Seeing as yesterday was STAY Day, I think it’s time to celebrate with a good little playlist and one of my favorite meaningful songs, Chronosaurus.

Chronosaurus was released March 25, 2019, as a song off of Stray Kids “MIROH” album. It wasn’t released as a full title track, but they did make a MV of the song. It’s basic, it’s simple, but it will suck you in.

So first, let’s look at the full translated lyrics:

I’ve run without a break but why
It’s still dark around me why
That time will solve everything
Is just a fear for me?
Time can’t solve this
I’ll get caught if I just wait I should do something
I don’t have other solutions
Would time in this place be gold or beast?
Would it be me or my dream that’s caught while playing tag?

Day and night every day I
Am afraid I think I’ll get caught

I just dash out even if I get out of breath
I run constantly
Why does time run to me so fast?
I just dash out even if I fall
I keep running
I can just run so time can’t even see me

Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, gettin’ closer
Woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, run fast

Watch out, watch out I should open my eyes
Countdown, countdown, now what?
I feel like I’m stuck in a sandglass
Watch out, watch out I should open my eyes
Countdown, countdown, now what?
It’s just over if I stop

I just dash out even if I get out of breath
I run constantly
Why does time run to me so fast?
I just dash out even if I fall
I keep running
I can just run so time can’t even see me

Ooh like a tunnel with no light
Yeah ooh, there’s no end, I’m scared
Ooh like a tunnel with no light
Yeah ooh (Day and night)
There’s no end, I’m scared
Am afraid I think I’ll get caught

I just dash out even if I get out of breath
I run constantly
Why does time run to me so fast?
I just dash out even if I fall
I keep running
I can just run so time can’t even see me

Woah woah woah yeah yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, gettin’ closer
Woah woah woah yeah yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, run fast
Woah woah woah yeah yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, gettin’ closer
Woah woah woah yeah yeah
Tick tock, tick tock, run fast

Translated lyrics from Genius English Translations

~deep breath~ Yeahhhhhhh. This is one of my absolute favorite songs of theirs. The first time I watched the video, I was reading the translation, and I couldn’t look away. I had to immediately re-watch the video to actually WATCH it.

So according to this interview, Changbin said that the original name of the song was “Time Beast”, but they decided to go with Chronosaurus.

Time changes everything.

Time marches on.

Much like if Time was a lumbering, elephantine-sized beast, rumbling through and breaking everything in its path. And if it catches up to you – you stop. Permanently. So you are constantly running through time, unable to stop or rest or breathe. All you can do is push yourself to stay ahead of it for as long as possible.

The fear of time is REAL, no matter what your age. Young people fear getting old, old people fear that they don’t have enough of it. I know I look back on what I’ve done and the time I’ve had, and I wonder if it was enough. I wonder what time I have left in this plane of existence to make a positive effect on people, and I worry that I won’t have enough time with my loved ones, or to do the things I want.

This song reminds me that I’m not the only one with these fears, and that I’m not alone in my struggle of running from time. So every time I listen to it, or the MV comes up in a YouTube playlist, I watch.

Chronosaurus is one of those songs that resonates with me so much, that hearing it live would leave me in tears.

“Day and night every day
I am afraid I think I’ll get caught“