On End of the Day Beck profoundly points out that:
You owe nothing to the past but wasted time, to serve a sentence that was only in your mind."
We all worry sometimes how guilty we are of this, but at least we’re not alone. I should also mention that said song also has one of my favorite bassline...
[Verse 1]
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
Not a lot to say, not a lot to do
You played the game, you owe nothing to yourself
Rest a day, for tomorrow you can't tell
You can't tell
[Verse 2]
I've seen the end of the day come too late
Seen the love you had turning into hate
Had to act like I didn't even care
But I did, so I got stranded standing there
Standing there
[Chorus]
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
But it still kills me like it did before
No, it's nothing that I haven't seen before
But it still kills me like it did before
[Verse 3]
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
Like the prison dogs they set out after you
You owe nothing to the past but wasted time
To serve a sentence that was only in your mind
In your mind
[Chorus]
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
But it still kills me like it did before
No, it's nothing that I haven't seen before
But it still kills me like it did before
End of the Day was written by Beck.
End of the Day was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Beck released End of the Day on Tue Sep 24 2002.