freeze my time

Before it slides right by

Before it slides right by

[Chorus]

I want to blink like a shutter

Blink like a shutter

Stop time like a photograph

Appreciate the things that pass

By in an instant

Minute after minute

Every day. Give me a way

To make the good things stay