Friday, September 16, 2005

Bad Day...or Maybe Not

Alright, so Daniel Powter's song "Bad Day" has become one of my absolute favorites. These are the lyrics:
Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
And you can listen to/see it here: Bad Day

I listen to this song about once a day. When I get home from an honestly bad day at school, or wherever, this song makes me feel more optimistic--like, "sure, you had a bad daytoday but it's just that a bad day. Life's gonna get better." When I've had a good day at school, I think I like this song just because of it's music video. Sort of a "You may have had a bad day, but today is not that day!"

Basically, I just really like it.

3 comments:

erin said...

I really like that song too!

Jokey Smurf said...

Go on Yahoo! music and watch the video. It's brilliant.
--Harmony

el veneno said...

That song is an awesome song--my current favorite to turn up and hush everyone else in the car when it comes on. The best part is how it happens to come on the radio whenever I'm having a bad day then all of the sudden I feel better. Thanks for reminding me I need to download that one.