The song is about drug abuse, and trying to quit unsuccessfully.
He's writing about Independence from drug dependence.
He is trying to quit drugs, but he opts to use another time and spend the day "higher than high". He's hanging around the wrong people--hence "I saw you caught between all the people out making a scene"--He's out with people who also are using drugs.
He knows that he has to quit and so does everyone else around him
"Everybody knows, you only live a day, but it's brilliant any way."
This could be a double meaning. It could be that you only feel like you are living when you are high and thus it feels brilliant. Or it could be that you only will live a day if you don't quit, but you feel better getting high.
"I saw you out, A perfect place, it's going to happen soon but not today". This means you're in a position where you are ready to quit, you're "in a perfect place" and quitting is going to happen soon, but not today. "So go to sleep, amid the change I'll meet you here tomorrow, Independence day". The change is internal--he wants to quit. This is his voice telling him that he's ready to make the change, tomorrow is the day that he becomes independent from drug dependence (independence day).
@Maaza In recovery AA/NA whatever you get a key ring with the reminder "Just For Today" It means to keep things in the here and now, one day at a time "you only live a day"). It enables us to deal with each day without projecting good or bad into the future. It\'s part of circumventing an addictive mindset and safeguarding sobriety for one day. Today. \r\n\r\nIt could be a junkie friend which maybe why Elliott felt a need to say it was about something else but it could also be about someone who\'s tricked by future illusions of...
@Maaza In recovery AA/NA whatever you get a key ring with the reminder "Just For Today" It means to keep things in the here and now, one day at a time "you only live a day"). It enables us to deal with each day without projecting good or bad into the future. It\'s part of circumventing an addictive mindset and safeguarding sobriety for one day. Today. \r\n\r\nIt could be a junkie friend which maybe why Elliott felt a need to say it was about something else but it could also be about someone who\'s tricked by future illusions of happiness . If I was reading as a Buddhist it would seem to describing attachment, loss, suffering and rebirth.
The song is about drug abuse, and trying to quit unsuccessfully. He's writing about Independence from drug dependence.
He is trying to quit drugs, but he opts to use another time and spend the day "higher than high". He's hanging around the wrong people--hence "I saw you caught between all the people out making a scene"--He's out with people who also are using drugs.
He knows that he has to quit and so does everyone else around him
"Everybody knows, you only live a day, but it's brilliant any way." This could be a double meaning. It could be that you only feel like you are living when you are high and thus it feels brilliant. Or it could be that you only will live a day if you don't quit, but you feel better getting high.
"I saw you out, A perfect place, it's going to happen soon but not today". This means you're in a position where you are ready to quit, you're "in a perfect place" and quitting is going to happen soon, but not today. "So go to sleep, amid the change I'll meet you here tomorrow, Independence day". The change is internal--he wants to quit. This is his voice telling him that he's ready to make the change, tomorrow is the day that he becomes independent from drug dependence (independence day).
@Maaza In recovery AA/NA whatever you get a key ring with the reminder "Just For Today" It means to keep things in the here and now, one day at a time "you only live a day"). It enables us to deal with each day without projecting good or bad into the future. It\'s part of circumventing an addictive mindset and safeguarding sobriety for one day. Today. \r\n\r\nIt could be a junkie friend which maybe why Elliott felt a need to say it was about something else but it could also be about someone who\'s tricked by future illusions of...
@Maaza In recovery AA/NA whatever you get a key ring with the reminder "Just For Today" It means to keep things in the here and now, one day at a time "you only live a day"). It enables us to deal with each day without projecting good or bad into the future. It\'s part of circumventing an addictive mindset and safeguarding sobriety for one day. Today. \r\n\r\nIt could be a junkie friend which maybe why Elliott felt a need to say it was about something else but it could also be about someone who\'s tricked by future illusions of happiness . If I was reading as a Buddhist it would seem to describing attachment, loss, suffering and rebirth.