"Time To Love" Press Release
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Chris Rusin Releases “Time to love”
I grew up in Minnesota about a mile and a half from the railroad tracks and my bedroom window overlooked a lake from the second floor. As a kid, I used to look out at that lake and think of everything I was gonna do and everywhere I was gonna go. A little over 3 years ago, when I was first diagnosed with cancer, I flew back home with my wife and kids for Christmas. I was back in my childhood bedroom but I couldn’t sleep. I was 6 days post surgery where I had found out it was metastatic. I looked out that window and the lake was frozen. Everyone else was asleep and I wrote this song.
How “Time To Love” Became Pivotal for me
Special Thanks to Russick Smith (cello), John Paul Grigsby (upright bass), and Jason Livermore (mastering).
Time To Love also features a music video that puts images to the story of the lyrics and is dedicated to my cancer treatment team and all those health care providers that do the fighting. Any income that I make from this song or video will be donated to cancer research and treatment.
“Time To Love” Lyrics
I’d lie awake when I was little
Stare at the lake out in the middle
At the moonlight streaming ‘cross the waterline
I’d hear the whistle from the train
Tracks go everywhere I’d never been
Wailing out my heart for the girl I’d find in time
I’m up late, and I’m back home
But the lake is frozen up
She’s right here but I’m alone
There’s a train out there that just keeps rolling
And there’s a flame in here but it’s not enough
I used to dream of the love I’d find in time
Now I dream of finding time to love
They say I’d be the last to get this
I’ll start chemo after Christmas
These stitches are the easy part.
I check the kids and watch them sleeping
I sit and listen to them breathing
We’ve barely even made a start
Oh god don’t let this be the end
Cause there’s a train out there that just keeps rolling
And there’s a flame in here but it’s not enough
I used to dream of the love I’d find in time
Now I dream of finding time to love
I’ve come to far and learned too much for it all to add to nothing
When we’re so close to being happy
There’s a train out there that just keeps rolling
It’s not my time, I’m standing at the station
I used to dream of the love I’d find in time
Now I dream of finding time to love
Time to live
Time to love
Time to live
Time to love
Written and performed by Chris Rusin copyright 2025
