¡UNO!
Carpe Diem
Song Meaning
The message for this song in the ¡Uno! deluxe lyric book is: "'Too young to die?' Well I say 'Aren’t all too young to die?' Does the future have enough time to live in the moment?"
Billie Joe: "[Carpe Diem] is about living in the moment. I think the older you get, you have to appreciate your time on this planet."
Billie Joe (Guitar World, 2012): "I think the first songs that were written were Stay the Night, Nuclear Family and Carpe Diem. So there was this power-pop thing happening."
Mike Dirnt (RTL2, September 2012): "The first album has the spirit of Carpe Diem in it. The first line of Uno is 'gonna ride the world like a merry go round' – let's just, you know, seize the day and carpe diem."
Fan interpretation: "The phrase 'carpe diem ' is Latin for 'seize the day.' This song is haunted by questions of mortality. The narrator says that there's 'nothing left to lose,' and that 'life's a gas and it's running out.' It seems that a sudden realization has hit him, and he decides to make a change in his lifestyle. He realizes that he's too young to get old, and everyone might as well have fun while they can. This song is ultimately about living life to the fullest, in spite of our obvious human mortality."
Billie Joe: "[Carpe Diem] is about living in the moment. I think the older you get, you have to appreciate your time on this planet."
Billie Joe (Guitar World, 2012): "I think the first songs that were written were Stay the Night, Nuclear Family and Carpe Diem. So there was this power-pop thing happening."
Mike Dirnt (RTL2, September 2012): "The first album has the spirit of Carpe Diem in it. The first line of Uno is 'gonna ride the world like a merry go round' – let's just, you know, seize the day and carpe diem."
Fan interpretation: "The phrase 'carpe diem ' is Latin for 'seize the day.' This song is haunted by questions of mortality. The narrator says that there's 'nothing left to lose,' and that 'life's a gas and it's running out.' It seems that a sudden realization has hit him, and he decides to make a change in his lifestyle. He realizes that he's too young to get old, and everyone might as well have fun while they can. This song is ultimately about living life to the fullest, in spite of our obvious human mortality."
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Lyrics
Breaking in a sweat like a bomb threat
Is your silhouette fading out
Nothing left to lose, detonate the fuse
Another break in this blow out
Ain't it beautiful so unusual
Life's a gas and it's running out
Living a cliche gonna seize the day
Bottle rockets and celebrate
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
A blink of an eye barely scraping by
Dominated by passerbys
Feeling out of luck when the traffic's stuck
And you're feeling so left behind
Getting off a binge get a second wind
Another promise to make a change
Got a broken wing hear the angels sing
When the signal is out of range
Ain't it strange
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Is your silhouette fading out
Nothing left to lose, detonate the fuse
Another break in this blow out
Ain't it beautiful so unusual
Life's a gas and it's running out
Living a cliche gonna seize the day
Bottle rockets and celebrate
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
A blink of an eye barely scraping by
Dominated by passerbys
Feeling out of luck when the traffic's stuck
And you're feeling so left behind
Getting off a binge get a second wind
Another promise to make a change
Got a broken wing hear the angels sing
When the signal is out of range
Ain't it strange
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
Making a living making a killing
What's worth forgiving
Alright
Carpe diem a battle cry
Aren't we all too young to die?
Ask a reason and no reply
Aren't we all too young to die?
Live History
Live History
- Total Plays
- 10 times / #185 most played
- Most Recent
- April 9, 2013 Providence, RI
- Earliest Known
- August 11, 2011 Costa Mesa, CA
12 tracks
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