carpe diem baby

Carpe diem is a Latin phrase from a poem by Horace, popularly translated as "seize the day". Now, Nickelback. Nickelback are one of those bands that goes silent for two years and you start to think they're dead, and just then they drop a record that you listen to and you are just lost for words. You start to wonder where they have been all your life! Dark Horse is one such record, and I recently got my hands on it and I've already skizad most of it. There's a song that particularly stood out, If Today Was Your Last Day. I don't think I'd be able to say it better than them if I tried, so Im gonna just go ahead and say it exactly the way they say it:

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each days a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned
Leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
If today was your last day

Going against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the price is always worth the fight
Every second counts cause there's no second try
So live it like you're never living twice
Don't take the free ride in your whole life

If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
And would you call old friends you never see
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies
And would you find that one your dreaming of
Swear up and down to god above
That you'll finally fall in love
If today was your last day

If today was your last day
Would you make your mark
On ending a broken heart
You know it's never too late
To shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are
So do whatever it takes
Cause you can't rewind
A moment in this life
Let nothing stand in your way
Cause the hands of time
Are never on your side

If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
And would you call old friends you never see
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies
And would you find that one your dreaming of
Swear up and down to god above
That you'll finally fall in love
If today was your last day

It's all about opportunity. The here and now. Living life as we see it and having no regrets. Win or lose, this much we should all be able to say, like Frankie did, "At least I did it my way." This right here, this is the reason I listen to rock. It's mostly noise, but once every four or five songs you find that one that just blows you away! And it's usually worth all the crap you had to sift through to get it. And what better time than the start of a new year to hear this.

So go ahead.
Live, win
Dare, fail
Eat dirt
Bite the nail

Strip smile
Lose cool
Bleed the day
And break the rule

It don't feel good until it hurts
So take this world and shake it
Come squeeze and suck the day
Come carpe diem, baby

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