- "Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come;Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom." ~ SH
- Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare is a monument to love's enduring power. These lines imply that love is unaffected by time. The figure of time, Father Time, is frequently depicted with a scythe, or sickle, a bent device used to harvest crops. The sickle can damage the young's beautiful lips and cheeks as if it were grain, but it can't change love. In other words, people's outward appearances change through time, and they appear older, yet love remains unaffected by these changes.
- Love, on the other hand, lasts until the end of time and does not go away in weeks or days. Love lasts till the apocalypse, or the end of the universe, which refers to the apocalypse. These lyrics represent the idea that, while one's appearance may vary throughout time, love does not.