"Father Time" is the nickname for bassist Leland Sklar.
Father Time is a personification of time. In recent centuries he is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, sometimes with wings, dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device. As an image, "Father Time's origins are curious." - Wikipedia


Is Mother Nature married to Father Time?

Father Time is married to Mother Earth; just as the Grim Reaper, the personification of Death, is married to Life who pictured as a young lady in artwork. He symbolizes the flow of time and its effects. - The Healthy Journal


Is Father Time a metaphor?

Father Time is an excellent example for one possible metaphorical representation of time: his hour-glass symbolizes time's constant movement, and his scythe stands for the passage of time towards the inevitability of death. - Grin


Father Time's Birthday Party

Once upon a time on a summer solstice, the longest day of the year, Father Time went on strike. Step by shaky step he descended the mountain where his timeworn workshop sat and headed toward the valley below. He was tired and cranky.

He had been around longer than anyone could remember, keeping track of time.
He slumped down on a boulder in the middle of a lush meadow. "Nobody cares about me anymore," he whined to Mother Earth as she lovingly tended the wild flowers of cinnamon red, mellow yellow, and cornflower blue blooming at her feet.

"I've been here so long people take me for granted. In fact, all they do is complain about me. You know, how there's never enough time." ... Read The Rest Of The Story - Theosophical Society
Any time at all is the best one for you
What once was old becomes brand new
When the journey seems finished there's your start
Live not by the minutes but from your heart.


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