In 1996, you were young. Now, roughly 30 years later, you're looking back and realizing that you have actually lived through the thing the original song was warning about. That's what gives “Time Still Marches On” its emotional punch. The heart of the song The key line is: “Thirty years later, here I am / Still learning what those words were saying.” That's essentially the thesis. When you first heard Time Marches On, you could understand the words intellectually. Now you've experienced enough life to understand them personally.more