The Time Has
Come Again
The
song “The Time Has Come Again” is a magnificent end
to The Last Shadow Puppets’ album. It can be
interpreted as the sequel to the previous song, “The
Meeting Place”. The song is told from the same
perspective as the previous song, but this time the
man has grown older. He is probably an elderly man
at this point. He goes back to the place where he
and his love had once spent so much time together.
He has gone there may times after he finally
mustered up the strength to face that fateful part
of his life. Little by little, he walks down the
steps to the place where she would have been waiting
for him so many years ago. He wishes to himself that
he was seventeen again so that he could relive his
memory in reality. He waits for awhile, soaking in
the scene, secretly hoping that something will
finally change for him. He has been hung up on that
small section of his life for years upon years and
has never been able to move on, though none of his
family and friends know that he still so heartbroken
about her death. After all of the times he has
returned to this place, he has tried to train
himself to be calm. But like so many instances
before, he loses his grip on the situation and
begins to cry again. He pictures himself sitting
there in the moonlight with his love like they did
so long ago. She would always leave him too soon
when they were together, and she again left him too
soon when she passed away. He realizes that the only
thing that he has left of her are his memories and
the notes that she had written to him.
“The Time Has Come Again” is the second of the two
songs off of “The Age of the Understatement” that
contains sections where the guitar is played string
by string. The guitar in the song suggests that
Turner and Kane were attempting to create a more
soulful, earthy vibe, like musicians such as Jack
Johnson and Donavon Frankenreiter create within
their music. The singer’s voice can be heard softly
echoing in the background. The soft guitar playing
and quiet singing, coupled with beautiful violin
sounds, work to complete the poignant ambiance that
Turner and Kane constructed with their moving
lyrics.