In many ways, they'll miss the good old days
Someday
Someday

Yeah, it hurts to say, but I want you to stay
Sometimes
Sometimes

When we was young, oh man, did we have fun
Always
Always

Promises, they break before they're made
Sometimes
Sometimes

Oh, Maya says I'm lacking in depth
I will do my best
You say you want to stand by my side
Darling, your head's not right

Ah, see, alone we stand, together we fall apart
Yeah, I think I'll be alright
I'm working so I won't have to try so hard
Tables, they turn sometimes
Oh, someday
No, I ain't wasting no more time

(Trying, trying)

And now my fears they come to me in threes
So I
Sometimes
Say, fate, my friend, you say the strangest things
I find, sometimes

Oh, Maya says I'm lacking in depth
Shit, I will try my best
You say you want to stand by my side

Darling, your head's not right
Ah, see, alone we stand, together we fall apart
Yeah, I think I'll be alright
I'm working so I won't have to try so hard

Tables, they turn sometimes
Oh, someday
I ain't wasting no more time


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  • +8
    General Comment

    I am also in love with this band. It's hard to explain.

    Pheavon June 12, 2002   Link
  • +7
    General Comment

    This is my favorite Strokes song (so far). I think he is explaining how things are so great when you're a kid, but eventually you realize you're getting older and you and your friends can't stay together forever. The chorus also shows this well because says he "lacks in depth" or needs to mature realize the meaning to his life, he has this girl who wants to stay with him even though there not right for each other and he has realized this so he tells her he must go, and the final part about working hard means like college or just getting a job etc so he's not stuck working so hard the rest of his life and the very last line is the best where he realizes all of this and decides not to waste another day. The overall repeating theme(and title) "someday" is more of a bane than something he's wishing for even though he says it so promisingly. THE STROKES = THE NEW OLD FACE OF ROCK.

    anakin821on June 14, 2002   Link
  • +4
    General Comment

    this song is amazing. it totally captures the feeling of longing for the good old days.

    narte31on June 11, 2002   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    you see alone we stand, together we fall apart i just cant explain how much this song means to me...this band in general....ive never been so in love with a band (musically...not like cause theyre cute or whatever).

    XcrossmyemoheartXon February 11, 2002   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    They played it live on the radio before, it was a lot different:

    When I was sane Standing in the rain Someday, I say Someday When all that passed I'll be second last Somehow, it's not my fault Oh it rained sometimes But I stuck in the shots Someday, oh yeah someday Oh, You will be mine Just not all the time Someday, oh see Someday

    You need a lot of time ---- You like to live with it Some of these all in my way I wanna be alright More ---- than you can pretend I wanna be alright Try to fly a little harder tonight I'm going to be alright

    Is something wrong? I can tell it all Someday, I say Someday Well, all that I know Darlin' here we go Someday, oh see Someday... Alright,

    Making up for time that was lost I'm going to be alright Checked you out in the middle of the night Yeah, I'm going to be alright I'm going to knock those fires out you realize I'm going to be alright If it's mixed and it's there then you know I say you're crazy I say you're crazy

    I say you're crazy I thought I - oh shit, I ain't wasting no more time

    Roger Oskaneron July 31, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    This is their best song by far. It's not even close.

    bakismakion June 06, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    So when is that one part gonna be changed to "Oh Maya says I'm lacking in depth."?

    aMAEzingNOYseson April 09, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    btw, it's MAYA, not my ex. like aroonb01 said before, watch any live performance, and its written on their website.

    howonderfulifeison May 30, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Lyrics are actually "Maya says I'm lacking in depth" Check their website.

    mcb2115on April 16, 2011   Link
  • +1
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    I saw some discussion about the demo version, and here are the lyrics to it:

    Well I was sane, standing in the rain, someday, I said someday Well I got passed, I'll be sitting last, somehow, it's now my fault Oh it rains sometimes but I stuck in the shops, someday, oh yeah someday Oh you will be mine, just not all the time, someday, oh see someday

    Living all the time I've been lost, yeah that's a little thing Some of those things get all in my way, I wanna be alright My only thought, you can pretend, I will not be alright Try to go a little hard tonight, I'm gonna be alright

    Is something wrong? I can't tell at all, someday, I said someday Well as I know, darling you will go, someday, oh I see someday, alright

    Making up for time that was lost, I'm gonna be alright Checked you out in the middle of the night, yeah, I'm gonna be alright I'm gonna try, this fires hard to relight, I'm gonna be alright If it's mixed, then it's him, then you know, I say you're crazy x3 I say- oh shit I am wasting no more time

    mlapsleyon May 19, 2011   Link

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