Another Day (Roy Harper song)
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| "Another Day" | |
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| Song by Roy Harper | |
| from the album Flat Baroque and Berserk | |
| Released | 1970 |
| Recorded | September 1969 |
| Studio | Abbey Road, London |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Label |
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| Songwriter | Roy Harper |
| Producer | Peter Jenner |
| Official audio | |
| "Another Day" (Remastered) on YouTube | |
"Another Day" is a 1970 song by the English folk rock singer and songwriter Roy Harper for his album Flat Baroque and Berserk.[1] It was recorded at Abbey Road in London, and produced by Pink Floyd's manager and sometimes producer Peter Jenner. "Another Day" is widely considered one of the high points of Harper's career.
The song has been covered by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush in 1979, and by Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins for the collective This Mortal Coil's 1984 album It'll End in Tears. A live version of the song appears on Harper's 1974 double album Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion.[2]
The lyrics seem to be from the point of view of a man who has a momentary reencounter with a former lover. The song details his feelings of regret and lost opportunities. Midway through the track, Harper's lyrics seem to switch from the point of view of the man to that of the woman, beginning with the line "I loved you a long time ago". The closing lyrics revert to the man's point of view and are tinged with finality, and include lines such as "then across the room, inside a tomb, a chance is waxed and waned".
Harper said that the song was about "a split second" while introducing the song during a 1972 concert.[3] The bitter sweet lyrics are written from the point of view of a man looking back with regret upon a missed chance at romance.[4] He views his former girlfriend, who he has met again, with both wonder and reticence and is left with feelings of regret and powerlessness. She wishes that they could both step back in time and seems to wants him to make a move, but he can't. He wants to reconnect but hesitates: "And at the door we can't say more than just another day, and without a sound I turn around and walk away."[4]
