One Day - Behind the Song
It may not seem to mean that much, but one day you will miss this.
I was born in England, but that didn't really mean much to me until I returned there for the first time in 2010. And since then, I've been increasingly drawn to my homeland.
This song was originally going to be an appeal to the younger me still living there who probably took so much for granted. But I quickly realised that the theme of “not realising what you have until it's gone” is so universal that I could apply it to many things in my life and life in general. That's when I decided to take a broader view.
And although it might seem like a depressing viewpoint to share, I'd rather see it as a pragmatic statement of living. We will miss things and there is no avoiding it. But that's OK; we will always have the memories.
Lyrics
The days you didn’t even notice, in ways that didn’t seem important
From the brilliant to the borderline, they’ll wane in time without warning
The games that didn’t feel like playing
Parting ways when you thought that you were staying
In the moment you don’t realise, or recognise any difference
It may not seem to mean that much, but one day you will miss this
Like a goodbye without a touch, one day you will miss it
The love you thought would last forever
The life you thought you’d live together
In the moment it won’t comprehend that things could end indifferently
It may not seem…
Time is not the enemy, hold onto the memory
It may not seem…