The speaker feels hurt and confused by time, treating it as a force that takes away dreams and leaves people behind. The song also turns from personal sadness toward grief about children killed in street violence. Its repeated questions about tomorrow suggest a search for understanding, but the speaker cannot find certainty or comfort. By the end, the focus narrows to the present, which seems to last only an instant.
Time is compared to a wave that washes dreams away and to a friend who leaves without staying. These images make time feel both powerful and unreliable. The request to wash red and blue โin the oceanโ appears to imagine cleaning away the colors that divide groups, so that violence might stop and mothers might be spared grief. A tree left alone and stripped by wind suggests loneliness and vulnerability.
The line โI donโt believe in timeโ may not mean the speaker literally denies that time exists. It may express frustration with its passing, or a feeling that the past and future offer little help in the face of present suffering. The ending suggests that courage and fear give time meaning: without facing life bravely, time may feel wasted. The song leaves open whether the speaker is seeking hope or simply expressing despair.