Verse
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When I was 16 I had a dream my eyes were green
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Just made my first CD, I longed to be on MTV
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I wore my heart out on my sleeve and girls were mean
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It happened
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Those college days just passed me by, I watched my friends get high
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Cannot peace out and say goodbye, I asked my mother why
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Can I stay home all day alone and play piano?
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It happens
[Chorus]
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'Cause today is gonna be your day
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No matter what gets in your way
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So open up your mind and maybe you will find
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Today is gonna be the day
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It happens
[Verse 2]
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Went with the boys to start a band without a plan
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We even made some waves in Germany and in Japan
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But it was over just as fast as it began
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It happens
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Got on a train to Leigh-on-Sea when it was history
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No time for misery, a glass half full is not empty
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But still occasionally I would think of how it used to be
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How everything was working out so well for me
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When it happened
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It happened
[Chorus]
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'Cause today is gonna be your day
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No matter what gets in your way
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'Cause things turn out alright if you believe they might
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Today is gonna be the day
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It happens
[Verse 3]
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After 11 years of space we start to gravitate
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Back to each other, you can call it karma, call it fate
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Rocked up to Glastonbury, there were just so many people there
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Flashback to when the guy from NME said nobody would care
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And now we're back out on the road, the album's almost good to go
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And if you're ever feeling low, you know, you know that
[Chorus]
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It happens
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It happens, oh
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So today is gonna be your day
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No matter what gets in your way
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'Cause things turn out alright if you believe they might
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Today is gonna be the day
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It happens
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It happens
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It happens
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It happens