You got lost
For a while.
You've been trying to find a smile.
You got stood up
Then you fell down.
When you needed, there was no one around.
Love the previews and hate the movie.
Scream at the screen "something move me"
Before you start to fade away.
Give me all your fear
Throw it all away
And think about the good things
No matter what they say
And we'll take tomorrow, baby (yeah)
One day at a time.
You just stare in space.
You found love but it got erased.
On the road with all the stoplights.
And you're too afraid to turn wrong from right.
You ate your soul and it made you fat.
Starve yourself from everything else that
Makes you completely full.
Give me all your fear
Throw it all away
And think about the good things
No matter what they say
And we'll take tomorrow, baby (yeah)
One day at a time.
So you run, so you hide.
And you watch as they die.
They all fell, you could fall too.
Or you could sow your wings
And try to fly right through.
For a while.
You've been trying to find a smile.
You got stood up
Then you fell down.
When you needed, there was no one around.
Love the previews and hate the movie.
Scream at the screen "something move me"
Before you start to fade away.
Give me all your fear
Throw it all away
And think about the good things
No matter what they say
And we'll take tomorrow, baby (yeah)
One day at a time.
You just stare in space.
You found love but it got erased.
On the road with all the stoplights.
And you're too afraid to turn wrong from right.
You ate your soul and it made you fat.
Starve yourself from everything else that
Makes you completely full.
Give me all your fear
Throw it all away
And think about the good things
No matter what they say
And we'll take tomorrow, baby (yeah)
One day at a time.
So you run, so you hide.
And you watch as they die.
They all fell, you could fall too.
Or you could sow your wings
And try to fly right through.
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Take Tomorrow (One Day at a Time) Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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When I first heard this song I read that he'd written it in response to/after the 9-11 incidents, but I'm not sure. Did anybody else hear that?
I know for a fact that Butch wrote the song for a friend that he lost to cancer, he had mentioned it at a few shows before he played the song. I have never heard about it being for 9/11, although I do remember listening to demos of it before the events of 9/11 occurred. Whatever inspired him to write it really brought some of the best lyrics I have ever heard so it could really be about anything and I'd still love it and him.