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"Goodbye for Now" is a song by P.O.D. that serves as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Testify (2006). It features background vocals by Katy Perry and would be the first single she appeared on before promoting her mainstream debut album, One of the Boys (2008). The track was also included on Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years (2006).
Background[]
Musically, the song reintroduced rap vocals to P.O.D.'s singles catalog; the style had not been prominently heard on any single since 2002's Satellite. The song also emphasizes clean melody and vocal harmony while lacking any heavy guitar work. Katy Perry's drawn out backup vocals enter during the final chorus shortly before the song comes to an end. P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval described the feel and meaning behind the song in an MTV interview:
"It's more of a laid-back track, it's more of a vibe track, it's definitely not the heavy side of P.O.D., but lyrically it's a hopeful song. . . We know with just dealing with the people around us and just coming across so many people that there are a lot of people struggling out there. And being that positive influence that we like to have in our music, we are just trying to encourage people. No matter how bad today is, tomorrow has a bright promise and a bright future. There's a lyric that says, 'If joy really comes in the morning time/ Then I'm going to sit back and wait until the next sunrise.' And in our faith, we believe that joy does come in the morning time, so just hold on and hang out and tomorrow is a whole different day."
Lyrics[]
I can still see the light
at the end of the tunnel shine
through the dark times
even when I lose my mind
But it feels like no one
in the world is listening
and I can't ever seem
to make the right decisions
I walk around in the same haze
I'm still caught in my same ways
I'm losing time in these strange days
but somehow I always know
the right things to say
I don't know what time it is
or who’s the one to blame for this
Do I believe what I can't see
And how do you know
which way the wind blows
Cause I can feel it all around
I'm lost between the sound
And just when I think
I know, there she goes
[Chorus]
Goodbye for now
Goodbye for now
So long
Goodbye for now (I'm not the type to say I told you so)
Goodbye for now
So long (I think the hardest part of holding on is letting it go)
When will we sing
A new song
A new song
We’re still smilin' as the day goes by
and how come nobody
ever knows the reasons why
Bury you deep so far
you can't see
If you're like me
who wears a broken
heart on your sleeve
Pains and struggles that
you know so well
Either time don't
It can't or it just won't tell
I'm not the type to say
I told you so
I think the hardest part
of holding on is letting it go
I don't know what time it is
or who’s the one to blame for this
Do I believe what I can't see
And how do you know
which way the wind blows
Cause I can feel it all around
I'm lost between the sound
And just when I think I know
there she goes
Goodbye for now
Goodbye for now
So long
Goodbye for now (I'm not the type to say I told you so)
Goodbye for now
So long (I think the hardest part of holding on is letting it go)
[Repeat]
When will we sing
A new song
A new song
And you can sing until
there's no song left (song left)
And I can scream until
the world goes deaf (goes deaf)
For every other word
left unsaid you should
have took the time to
read the sign and
see what it meant
In some ways everybody
feels alone so if the
burden is mine then
I can carry my own
If joy really comes
in the morning time
then I'm gonna sit back
and wait until the
next sunrise...(fade)
Goodbye for now
Goodbye for now
So long
Goodbye for now (I'm no the type to say I told you so)
Goodbye for now
So long (I think the hardest part of holding on is letting it go)
[Repeat 3x]
When will we sing
A new song
A new song
When will we sing (When will we sing)
A new song
A new song
(Away)
[Repeat 3x]
(I runaway)