Tijdmachine Lyrics in English Dio , Sef

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Ay Big 2, start that time machine, man

Let's go!

See, if I could go back in time

Then I wouldn't give a sh*t

Then I'd just go to school

And I’d even show up on time

I'd try harder

I'd cooperate

Instead of getting suspended every week

I'd keep pushing

I wouldn't give up

I'd have achieved something back then

Then my mom would be proud now

I'd make my first track

I'd pretend

And I'd go to my first girl and let my feelings out

If I could go back in time

I'd sit in class more often

Looking at it like this

It would've come in handy later

If I could go back in time

I'd talk with my mom

She'd still make sure my dad was there for me

If I could go back in time

I'd have less stress

Things would've been prevented

Things would be gone now, yeah

And all I have left is regret

Because if I could go back in time

Then everything would be chill now

When I think of all those days

That I behaved so badly

I think

If only I had a time machine time machine

But I don't have one

So I'll behave

And I'll keep saving

Saving for a time machine

See, if I could go back in time

Then you'd be here with me now

Then I wouldn't be alone anymore

Then I'd have you by my side

I would've listened better to the things you said

And I'd put the things I do aside

We'd go to town, we'd go to the movies

And I'd call you every day, ask you to chill

I'd ask you more often

Ask what you would want

And I wouldn't be away so much

No, we'd stay inside more often

I'd have trusted you

I'd have believed in you

I'd have loved you

And I'd have promised you

I'd have you in my arms

I'd have you on my lap

Because if I had a second chance

Then I wouldn't have f*cked it up

If I could go back in time

I wouldn't have said things

I'd rather have avoided the fights we had, yes

And everything I have left, I'm sorry

If I could go back in time you wouldn't be my ex now

When I think of all those days

That I behaved so badly

I think

If only I had a time machine time machine

But I don't have one

So I'll behave

And I'll keep saving

Saving for a time machine

If I could go back in time

I was exactly the same

I was a problem

And nobody could help me

If I could go back in time

Since I was eleven I was at

A ZMOK school

But that probably wouldn't work

If I could go back in time

I was definitely the worst

I was that boy everyone would get annoyed with

If I could go back in time

I wouldn't hold back

I'd let myself go

And you'd surely notice

That I wouldn't change, no matter how it all went

If I had a time machine, I'd already be in it

Homie, I'd be gone then

Homie, I'd go

And I'd do those things worse than I had done then

Homie, I was completely

Right from the start

I've never given a sh*t about what everyone thinks of me

If I could go back in time

It was all pointless

Because if I could go back in time

I was the same kid

When I think of all those days

That I behaved so badly

I think

If only I had a time machine time machine

But I don't have one

So I'll behave

And I'll keep saving

Saving for a time machine

If I could go back in time

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SONG MEANING

Imagine parking a shiny, rocket-powered ride in front of your old school and getting one shot to fix every cringe moment from the past. That is the fantasy pulsing through Tijdmachine. Dio rattles off all the things he would redo: show up on time, study harder, keep his mom smiling, and hold on tight to the girl who slipped away. He stacks his regrets like dominoes—suspensions, stress, break-ups—then hits the chorus where reality bites: there is no time machine, so the only option is to behave today while “saving up” for an impossible trip.

Enter Sef, the mischievous co-pilot who flips the whole idea on its head. Instead of polishing his past, he admits he would crank up the chaos even more because that raw energy made him who he is. Their back-and-forth turns the track into a playful clash between regret and self-acceptance, wrapped in a hook you cannot shake. Tijdmachine is a feel-good reminder that the past is locked in place, but the present is yours to remix.

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