 Continuing the theme of time travel, the lyrics deal with the protagonists Future Shock at seeing his town over a hundred years later, and his disappointment at how the future is not nearly as utopian as the people of 1981, himself included, had predicted.It was the first single since "Nightrider" in 1976 that failed to chart in the UK.The B-side was "Wishing" taken from the "Discovery" album.