[Verse 1] Step in the room with a cracked old map Gold watch tickin' like a railroad slap One foot here and one foot gone I been jumpin' dates since the break of dawn Pocket full of dust from another year Name on my tongue like a souvenir Saw my old block with a new scar on it Same back door, different war on it I wore two moons in a denim sleeve Told the past, "Boy, you better believe" Can't stay still when the nights run long I got a thousand miles in a three-bar song [Pre-Chorus] Spin me back, spin me fast I can hear them doors from the future crack Old soul, new skin Watch me slip right through again [Chorus] Traveling through time Traveling through time I leave a trail of smoke behind Traveling through time Traveling through time Traveling through time Every scar still reads just fine Traveling through time [Verse 2] Met my granddad by a river bend He said, "Boy, don't chase what you can't amend" He had that grin and a hat pulled low Like he knew every place I'd go Saw my first love by a train yard fence She said my name like a bad pretense I said, "I came back to make it right" She said, "You always came too late in life" Now my shadow got a split-screen face One half lost, one half in the race If tomorrow calls, I answer rough I been made of then and I been made enough [Pre-Chorus] Spin me back, spin me fast I can hear them doors from the future crack Old soul, new skin Watch me slip right through again [Chorus] Traveling through time Traveling through time I leave a trail of smoke behind Traveling through time Traveling through time Traveling through time Every scar still reads just fine Traveling through time [Bridge] If I could stay, I'd stay for you But the clock keeps prowlin' through and through I learned the hard way, learned the storm You can't outrun what made you born So I take the loss, take the flame Wear every year like a steel chain When the next door opens wide I'll be the one on the other side [Chorus] Traveling through time Traveling through time I leave a trail of smoke behind Traveling through time Traveling through time Traveling through time Every scar still reads just fine Traveling through time
