Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
Today is the greatest
Day I've never known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you
Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known.
BMI Work # 001776114
length- 3:20
This is the second single from Siamese Dream.
The Video production cost $150,000.
A sample of this song was used in Dragon Ash's [Grateful Days]
Billy Corgan: (12/93)
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"When Siamese Dream was finished, the people of the record company immediately wanted to talk about the
first-single choice. I wanted Cherub Rock as first single, they wanted Today. I mean, I created a monstrous emotional
piece of art of an hour and the only thing people wanted to talk about was a song I wrote in 10 minutes."
Billy Corgan: (Cream magazine 1994)
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"We were working on the album, and there were all these people from Virgin coming round, th find out how things
were going. So to get them off our backs, I decided to give them one song, 'Today'. And they loved it. The next thing
we knew. all these people were shooting their mouths off about how great the album was oging to be, what it was
going to sound like, and all on the strengh of this one song. We're sitting in this studio in Atlanta, and all we're
hearing is that the album's a killer!"
Billy Corgan: (Guitar World 1997)
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"Almost a reverse-case scenario occurred with the song "Today," from Siamese Dream. I had all of the chords and the
melody, but no opening hook. At that point, we just started the song with the verse chord progression, which in and of
itself is pretty catchy because of the melody. I knew I had to come up with some sort of opening riff. Then, out of the
blue, I heard the opening lick note for note in my head. That's the state of mind I've trained myself to be in: I'm
always looking for the guitar hook. When I added the opening riff, it completely changed the character of the song.
Suddenly, I had a song that was starting out quiet and then got very loud. I could start to hear the shifts in the song
as it progressed. I knew that I was going to bring that riff back in for emphasis, and I knew where I could do that."
Official Releases:
- Siamese Dream
- Vieuphoria
- Earphoria
- Today
- Siamese Singles (box set)
- No Alternative (video)
- The Sound of Hut
- Rotten Apples
Promo Release:
- Smashing Pumpkins 1991-1998
Today also appears within the film - Lassie.