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Time Is A Bomb Lyrics — Metric | Dork

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Time Is A Bomb Lyrics

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Time Is A Bomb

From Romanticize The Dive2026

Written by Emily Haines, Gavin Brown, James Shaw

Produced by Gavin Brown, James Shaw, John O’Mahony, Liam O’Neil

Lyrics

Time Is A Bomb

Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah I am always up And I'm always down I am always up And I'm always down To be the number you call in the night Don't even ask, am I okay? I am always down To be the number you call in the night Don't even ask, am I awake? I am always up And I'm always down I am always up And I'm always down I am always up And I'm always down Anytime I hear your voice I fall in love with the sound I am always up And I'm always down Anytime I hear your voice I fall in love with the sound I am always up When you are in town Anytime, I love to flirt with disaster I love to flirt with disaster Time is a bomb Time is a bomb I love to flirt with disaster I love to flirt with disaster You're my happily ever after You're my happily ever after You're my happily ever after Time is a bomb that's ticking Yeah, yeah I am always down To be the number tattooed on your mind You'll find the others fade into grey I am always down But never under with you on the line I'll take whatever's coming my way I am always up And I'm always down Anytime I hear your voice I fall in love with the sound I am always up When you are in town Anytime, I love to flirt with disaster I love to flirt with disaster Time is a bomb Time is a bomb I love to flirt with disaster I love to flirt with disaster Time is a bomb that's ticking faster Time is a bomb that's ticking faster You're my happily ever after I love to flirt with disaster Time is a bomb that's ticking faster Time is a bomb that's ticking faster You're my happily ever after You're my happily ever after You're my happily ever after Time is a bomb that's ticking Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah I'm down, but I'm up for tonight Yeah, yeah I'm down, but I'm up for tonight Yeah, yeah

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About this track

"Time Is A Bomb" is a song by Metric from the album Romanticize The Dive, released in 2026. The song was written by Emily Haines, Gavin Brown, James Shaw. It was produced by Gavin Brown, James Shaw, John O’Mahony, Liam O’Neil.

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Track 3 of 11

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Joshua Winstead— 77 credits as songwriter →
Joules Scott-Key— 78 credits as songwriter →
James Shaw— 305 credits as songwriter & producer →
Emily Haines— 266 credits as songwriter & producer →
Gavin Brown— 125 credits as songwriter & producer →
James Shaw— 305 credits as songwriter & producer →
John O’Mahony— 278 credits as songwriter & producer →

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