Asia Only time will tell

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

35 years ago in 1982 this song was everywhere. All the best days are so far in the past and cannot be relived again. I want or relive the best parts of the past with good people before my time is up. Goodbye John Wetton and thank you for the music.

[@markcampbell1662]

I played the LP on a turntable, but this song on and on and on

[@JeffreyMEngen]

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[@timw9004]

We partied stupid. Best year for a lot of reasons. Do not believe the best is over. It is just not on a daily basis like then. The beauty of perspective is I realize them now when they happen.

[@techytech1]

I was 16 in High school... but you are right... BEST day so far behind..... farewell.

[@travisperkins6141]

U r correct about this song. & this in my opinion is off of one of the greatest albums of the 80's. Had it on cassette and u were forced to listen to it all back then & I think that made me appreciate music more back then by listening to the whole album.

[@Gunslnga1]

Every generation says this, but there is no better music than what the eighties produced!!!

[@TCENTARUS]

And there never will be.

[@KraatosPain]

+todd brooks 70's is better, the best from every integrant of asia at least

[@jafo321]

+todd brooks I was also one of the fortunate ones that grew up and experienced all this music before and during that era. I remember all the videos and releases. That's when new music releases really meant something. It just has lost the magic it once had. But those were great times to be alive.

[@novadhd]

70 s were probably a bit better but loved the 80s!

[@slimshine953]

+Danley Nemorin There is indeed a fair amount of good music to be found in the 80s. More so in the first half of the decade, as somewhat of an overflow of the 70s, but by and large, rock began to spiral downward in the latter half, and rapidly by the time the 90s arrived, then on to its quick demise via corporate stranglehold. As for rock n roll, and/or rock, and pop, the definitive, widely documented consensus refers to the period from about 1955, to the early 70s as the Golden Age. It was the pinnacle, most important, most creative, innovative, and exciting epoch, with the mid 60s to early 70s broadly considered to be a renaissance in music and pop culture.

[@kerlyndio4513]

The brightest ring around the moon Will darken when I die. One of the best lyrics ever!

[@JohnH20111]

the brightest ring around the moon has went dark the moment John Wetton passed away

[@KenVic02]

Ah yes...early-mid 80's was a period of great music. What a time to come of age in.

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

Abso-freakin'-lutely.

[@cyndianderson7056]

KenRT14 Yep. I was 16 in 82. I was so happy about MTV. Lol. So many good songs out there then.

[@Nicky79658]

....That would be me - was awesome....... luv their music!!!

[@alkyoniGR]

one of my favorites songs and voices.... R.I.P. John Wetton :( thank you for your music ♥

[@namatanz]

Totally agree. Such a well composed song. Very underrated!

[@shutterbug_713]

namatanz, it's 2.1 gazillion times BETTER than "Heat of the Moment". I love the video, too.

[@shutterbug_713]

alkyoniGR, it's 2.1 gazillion times BETTER than "Heat of the Moment". I love the video, too.

[@adrianopassador4137]

Música eterna! Não me canso de escutar! Pura magia em forma de música! Eternos monstros....... ASIA

[@luizhenriques.s.1846]

Concordo plenamente com você, Adriano

[@felicciasc]

Quando eu vejo uma musica video bem, sempre commentarios dos Brasilieros!

[@jeepgirlolllo2936]

still love this song. timeless!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

In loving memory of John Wetton In 82 this song came out around the time we graduated and we were wondering about our future and what lay ahead. Only time will tell...

[@N4TCM]

SUGAR XYLER end of February I'll be 53 and still busting my ass. Too bad today's kids don't feel the same.....

[@proudhawkeye]

Timothy and Sugar, I am also Class of 1982 graduate, I was very scared when I graduated because I was the first in my entire family to graduate from high school and had no idea where to go or what to do next!! This was not the case for most of my closest friends, they had older brothers, sisters, cousins to offer them some advice/guidance. Oh well, it is what it is!!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I was the first in my family to graduate as well and I still have sexy feet

[@edwardsharpe6234]

Definitely can relate. Class of 82 also and first in my family to graduate. I had the same feeling of being lost and no one to advise me and it was a struggle finding a crummy job having no connections. This album really reminds me of that time. I wasted so much time worrying about my future when I was young but now that I no longer worry about the future I am no longer young.

[@kahafa7406]

R.I.P. John Wetton...thanks for the beautiful music you gave us!!

[@MJSSCAN1985]

Thank you for all your wonderful music John Wetton...RIP...you will be missed....

[@judymooney9911]

This song helped me through my Divorce and I'm so thankful for Asia and their songs

[@michaelbruns449]

One of the few songs and music videos thats always lingered on haunting me for decades.

[@judeannegossin5373]

Great band, great lyrics, great instrumentals, great video.

[@darrylwillett8359]

You're leavin' now..........Thanks for the memories, John.

[@marciatallman3073]

Darryl Willett .... 😥

[@ntscavengeo31]

Why can't there be more awesome music like this now? The stuff from the 80s had so much more power to it

[@kathrynjordan8782]

I remember when Asia came out. My brother bought their debut album and I loved the songs. This is a favorite. I could sing along with this song. Thank goodness for Asia and their songs. 80s were the best decade for music

[@tommybass40]

Asia hit it big when I was in high school, their songs always bring me right back to those times. RIP John Wetton.

[@betweentwohorizons]

Asia was the first arena rock band's music that I fell in love with growing up. To this day, I still love every album they produced. John Wetton was a fantastic musician and the world is now a little worse off without his talent. :( He left great music behind, and we fans are eternally grateful.

[@nataliashershukova127]

Asia (1982) keyboard player Geoff Downes and lead singer/bass player John Wetton... You're leaving now It's in your eyes There's no disguising it It really comes as no surprise To find that you planned it all along I see it now Becomes so clear Your insincerity And me all starry-eyed You'd think that I would have known by now Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky The lie is over Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over CHORUS: Only time will tell One thing is sure That time will tell Only time will tell If you were wrong The brightest ring around the moon Will darken when I die Now sure as the sun will cross the sky The lying's over Gone, like the tears that used to tide me over You're leaving now It's in your eyes There's no disguising it It really comes as no surprise To find that you planned it all along Only time will tell I see it now, become so clear Only time will tell Your insincerity And me all starry-eyed You'd think that I would have known by now Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky The lie is over Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over Only time will tell You're on your own inside your room Only time will tell You're claiming victory You were just using me And there is no one you can use now Only time will tell One thing is sure...

[@JoannaCubana]

Thank you for posting the lyrics ❤💗❤💗❤💗❤💗💗

[@TheReeldeel15615]

What a great song! It brings back so many memories of better times. RIP John. You had such a heavenly voice that was underappreciated on this earth...

[@marlenecorreapicancodeagui402]

Uma voz inesquecível. e letras maravilhosas !!!!!!

[@genewebb8396]

very sad to hear of the passing of john wetton of ASIA.. another for rock and roll heaven.. great british band and sound.. one of their biggest hits. thanks for sharing ALL your talents for the world. RIP john

[@rayleroads4884]

John Wetton, deepest respect. So much thoughtful, soulful music you've shared. When I first heard "Only Time Will Tell" there was nothing like it on the radio, or anywhere on the musical landscape, really. No one saw ASIA coming (certainly not in America); they simply banded, stepped out and made a tremendous impact. Perhaps because of his renown as a bassist, Wetton remains an underrated vocalist, but I always loved hearing him sing and play. Such a loss. I am grieved. God bless you John Wetton.

[@janetbergman8419]

RIP John Wetton, tears fill my eyes with the loss of one more great musical inspiration!!!

[@loveanimals6981]

Love this song. I was only a fourth grader in elementary school when it was released, and listening to it totally takes me back to that time.

[@pjsacristan73]

RIP John Wetton. And thanks for this amazingly awesome song!

[@alisonrackle1739]

My favorite Asia song, great album! Rest in peace, John Wetton.

[@adrianak5205]

I heard this from my dad when I was younger and now I still listen to it and love it. Old music really was the best.

[@blonderaider4281]

Great group! Great singer. Love Johns voice. Really hate you are gone.

[@gidd8095]

RIP John Wetton. Saw Asia in their second concert ever and it was fantastic!!!!

[@aldorubindecelis377]

hermosa entrada sintetizada, lo máximo ASIA, Wetton poeta inmortal

[@danielmarquis5258]

So trippy, that if I close my eyes to this GEM, I see the 5 year old version of myself back in 1982. This is one of many great songs that made 80's Rock so cool and SO ADDICTIVE.

[@krugmeister7301]

...I cannot Believe it...This string of Very Talented Musicians are Dying....He ..Mr.Wetton Will Be Missed...And Not Forgotten....+++...

[@ln4454]

Lucky was me to watch a concert in Spain, in 2008, w/ the classic Asia line up: Wetton/Howe/Downes/Palmer. I love all 4, they are the masters! But have to admit that John Wetton became my music hero since I was 30 or something. R.I.P. buddy, miss you forever.

[@larryflowers3161]

Saw them in Worcester, MA in 1983......first concert and it was awesome!

[@professorpatpending8731]

Thanks for all your music John. RIP John Wetton. Such a great album. Have it on vinyl from 1982.

[@SuperBenblake]

I've been huge into "Only Time Will Tell" and Asia since I was 6 or 7 years old and heard this song when it first came out. I already had heard a lot of music even though I was that young, but this was something completely new. Later on in high school and after high school and still today I'm big into Yes, King Crimson, ELP (RIP Keith Emerson horrible loss), UK, all of those bands and progressive rock. The more I hear Asia the less I think they strayed away from prog rock. They're something higher and stronger than a lot of what else was successful then and no commercial rock sell out band were gonna write songs as dark as the songs on their first album. This song is about being hurt deeply in a relationship and it ending in mutual hatred because of lies and backstabbing. I've experienced that and I particularly love the line at the end "And There Is No One You Can Use Now."

[@carldodd7744]

The 1960's, 70's and 80's had the best music ever! No doubt about it. Those decades had the best musicians and singers.

[@4thstooge75]

Wow! These guys were so great, Sadly they don't make music like this anymore. Rip John Wetton.

[@jonfoxsv1]

Grandiosa!! Excelente canción de una hermosa época.

[@scatterbrainart]

This was one of my favorite songs growing up as a kid in the early 80s, and when I heard it playing MGSV I freaked the fuck out. Like, how did a song by Asia, of all bands, make it into a 2015 AAA video game? Mind blown.

[@RocknJazzer]

+megatroll - the people who "grew up" w this song are near 50 or older now, like kojima who is 52, right in the middle of the range of people who would have heard this song then. Any 30s people were either not born yet or babys

[@scatterbrainart]

progjazzfusion Both of you have a point. Still, it was refreshing to hear something other than the usual 80's top ten hits.

[@RocknJazzer]

John Petersen - its pretty clear kojima likes the tune as nostalgia, him being in college at the time. I wish he would the older true progressive of the early to mid 70s instead of this 80s neo prog pop rock, but he was too young. Our high school and college years imprint strong musical memories.

[@philosopher2king]

I'm literally almost in tears right now. I became a rabid fan of Asia after watching this video on a Sunday in 1986 and it made me want to become a musician. Thanks John, and RIP.

[@momfromnj911]

Sure miss the 80's ... great music

[@neillmccrimmon4385]

The music from the 80's was the best of all time! Had so many great artist and groups that could flat out create music !

[@tallguy3708]

"You're claiming victory You were just using me And there is no one you can use now" Driving home in '82 after college girlfriend and I had broken up. This song comes on. This line always stuck with me.

[@TheCivilProtector]

+tallguy3708 Wandering afghanistan with D Horse in '84 waiting for pequod to arrive and return to mother base...

[@SusanCase1969]

tallguy3708 it’s cool to see a guy have a breakup song. Go tall guy 😉

[@johnboy1828]

who said Love ain't a combat sport?

[@ricardosavagestrike]

So this is a song about being cheated on/cucked?

[@slupa]

Those lines always stuck with me too, especially the way they start to fadeout. Really symbolic. One of the best breakup songs ever.

[@thee4thdoctor]

Thank you John Wetton for all the great music. Rest in Peace.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

RIP John Wetton

[@traceymaviglia8123]

Ferruccio Guicciardi RIP John wetton

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

Yep, I grew up listening to Asia.

[@thecasualgamer2818]

Ferruccio Guicciardi me to

[@mikefontaine2278]

I saw them live back in March with Billy Sherwood filling in for John. they did a very touching tribute to him. was a great show.

[@IRIDEHARLEYS]

RIP John Wetton Co-Founder of Asia (Singer, songwriter, Bassist). The songs: Only Time Will Tell, Don't Cry and The Smile Has Left Your Eyes from Asia are etched upon my heart. Never was nor will be music like this ever again. Thank you for the wonderful music John Wetton.

[@NicoleXander]

Part of my teenage world. Love this song! We had albums -and the kids are getting back into that sound. CD, just does not sound the same. They can take all the scratches out, but this is a sound that you cannot reproduce!

[@graemepetty1864]

RIP Big fella. One of the greatest rock singers of all time and will be sorely missed by myself and millions of others.Bloody good bassist and songwriter as well.

[@rcoke2]

RIP John Wetton... The lyrics on this track awsome You're leaving now It's in your eyes There's no disguising it It really comes as no surprise To find that you planned it all along I see it now Becomes so clear You insincerity And me all starry-eyed To think that I would have known by now Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky This lie is over Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over One thing is sure That time will tell (Only time will tell) If you were wrong The brightest ring around the moon Will darken when I die One thing is sure That time will tell (Only time will tell) If you were wrong The brightest ring around the moon Will darken when I die You're on your own Inside your room (Only time will tell) You're claiming victory You were just using me And there is no one you can use now One thing is sure That time will tell... Written by Geoffrey Downes, John Wetton • Copyright © BMG Rights Management US, LLC

[@williamdavid7450]

Raymond Coke = thank you for the lyrics

[@lianebarrett3352]

I grew up listening to this song along with heat of the moment both songs are classic. May John Rest In Peace he was the man behind the group Asia

[@imeltonazevedo9363]

Nice tune.. since I was a kid.

[@alexb3383]

2019 and I still listen to one of the great bands of the 80’s. Anyone else?

[@ciphermatrix]

RIP John. Excellent musician.

[@RonTimmonsM1]

I saw them in Noblesville, INDIANA and they were amazing. Still great band after all these years. Opened for Journey. Great show!

[@gamesmaster9633]

Who's here because it's a great song

[@alexkx8599]

The song and "short promotional film" are phenomenal.

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

Heard it playing one day and had to look it up. I always thought it was Journey.

[@madnbad1408]

Ya DAMN STRAIGHT GM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@Mr360cuda]

I loved super group Asia. I remember when the album was released in 82! I never really understood the video for only time will tell. But being 17 at the time, I didn’t care. It had a very attractive and talented gymnast in it!

[@slimshine953]

@@DLJohnsonHonourofKings ~ LOL. Wetton's voice sounds nothing like Steve Perry.

[@Jose-je3cy]

I just love this song...bring me back memories when I was 21. I used to sing it loud.

[@ctscantechnologist]

I do miss those days.

[@marylakey478]

John Thornton As do I awesome times

[@sylviacampos2516]

So do I you fall in love then out of love and then it's so easy to let them go.

[@sjeter61]

Im 57 I sure miss them too

[@thalassafourtines5264]

I literally dream about this song and I was probably six months old when it was popular. This song summarizes so many things for me, I don't know why. So many things from the 50s-80s speak strongly to me of a purer, more innocent, more sensible time that feels more real to me than some things in the modern world. Which is why I moved back to a small town in the woods....

[@suucat]

No game brought me here, im here because i was there when this song was new.

[@captainw0w352]

+Ramiro Treviño ignore that reply. This song is awesome and you're lucky to have lived when it came out. Although MGS V showed me it. Better than newer music that's for sure

[@bladesaint21mr]

LOL..Damn straight!!

[@Bonkbonk100]

+Ramiro Treviño So you are an old fart? The pony picture just makes this complete.

[@bladesaint21mr]

Mavis Well Don't know bout anyone else but I'm a new and improved fart!

[@Angryification]

+Ramiro Treviño Wow! You're so cool!

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

Many years after first hearing this song, I realized something they said several times in this song- Sure as the sun will "cross" the sky. That is Biblical, the Bible does say that the sun "races across the sky like an athlete", comes round and once again races "across" the sky. The sun moves, not earth around the sun. Not likely Asia meant to quote scripture, but doing so they spoke Truth. All these years and I didn't even realize this. Very cool. Shout out from Toronto Kanada.

[@LadyGwenie]

RIP John Wetton ... one of my favorite vocalists.

[@69palmharbor]

good song!! Brings back the 80's when we had a good president!!! Miss ya ron!!

[@devildogdadbragg9590]

30 years later and still incredible....cow bell included.

[@madmike1967og]

never forget the great times we had back then. I like to say I miss all the friends and family that have left us since this song came out.

[@paulsimmons3211]

Asia was the best of the supergroups to come out of the '80s and their video for Only Time Will Tell has held up quite nicely over the past 34 years...always loved that image of the gymnast making slow motion leaps over the tvs...

[@harpazotime2143]

Incredible sound , unforgettable I greatly miss music like this !

[@cabarum5244]

RIP John Wetton. Very underrated vocalist.

[@JerryForttheBeerReviewGuy]

One of my favorite songs from ASIA, but I dont remember this video, Thanks bringing us this tabocatbc, Cheers

[@captpogossian]

Found it at last. It took Keith Emerson's demise...I recall very well the 2-day shoot for this video at Keith Ewart's studios. Directed by Godley and Creme who used to start each day with a jazz woodbine for breakfast and continue all day. I was the technical manager responsible for setting up these monitors and the 16 synchronised cameras which fed them. It was pretty obvious for all kinds of reasons that it wasn't a very good idea and now, over 33 years later I finally see that I was right about that - not least because daylight colour balanced monitors shot in studio tungsten lighting look blue (obviously) - and crap.

[@VeryHairyKrishna]

+Pan oRoya Laughing my ass off @ "jazz woodbine."

[@kingofallwhites]

Sorry dude but you were wrong then and your are wrong now. This video kicks ass.

[@danbev9313]

I have more of an issue with the stupid gymnast doing acrobatics. Wtf is that all about?

[@OdyBeRidin]

At 3:45 why didn't you paint the cables that go to the TV's yellow to match the floor, very disappointed here!!

[@jehugo66]

Pan oRoya but You Were THERE. Wow! Cool!

[@tammyjean9443]

RIP John Wetton. Thank you for the music.

[@TheOpus55]

We will all miss your beautiful voice, John. R.I.P.

[@billysmith7835]

RIP JW. Only time will tell. Time will be on your side. Thank you for incredible music and some amazing songs that many people will never forget

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Still listening to this song in 2019

[@nicolemarie011]

Heard this in a Rite Aid store today and hadn't heard it for years. Brought back some great memories! Ahhh, the 80's- what a time to be alive!

[@azapro911]

Another superb vocal effort from Derbyshire's finest.

[@jamesfox2579]

I saw "Asia" in concert at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City MO in 1982. Great Show!!

[@triadsamurai4556]

Awsome Video I remember when I first saw this on Mtv in 1981 When Mtv was all about the music. Super group Asia pure rock talent: Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer, Jhon Wetton of Uria Heep, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes both of Yes. Powerfully smooth voicals and timeless driven sound, something lost in todays corperately driven music wasteland.

[@markcastellanos9678]

The 80s left an indelible Mark on music. The Greatest Decade.

[@michaelcovington4606]

Underrated band

[@fastponygt1511]

You sure? I remembered them being referred to as a 'supergroup'. Awesome band and definitely under appreciated though.

[@thalassafourtines5264]

I agree with you as someone who is probably about the same age (or same generation) ....older people might remember Asia as a "supergroup" or something but for us as younger people this is NOT the song played on 80s stations....Asia is played off as this minor band that weird people like. Like Alan Parsons Project. I have unashamedly promoted them since I was in high school. I think Alan Parsons Project deserves at least as much attention as Pink Floyd and they've been relegated to a joke in a Micheal Cera film for us to consume as a generation. I know what you mean. I am a fan of American Psycho. It's really difficult for the majority to have that perspective though because they're either old enough to remember Asia as a "supergroup" (I don't...at all...I was like...a baby)...or young in a way that they don't care who Asia is, because Asia isn't Blondie or Talking Heads, and that's real. To us.

[@bigpapa8152]

Voted best supergroup ever!

[@analystzorncasteel3047]

One of *the greatest* songs (any genre) of all time. ... Criminally underrated.

[@JonathanMarsala]

May John Wetton Rest In Peace.

[@Turismo271]

May the Lord God have it in a good place .

[@zenguitarankh]

*Raises his coffee*

[@ln4454]

That´s for sure!

[@orlandoramos1878]

Hitchin A' Ride how did he die

[@cmsjns]

Orlando Ramos he had cancer.

[@Raven135]

Loved the 80's music! I stand by that and always will!😘💜🌻🇺🇸

[@Hawkmeister_]

Nothing like having your Support helicopter raining down a rocket barrage on your foes, while playing this song on the chopper's loud-speakers!

[@alo6125]

This was one of my leaving-home songs. "You're leaving now...only time will tell" perfectly captured the anticipation/sadness/apprehension I felt leaving my parents' home near Cleveland, Ohio and traveling 1200 miles to Dallas, Texas.

[@marcelodonati]

R.I.P. John Wetton.

[@rhernan007]

Love It !!!! Great Memories....When The Music Was Music!!!!

[@JayTyrus]

what a rough year it has been for Prog Rock. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and now John Wetton. :-(

[@ViCPadWebPortal]

Going Down Memory Lane... Oh do I miss those days ! A Super 80's ROCK Tune... it will ALWAYS ROCK !

[@jason75]

It wasn't cheesy back then, that's how it was back in th day. Sure 30 years later its cheezy, but the songs great.

[@PerhapsRampancy]

I didn't know people thought this was cheesy. Maybe I'm a cheesy person but the emotion in the 70s and 80s is so raw that the music is so easy to relate with. It's very endearing.

[@shutterbug_713]

jason75, and I love this video! This makes it 2.1 gazillion times BETTER than "Heat of the Moment".

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

This reminds of flying from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles back in '95...GOOD TIMES!!!...GREAT MUSIC!!!

[@1prairiegirl]

So...I'm in the car with my 17 1/2 yr old and this is what's on his song list. Proud Mama! Had to share.

[@matterantimatter5179]

You look like a kid yourself.🌸

[@danaarden8373]

Lori Helm, no, you raised her right.

[@jenniferwelch8993]

Such a super band!! Great song!!

[@vanpiisu88]

MGSV brought me here :), love this song

[@Trancegirl1966]

One of the great Band's of the eighties....

[@kikitos96]

DESCANSE EN PAZ JOHN WETTON , DESDE MEXICO

[@Jeff-lu7wq]

This song i heard it many times and its so amazing, John i hope your soul is well brother, thank you for this song sir...

[@rporche2600]

''Be careful down there Boss''

[@Sprawl1978]

+Reynard Porche Rad Game!

[@jhondoe1269]

Any other helicopter song is a sin.

[@drybonez2087]

+Jhon Doe HAHA, i second that, although take on me is an exception.

[@LucasKingPiano]

+Reynard Porche My girlfriend says that to me during foreplay.

[@KraatosPain]

+Reynard Porche ?????

[@snake9911]

It is sad John wetton passed away. That is a great song and video. I was 19 when song came out. Great song.