The Gift Of Time…in Cassidy Dicken’s new single, “Timelines”
In a world that only ever seems to move faster and faster, it’s easy to feel that time is passing us by. In her song “Timelines,” singer-songwriter Cassidy Dickens explores this all too familiar sensation of watching time slip away and offers some perspective around what it really means to grow older.
“I’ve always had a precarious relationship with time,” Cassidy explains. “Growing up, I experienced an unusual amount of loss at an early age. By my early 20s, I found myself with an acute sense of mortality, a deep awareness of the fact that everything is impermanent, and a lot of anxiety about how to find joy in meaning in the midst that reality.
After years of railing against the passage of time, Timelines is my attempt at making peace with it. I wrote this song in one of those dazzling moments of clarity. The fog lifted and I realized that getting older isn’t something to feel anxious about, but rather, a beautiful gift that should be respected and cherished.
So many people don’t have the luxury of growing old, or even fully growing up. So many people who’ve passed on would’ve given anything for another year. Another week. Another day. This song is a hymn of gratitude for the time we do have, and a reminder to myself to make the most of it.”
Written as a solo venture by Cassidy Dickens and produced by Sean Giovanni (of The Record Shop in Nashville, TN), “Timelines” is out now. This song is one of the leading singles for Cassidy’s upcoming record, All I’m Missing, slated for release in summer 2024.