How do you make timer continue after death?

I'm using a timer to see if anyone can finish in 2 minutes for my obby game but when ever we die then the timer restarts. Can anyone help me I want the timer to continue. The script is

script.Parent.Parent.Play.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local seconds = script.Parent.Parent.Time

script.Parent.Text = seconds.Value

for i = 1,seconds.Value do
 wait(1)
 seconds.Value = seconds.Value - 1
 script.Parent.Text = seconds.Value
end

if script.Parent.Text == "0" then
    script.Parent.Sound:Play()
  end
end)

Btw I'm new to lua.