this song, along with most powerful musical theatre songs, has to be taken out of its context from just "Rent" and brought into the real world. the most influential lyrics, sung by Mimi, are really just amazing. "There is no future/there is no past/i live this moment as my last/there's only this/there's only us/forget regret/or life is yours to miss/no other road/no other way/no day but today" She is saying, to Roger and thus, to us, that you have to live for the moment in life. and if you don't, life will pass you by and you will realize late in your life how much more you could have enjoyed your childhood and your younger years. "no day but today"-really REALLY powerful
this song, along with most powerful musical theatre songs, has to be taken out of its context from just "Rent" and brought into the real world. the most influential lyrics, sung by Mimi, are really just amazing. "There is no future/there is no past/i live this moment as my last/there's only this/there's only us/forget regret/or life is yours to miss/no other road/no other way/no day but today" She is saying, to Roger and thus, to us, that you have to live for the moment in life. and if you don't, life will pass you by and you will realize late in your life how much more you could have enjoyed your childhood and your younger years. "no day but today"-really REALLY powerful