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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Today's Tomorrow" by the artist "White Buffalo, The"

The song "Today's Tomorrow" by The White Buffalo tells the story of a couple destroyed by addiction and mutual resentment. The lyrical hero observes his beloved as she sinks deeper into addiction, seeking solace in alcohol ("she takes another one, measured by the cap"). He understands that she wants to forget herself ("to make today tomorrow, to make tomorrow today") and tries to do the same, finding solace in a bar.

Both characters are entangled in their own problems. The woman "knits herself into a knot" of addiction, and the man, though trying to convince himself that he is better off without her, still suffers ("I will not suffer, because I am so busy fixing a broken heart... lying, lying, lying"). He realizes that their relationship is destroyed by mutual mistakes and unwillingness to compromise ("we saw each other's mistakes, but each of us thought he was right").

The image of "today's tomorrow" and "tomorrow's today" symbolizes the characters' desire to escape from reality, to forget about pain and problems. They try to live in an illusory world where there is no place for grief and responsibility.

At the end of the song, the hero decides to take a step towards his beloved, despite the fact that this path will be difficult ("going to you is always hard, like climbing a mountain"). He hopes for reconciliation, although he is not sure of its possibility.

She's taking it down in cap size increments

She'll have one more, take her medicine

She hopes for some more and soon she will pray

Today's tomorrow, tomorrow's today

She ties, ties, ties her self in knots

She's down at the bar taking some shots

One leads to four and four leads to five

She's numbing herself till I'm not alive

I pamper myself with a couple more

The streetcars sound like the waves on the shore

The traffic tide pulls me slowly away

Today's tomorrow, tomorrow's today

I won't be coming down, I'm busy mending my broken heart

I lie, I lie, I lie, you don't need to start

I dumb myself down, thinking it's smart

Maybe we're better off alone and apart

I was wrong, you were wrong in each other's eyes

I was right, you were right in our own eyes

I stare at the bottles with canceled eyes

The drunks, the dogs, and the children have truth in their lies

I'd hope one would come and show me the way

Today's tomorrow, tomorrow's today

I'm stumbling home gonna pay the price

I'll try not to be cold, I'm gonna make it nice

I poured my heart out with the bottle I've filled

Walking home to you is always uphill

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