In September 1994, Today Is The Day saw its popularity in the metal underground gather steam with the release of their second album, entitled Willpower. That same year, Willpower was followed by the Clusterfuck '94 split EP with labelmates Chokebore and Guzzard. Today Is The Day made another appearance on 7" that year, as they contributed to the tenth volume of AmRep's Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets 7" series with Brainiac and Steel Pole Bath Tub.
Today Is The Day's eponymously-titled March 1996 effort furthered the band's legacy within the metal community. This album was the first Today Is The Day release recorded at Austin's own studio, Austin Enterprise, in Nashville. For this release, Steve Austin shifted the band's sound slightly and opted to replace bassist Mike Herrell with keyboardist Scott Wexton. Today Is The Day would be the band's final recording for AmRep.
In 1997 Today Is The Day left the AmRep fold and signed with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based metal label Relapse Records. Temple Of The Morning Star was released in September of 1997. For this release, Steve Austin built an entirely new lineup, this time joining forces with bassist/keyboardist Christopher Reeser and drummer Mike Hyde. In addition to Temple Of The Morning Star, Today Is The Day added to their 1997 output by contributing to the In These Black Days 7" series. Released by Hydra Head Records, this series is comprised of six volumes of Black Sabbath covers performed by the following bands in addition to Today Is The Day: Anal Cunt, Eyehategod, Converge, Brutal Truth, Coalesce, Cavity, Cable, Jesuit, Overcast, Cave In, Botch, Neurosis and Soilent Green. For this series, Today Is The Day contributed their rendition of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, which can also be found as a secret track at the end of Temple Of The Morning Star.
For Today Is The Day's August 1999 release, entitled In The Eyes Of God, Steve Austin once again altered Today Is The Day's lineup. For this record Reeser and Hyde were replaced with bassist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor, formerly of Rochester, New York's Lethargy and current members of Atlanta, Georgia-based Mastodon. Audiences got their first glimpses of this new lineup live at the Milwaukee Metalfest and the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Having moved to Massachusetts in 1998, this was the first Today Is The Day album to be recorded at Austin Enterprise's new location in Clinton, Massachusetts.
The years 2000 and 2001 were relatively quiet for Today Is The Day in terms of releasing new material. Live Till You Die was released in August of 2000, and included live tracks recorded during the tours in support of Temple Of The Morning Star and In The Eyes Of God, covers of songs by The Beatles, Bad Company and Chris Isaak, and various odds and ends compiled from studio sessions held at Austin Enterprise during the late-1990s. In 2001 fans were treated to new Today Is The Day songs that were released on splits with Metatron and 16, the first glimpse of new material since 1999.
The new songs put out on the split releases in 2001 would prove to be but the tip of the iceberg, as these songs would appear on Today Is The Day's monolithic release Sadness Will Prevail. Sadness Will Prevail was released as a double album in September of 2002 and clocks in at approximately 2 1/2 hours. Taking roughly three years to record, mix, and master, Sadness Will Prevail is the band's most ambitious project to date. In addition, this album kept with Steve Austin's habit of rotating band personnel and Kelliher and Dailor were replaced by Chris Debari and Marshall Kilpatric, respectively. Despite the sheer size of Sadness Will Prevail, Today Is The Day also released their second live album, entitled Temple Of The Morning Star Tour, in 2002.
Today Is The Day returned in June of 2004 with an incredibly fast, brutal, and short album entitled Kiss The Pig. While Sadness Will Prevail plays like a progressive rock album, Kiss The Pig exists to be its predecessor's antithesis. Kiss The Pig featured the debut of new drummer Mike Rosswog, previously of Circle Of Dead Children. Rosswog replaced Anal Cunt's John Gillis, who performed live with the band in 2003. Kiss The Pig was the last album released by Today Is The Day on Relapse Records.
In December 2006 it was announced that former Hate Eternal drummer Derek Roddy had joined the band and would appear on their next studio album, Axis Of Eden, due in 2007. Roddy is the latest entry in Today Is The Day's rotating drummer slot, following short stints by drummers Jeff Lohrber and Graham Leduc.
In 2008, French drummer Julien Granger (Four Question Marks, Darkness Dynamite) joined the band.
My Life With You
Today Is The Day Lyrics
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You're not my friend I'm all out of money All you could spend My life with you
You're makin me sick I can't hear that no more No one to talk to No one
no more I'm leavin' today I won't be back I take what I want No slack I
can't count on you Hopeless now you're gone and I'm sad and you're just a
memory One that went bad I cannot hate you For what you ahve done I will
just miss you And all of the fun Nothing is sacred
The lyrics of My Life With You by Today Is The Day is a declaration of the end of a relationship that has gone sour. The song's narrator is fed up with the relationship and insists that their partner leaves, declaring that they don't need the drama anymore. The chorus of the song is particularly poignant in this regard as it alludes to the constant financial burden the singer has been shouldering. They have had to bear the brunt of everything alone, and it seems like the partner was just spending all their money without a care.
The singer is saddened, knowing that the memories of the good times will outweigh the bad. The line "I cannot hate you for what you have done, I will just miss you and all of the fun" implies that there were some happy moments, but those are now overshadowed by the problems, and the relationship has become hopeless.
Overall, the song talks about the frustration and disappointment that can come with a crumbling relationship. It's an emotional journey that many people can relate to, as it captures the pain and rage of a broken partnership.
Line by Line Meaning
It's over
The relationship is over and it cannot continue any longer.
Get the fuck out
Leave my presence immediately and without hesitation.
I don't need this shit
I am not interested in dealing with this kind of behavior anymore.
I'm not the problem
I am not at fault for the issues in this relationship.
You're not my friend
Our relationship was not based on true friendship, but something else entirely.
I'm all out of money
I have no more funds left to handle any financial responsibilities in this relationship.
All you could spend
You were not able to contribute financially to this relationship in any significant way.
My life with you
This is a reflection on how the relationship with the person used to be and how it used to impact the artist's life.
You're makin me sick
Your behavior is causing the artist to feel nauseous and disgusted.
I can't hear that no more
The artist is tired of hearing negative and toxic behavior from this person.
No one to talk to
After leaving the relationship, the singer no longer has anyone to confide in.
No one no more
There is no one else in the artist's life to replace this person.
I'm leavin' today
The singer has decided to leave the relationship and will do so today.
I won't be back
The singer has no intention of returning to this relationship.
I take what I want
The singer is in control of their own life and will take what they feel they deserve.
No slack
The artist expects no excuses or apologies for the actions of the other person.
I can't count on you
The artist cannot rely on this person to be there when needed.
Hopeless now you're gone and I'm sad and you're just a memory
The singer is feeling hopeless without the other person, but at the same time, is experiencing sorrow over the relationship because it has now ended and is simply a memory.
One that went bad
The relationship has turned sour and is no longer what it once was.
I cannot hate you
The artist does not want to have any negative feelings towards the other person.
For what you have done
The artist is acknowledging that the other person did cause harm in the relationship and that there is some accountability to be taken.
I will just miss you
The artist will simply miss the other person and the good moments they shared together.
And all of the fun
The singer is mainly reminiscing about the happier times spent with the other person.
Nothing is sacred
The artist is expressing how unnecessary importance is given to relationships when, in reality, they can be flawed, imperfect, and ultimately lead to an end.
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@gutgolf74
@@potato-whiz
Well, there are still people not convinced that the earth is round and Trump is a crook and a dangerous person...
While in both cases the evidence is even bigger than this one, you can rest assured: It's literally impossible to be John.
Why it shouldn't be John:
It's Paul's part, end of story. No need for John to sing lead on Paul's part in Paul's dream.
That's also why we only see PAUL during this part in the official video to ADITL. No John AT ALL - but he returns right when HIS part, the last verse, starts.
They were finished recording John's vocals for ADITL 2 weeks before and just returned for recording Paul's part on February 3rd. John NEVER sang this part when he had the chance to.
Also, note the position of the voices in the stereo-picture: John is on the right, Paul on the left. The "aaahs" start on Paul's side and move over to cue John's return.
Why it couldn't be John:
Since -- in contrast to Emerick's fairy-tale - there is absolutely no cut between the "dream" and the "aaah", it must be still the same lead singer, Paul. You can even hear him take a breath between the "dream" and the "aaah" on the isolated vocal track.
Since John is doing his trademark NASAL high falsetto in the background AT THE SAME TIME it's impossible for him to also do the lead aaah.
Also, the lead aaah doesn't sound like John AT ALL.
It's a chest voice that would have been too high for him to do. Please name a single example where John sings like that - I bet you can't! Note how the example of "Mother" from this video is a FALSETTO part!! That's only proving it's Paul doing the "aah".
With Paul you only have to go as far as "Lovely Rita" to find a very similar example.
There are many experts who very thoroughly listened to all the actual reels and went through all the paperwork and wrote very highly praised books, like Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew (from the book "Recording the Beatles", p. 444): "Though many have understandably attributed this vocal to John Lennon in the past, isolation of the vocal reveals it to be Paul. As the part progresses, his voice takes on a more nasal tone; this, in combination with an application of Repeat Echo similar to that already applied to John's, does much to give an impression of it being Lennon."
Or John C. Winn, who actually pointed out all the little differences between every single mix every made of any Beatles song: (from the book "That magic feeling - The Beatles' recorded legacy, p. 86): "Paul then corrected his vocal blunder by taping a new vocal on track 2, also adding some soaring "aahs" over the circle-of-fifths segment that linked back to the final verse".
And of course Sam Okell, who did the freaking Sgt. Pepper's REMIX: "Paul's main vocal track is in stereo, because we gave it some spread with the Waves S1 Stereo Imaging plug-in, so it has a different sound than John's lead. We also split off two little bits to be able to pan them left and right. His fourth vocal track is the 'aaah' section, and below it is an 'Aah delay' aux track." "Inside Sgt. Pepper's": Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. 26 October 2021
@arsonne
This song feels like the end-credits for life.
@Rfoz51
Funny you should say that - this was played at a funeral I attended, just surreal and so weird!
@pr.paradox1970
SO TRUE
@lindaklase3821
Yes, Paul’s death November 9, 1966. And replacement with Billy Shepherd aka Billy Shears. Ringo sings Billy Shears.
@ots1634
ew, i gotta turn it off- that depresses/scares me
@jona.scholt4362
@2:49 would be the part I agree with the most regarding the end of the world comment.
@seektruth8662
Another fun fact: This is 2 songs melded together. Paul wrote the middle part (woke up,fell out of bed) and John the rest. Both songs were incomplete and both artists had no idea how to finish them. So they put them together and created one of the greatest songs ever.
@bondarmsman
Tnx. I didn't know that. The McCartney part was shitty though. He should not have messed with it. Another Lennon song stolen by McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney like "In my life".
@porflepopnecker4376
The transition from the Paul segment back to the John song is so utterly sublime that to omit it would deprive the song of a great deal of its beauty and power. The two segments work together magically.
@marguskiis7711
John used to lease Maccas ideas a lot. This Maccas part he used in his "Remember" 1970.