Someday (Nickelback song)

"Someday"
Single by Nickelback
from the album The Long Road
Released	August 5, 2003 (U.S.)
Format	CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	3:29 (Album Version) 3:15 (Single Version)
Label	Roadrunner
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Nickelback singles chronology
"Never Again" (2002) "Someday" (2003) "Figured You Out" (2004)
Music video "Someday" on YouTube

"Someday" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released in August 2003 as the lead single from their 2003 album The Long Road. It reached #1 in Canada for three weeks and #7 in the United States. It also charted in the Top 10 of the UK singles chart, where it peaked at #6.

Content

The lyrics chronicle a failed relationship; the singer talks about how a relationship failed and he wonders "how the hell'd we wind up like this". He wishes that they could discuss their issues instead of breaking up.

Music video

In the music video, we get the same impression that the song is about a failed relationship, a boyfriend played by Clint Carleton and the woman played by Daniella Evangelista: a woman bursts into tears after reading a newspaper with someone who appears to be her boyfriend close by her side. As she leaves the house with a suitcase (echoing the lyrics "I wish you'd [...] unpack your suitcase"), we can see the boyfriend stepping into spilled milk without leaving any traces or footprints. Later in the street, the woman leaves crying in her car while the boyfriend is apparently trying to convince her to come back, but she doesn't notice him and just cries more. She drives off and as she looks into her rear-view mirror, she can only see an empty street where her boyfriend was standing only seconds ago. The boyfriend chases her through the street and catches up to her car but only to witness a semi-truck crashing into it at the last second, killing her in front of his eyes. Her spirit resurrects and she can be seen walking from the crowd of spectators to her boyfriend and smiling. The two reunite with tearful hugs and they walk away together. As they pass a newspaper vending machine, the news reveals that it was her boyfriend who died in another accident the day before (presumably a bridge accident). Therefore it can be said that the reason nobody can see, hear, or notice him is because he was just a spirit from the previous accident at the time. Meanwhile, the band is playing in a room near a glass window.

On an alternate version, the woman walks away from the accident alive and unharmed instead of a ghost of her. The man then hugs her from behind, but she walks away from him and he disappears.^[1]

Usage in the media

The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 and on Cold Case TV series in Season 4 episode "Saving Sammy".

Charts

Track listing

Maxi-Single

1. "Someday" (Single Mix) - 3:25
2. "Someday" (Album Mix) - 3:23
3. "Slow Motion" - 3:32

CD Single

1. "Someday" (Single Version) - 3:13
2. "Someday" (Album Version) - 3:25

Mexico RARE Single

1. "Someday" - 3:13
2. "Slow Motion" - 3:32
3. "Someday" (Acoustic Version) - 3:25

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics