Soon but Not Today

No one knows where the old man goes, no one seems to care
But we pretend and send him on his way
Carried far as the four winds blow, clouds above and the waves below
He'll be back again but not today, soon but not today

Soon but not today, okay? A drink or two before I quit
A few hits off this cigarette, tomorrow I'll stop
A bullet barely dodged, the tests came back, I'm still alive
I beat bad choices and survived before the final curtain dropped

Maybe I should contemplate the things in life that I regret
I believe that heaven waits but I don't want to see it yet

(Na-na-na, tu-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh)
(Na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh, hmm)
(Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh)
(Na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh)

My checkered past will follow me forever like a face tattoo
I wish I'd known back then before my best years slipped away
Unexpected lightning struck a second time, I swear
Another sign, another scare, amounting cosmic debt to pay

Maybe I should contemplate the things in life that I regret
I believe that Heaven waits but I don't want to see it yet

(Na-na-na, tu-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh)
(Na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh, hmm)

Here we made our home, here we'd always been
But then she said, "We don't belong together"
And I should let her go because her heart's already gone
And it was time that we move on, alone here at the end
Seems that once again, we're strangers

Once upon a time, we had something but something changed
Once upon a time, we had something, now everything's strange
If these four walls could speak, the tales of us they'd tell
Of boundless days and love ablaze in splendor
But now the flame's grown cold

I drag my suitcase cross the floor, turn out the lights and lock the door
Alone here at the end, it seems that once again, we're strangers

(All together, we are waging different wars, what's it for? Out the door)
(There is nothing left for you to know, so it's up we go)
(Nothing's more than it was ever meant to be, meant to be, few will see)
(There's a darkness shining out of me, shining out of me)

No one knows where the old man goes, no one seems to care
But we pretend and send him on his way (but why?)
Carried far as the four winds blow, clouds above and the waves below
He'll be back again but not today, soon but not today

(All together, we are waging different wars, what's it for? Out the door)
(There is nothing left for you to know, so it's up we go)
(Nothing's more than it was ever meant to be, meant to be, few will see)
(There's a darkness shining out of me, shining out of me)

Once upon a time, we had something but something changed
Once upon a time, we had something, something