The narrator in this song encourages a close friend or lover to seize life, and to look hopefully toward the future, attempting to prove themself before they make choices that might have negative repercussions.
[Verse 1]
Before you fall asleep tonight
Before you close your hundred eyes
Pray for a chance to prove yourself tomorrow
Before you vow to roll awry
Before you nurse the spider bite
Pray for a chance to prove yourself tomorrow
[Chorus]
Tomorrow, tomorrow
You'll find out tomorrow
Pray for a chance to prove yourself tomorrow
[Verse 2]
Before you see the flowers turn
Before you feel the colors burn
Pray for a chance to prove yourself tomorrow
Before you cover up my mouth
Before you drown the rumor out
Pray for a chance to prove yourself tomorrow
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 3]
Before you hear the music fade
Before you slip and lose your way
Before you stamp the fire out
Before your heart is thick with doubt
Before you push the ship to sea
Before you say that you never knew me