Next Stop Cosmos - Today Is Today - NPR Tiny Desk Submission

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Published on February 21, 2024 9:03:35 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPSarL7qpx8

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https://nextstopcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/our-shadow-resumes

Lyrics:
Scott:

I’m so worried about work tomorrow
I can’t help feel a sense of dread
I don’t know how much of it’s external
And how much of it’s in my head

Kone:

The future is the future
Today is today
If you worry too much about the future
You gonna throw happiness away

Scott:

But what about the overwhelming pressure?
The multitude of endless lists to do?
The delusions of perfection which I just can’t let go of?
The fear of disappointing you

Kone:

Just think about your garden green
Harvesting your strawberries
Think about your cabbage you put in your hot pot
Your dog say “gimme, gimme, gimme!”
Your cat might sneak a bite of your food when you not looking
The animal seem never worries
The bird and the butterfly just go their life
Human: drama with everything

Scott:

The future is the future
Today is today
If I worry too much about the future
I’m gonna throw my happiness away

Scott:

But what if overnight it snows
And causes such icy roads
That no one in the company can make it into work
And those stuck on shift can’t get home?

Kone:

As a boy I think of snow
A snowman is what I fantasize
Just enjoy the beauty when you go to work
You could ice skate instead of drive!

Both:

The future is the future
Today is today
If we worry too much about the future
We gonna throw happiness away

Scott:

But what if I’m not living my true purpose
Will I figure it all out before I die?
Or will there be more decades of unnerving indecision
And I’m too old by the time I decide?

Kone:

Remember we all pass away
We can’t bring money or fame
All we have just our two hands when we come into this life
We die, we return the same

Both:

The future is the future
Today is today
If we worry too much about the future
We gonna throw our happiness away

Everybody!

The future is the future
Today is today
If we worry too much about the future
We gonna throw our happiness away
Don’t throw your happiness away!

credits
from Our Shadow Resumes, released October 28, 2023
Written by Phadthakone Sophavilai and Scott Steven Erickson

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