I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hey baby
What's gotten into me?
I never used to feel this way
I never needed someone to belong to
Someone to belong to me
Now I sit here in the darkness
And I don't know where you are
Tell me how am I gonna face it
Has it gotta be so hard
And there's no way in sight
I can get you this night
Tell me what do I do
Tell me what do I do
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
So is this good bye?
What did I do to you baby?
To make you want to go
What did you leave me that I can hold on to?
Like I used to hold you
Now I sit and watch the sunrise
Still I don't know where you are
Am I ever gonna find you
Did I let it go too far
And I don't see no way
I can get through this day
Tell me what do I do
Tell me what do I do
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
So is this good bye? (Is this goodbye?)
Each step I take
Feels like I'm losing ground
Whoa, I'm lost without you baby
Don't take me down
Come back around
Don't make me walk through this world alone
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
No, I don't hear from you baby
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (ah, yeah)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
Not a day goes
Not a day goes
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (oh-oh, ah, yeah)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
I don't hear from you
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you
I don't think about you, baby
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
What's gotten into me?
I never used to feel this way
I never needed someone to belong to
Someone to belong to me
Now I sit here in the darkness
And I don't know where you are
Tell me how am I gonna face it
Has it gotta be so hard
And there's no way in sight
I can get you this night
Tell me what do I do
Tell me what do I do
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
So is this good bye?
What did I do to you baby?
To make you want to go
What did you leave me that I can hold on to?
Like I used to hold you
Now I sit and watch the sunrise
Still I don't know where you are
Am I ever gonna find you
Did I let it go too far
And I don't see no way
I can get through this day
Tell me what do I do
Tell me what do I do
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
So is this good bye? (Is this goodbye?)
Each step I take
Feels like I'm losing ground
Whoa, I'm lost without you baby
Don't take me down
Come back around
Don't make me walk through this world alone
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (think of you)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
No, I don't hear from you baby
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (ah, yeah)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
Not a day goes
Not a day goes
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you (oh-oh, ah, yeah)
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
I don't hear from you
I don't hear from you
Not a day goes by
When night and night
I don't think of you
I don't think about you, baby
Not a day goes by
I don't wonder why
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Not a Day Goes By Lyrics as written by Rick Allan Price Pamela P. Reswick
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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