It was the intro riff, with its delay that conjures up so many visual images and moods for me (some for whom I've played this have wondered if it's a guitar; it's a keyboard). So, I just went with it.

Hummed a melody and dropped in a vibraphone to keep it in case I forgot it. Thought the vibes sounded so cool I kept them. You can hear it throughout the entire song.

Took me a while to write the lyrics. It was one of those where the initial push of lyrics came out quickly: verse, chorus, verse. But the prechoruses weren't there yet. So the song sat.

I knew the song had to do something; what, I just didn't know. And it killed me, you know? I really liked where it was headed, but after that: black. Nothing. zilch. A germ in my vast library of unfinished songs.

And then, after literally 2 years, it hit me. I wasn't going to take the song to any higher place, sonically. This would be an "in the pocket" song. It'd smolder, it'd simmer, but never boil. When that became the case, the prechorus came out, and I began to bang out the sonics I heard in my head. Drums: all room. Guitars, deep and buried.

" I know, and you know what to do"

Lyrically, the song is intentionally one of those paintings where, if you'd show twenty people, ten would see the old lady, and ten would see the young girl. It just depends on a person's perspective.

You'll know what I mean when you hear it.

PS: 
Yes, this song has nothing to do with time travel. No science fiction here. The first line says "...time to travel..." and I thought it was a cool place to go, visually.

Enjoy!