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"Carpe Diem" is the closing song in "Rollercoaster: The Musical!". It is sung by Phineas with chorus of the entire cast of Phineas and Ferb.

Lyrics[]

Episode/Album versions[]

Notes: Lines in italic are not included in the Album version.

Phineas: Well we hope you all enjoyed the show
Hope it was not anticlimactic
Now there's something we want you to know
And we don't want to sound didactic

Phineas and entire cast: But if there's one thing we can say
I know it sounds a bit cliché
There's no such thing
As just an ordinary day

And you don't have to build a roller coaster
Just find your own way to make the most of
These days of summer
And dance to the beat of a different drummer
Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em
'Cause every day's a brand new day, you gotta Carpe Diem

Fireside Girls: Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh....

(Kenny Ortega interruption)

Entire cast: And you don't have to build a roller coaster
Just find your own way to make the most of
Every minute
No more waiting for the right time, you're in it
Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em
'Cause every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem
Martians: Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh....
Santa, Blay'n, Clewn't, Agents: Ooh
Love Händel: Every day's a brand new day, baby, carpe diem
Ba-dink-a-dinks: Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh....
Professor Destructicon, The Regurgitator and entire cast: Every day's a brand new day
Haney and entire cast: Baby, Carpe Diem
Agents: Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh....
All but Ferb: Every day's a brand new day
Carpe Diem

(Perry chatters)

Demo version[]

Italics = not included in Album

Well we hope you all enjoyed the show
Hope it was not anti-climatic
And there's something we want you to know
And we don't want to sound didactic

But there's one thing left to say
I guess it sounds a bit cliché
There's no such thing
As just an ordinary day

And you don't have to build a roller coaster
To find your own way to make the most of
These days of summer
Get down and dance to a different drummer
Gotta grab those opportunities when you see 'em
Every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem

And you don't have to build a roller coaster
To find your own way to make the most of
Every minute
No more waiting for the right time, you're in it
Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em
Every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe diem
Yeah yeah (X2)
Every day's a brand new day, baby, carpe diem
Yeah yeah
Every day's a brand new day
Carpe Diem

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Background Information[]

  • A demo was posted on SoundCloud.
  • Phineas and Ferb and other characters (besides Dr. Doofenshmirtz) are dancing next to Perry the Platypus as Agent P for about 58 seconds in the song. 
  • The sign in the background that says "ROLLERCOASTER THE MUSICAL" is the same format as the "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" sign that is seen at the end of High School Musical 3 movie during the end of the song "High School Musical". Also, Candace is standing in the same place that her voice actress, Ashley Tisdale, stands at the end of High School Musical 3. In addition, Kenny Ortega was also the choreographer for High School Musical.
  • In the Japanese version, there is an extra syllable in the title because of the hiragana/katakana Japanese alphabets. This version is called/written as Kāpe Diemu in Japanese rōmaji, and written as カーペディエム (pronounced the same) in katakana.
  • This song was included in the Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions soundtrack.
  • The line "I know it sounds a bit cliché" may be a reference to earlier in the episode in the song "Hey Ferb", when Phineas sings a very similar line: "Though it might sound just a bit cliché".
  • For a brief moment, Phineas and Ferb are shown in front of the background from "Izzy's Got the Frizzies".
  • When Sherman was playing the drums with his band, he had gray hair.
  • Coincidentally, Kenny Ortega directed the 1992 film Newsies which had a song called "Seize the Day".
  • The only major character to not appear in the song is Norm
  • A storyboard from the song was released on March 13, 2024, revealing the following:

Errors[]

  • Isabella's voice can be heard singing the line "There's no such thing as just an ordinary day"; however, when she comes in later on, her mouth is closed.
  • When Phineas says "didactic," the space between his legs is white.
  • When the Fireside Girls appear to sing their part, they don't move their lips until the second "ooh".
  • At the end of the song, four floating mouths are seen. This error was not present in the episode itself.
  • After Kenny Ortega interrupts, Perry's hands are white instead of blueberry
  • When Phineas says "we" (in "Now there's something we want you to know and we don't want to sound didactic.") Phineas's legs are invisible.
  • When the background changes the chorus girls' hands are facing the wrong way.
  • In some scenes, Ferb's big eye is at the front instead of the other way.
  • Love Händel appears as their younger selves instead of their present-day selves.

Continuity[]

Songwriters[]

BMI Work #13163483

See also[]

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"Perry the Platypus" (Short Version 1 Reprise)
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"Jammie Lad"
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"Rollercoaster" (#20)
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"Kick It Up A Notch" (#22)
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Season 1
"Phineas and Ferb Theme" | "If Summer Only Lasted One Day" | "Backyard Beach" | "Our Song"
"Perry the Platypus" | "Audition Medley" | "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" | "Evil Jingle"
"I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun" | "Go, Go, Phineas" | "Gunther Goat Cheese's" | "He's a Bully"
"It's Going So Badly" | "She's Candace" | "Phinedroids and Ferbots" | "Forever Summer" | "On the Trail"
"In the Mall" | "S'Winter" | "E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S." | "My Undead Mummy" | "Betty Jam" | "Phineas and Ferb"
"Ready for the Bettys" | "Busted" | "Shimmy Jimmy" | "Ferb Tango" | "Quirky Worky Song" | "Brick"
"Bigfoot" | "Truck Drivin' Girl" | "Eggs and Bacon" | "I Love You Mom" | "Hemoglobin Highway"
"When We Didn't Get Along" | "My Nemesis" | "Fossils" | "History of Rock"
"It's Your Anniversary Jingle" | "Fabulous" | "Ain't Got Rhythm"
"You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart" | "Music Makes Us Better"
"My Goody Two-Shoes Brother" | "The Ballad of Badbeard" | "My Chariot" | "Paul Bunyan"
"Leave the Busting to Us!" | "Gotta Make Summer Last" | "Ring of Fun" | "Do Nothing Day"
"Happy Sandwich Man" | "Lookin So Fly" | "Fish Out of Water" | "Ballad of the Black Knight"
"And the Animals Go" | "Herman the Hedgehog" | "Pin Bowlin'" | "F-Games"
"S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)" | "Disco Miniature Golfing Queen" | "Slushy the Clown"
"Perry the Teenage Girl" | "Dirge" | "Flying Fishmonger" | "It's Candace" | "One Good Scare"
"He's Eviler" | "Impress My Professor" | "Busted Conga" | "Pinhead Pierre" | "Hail Doofania!"
"Let's Take A Rocketship To Space" | "Shooting Star Milkshake Bar" | "The Good Life" | "Little Brothers"
"Chains on Me" | "Corndog Jingle" | "Sleepy Ending" | "Baliwood" | "Queen of Mars"
Season 2
"Phineas and Ferb Theme"| "Evil Jingle" | "Mission Song" | "Save You Save Me" | "My Wettest Friend"
"Quirky Worky Song" | "Perfect Day" | "A-G-L-E-T" | "Flawless Girl" | "When Will He Call Me?"
"Come On, Kids!" | "It's Elementary" | "Watchin' and Waitin'" | "Do Nothing Day"
"Happy Evil Love Song" | "Technology vs. Nature" | "Let's Go Digital" | "My Ride From Outer Space"
"Bango Ru" | "Kick My Way Into Her Heart" | "Loser Let's Boogie" | "So Peanutty"
"Big Ginormous Airplane" | "Let's Take a Quiz" | "Flip Flop Jingle" | "Phintastic Ferbulous Car Wash"
"Come Home Perry" | "Carl, the Intern" | "When You're Small" | "Boat of Romance"
"Gotta Make Summer Last" | "Gimme a Grade" | "I'm Me" | "X-Ray Eyes" | "Spa Day" | "Dr. Coconut"
"Today is Gonna Be a Great Day" | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" | "Charmed Life" | "Ready for the Bettys"
"Queen of Mars" | "Ain't Got Rhythm" | "I Love You Mom" | "E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S."
"S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)" | "Little Brothers" | "Busted" | "Backyard Beach"
"My Name is Doof" | "His Name is Doof" | "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" | "Yodel Odel Obey Me"
"Important to Look Your Best" | "Fireside Girls Anthem" | "Stiff Beauty" | "Mix and Mingle Machine"
"Go Candace" | "He'll Do Anything But Go Away" | "Not So Bad A Dad"
"Mexican-Jewish Cultural Festival" | "There is No Candy in Me" | "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick"
"Evil Hand Rap" | "That's Wings, You Turkey" | "What Do It Do?" | "Bust Em Beat Em Frenzy"
"Funky Robot Romance" | "Atlantis" |"Bobblehead Perry the Platypus" | "Winter Vacation"
"Twelve Days of Christmas" | "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" | "That Christmas Feeling"
"That Christmas Feeling (Reprise)" | "We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Carolers' Version)"
"Where Did We Go Wrong?" | "Danville for Niceness"
"Christmas Cannot Be Destroyed Not Even by a Naughty-Inator" | "Christmas is Starting Now"
"Thank You Santa" | "What Does He Want?" | "Just Passing Through" | "Wedding Adventure"
"Bubble Gum" | "Tuff Gum" | "Alabama Bound" | "Carl, Incognito" | "When You Levitate"
"Tri-State Area Unification Day" | "You're Not Ferb" | "So Busted" | "Ain't No Kiddie Ride"
"Space Adventure" | "Busted Dance" | "Bust Your Brothers" | "Robot Rodeo" | "Izzy's Got the Frizzies"
"Yippy Ki Yi Yay!" | "The Beak" | "Pioneer Quirky" | "Ordinary Day" | "You're My Better Best Friend"
"Prime Calypso" | "Bad Luck" | "Agent W Theme" | "Doof 'N' Puss" | "Ducky Momo is My Friend"
"Glorf" | "To War" | "Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Yellow Sidewalk" | "I Wish I Was Cool"
"Tree Related Wish" | "Want Nothing" | "Guard Song" | "Red Rubber Boots" | "Rusted"
"Not Knowing Where You're Going" | "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun" | "Alien Heart"
"All Terrain Vehicle" | "Gimme Your Money" | "Keep on Building" | "I'm Through with Me"
"I Want to Sing" | "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" | "Hey Ferb" | "You're Going Down"
"What'cha Doin'?" | "Monogram Box Song" | "Mom Look" | "Aren't You a Little Young?"
"Back in Gimmelshtump" | "Rollercoaster" | "Carpe Diem" | "Breath" | "Candace Party"
Season 3
"Phineas and Ferb Theme" | "Evil Jingle" | "Rain-Inator" | "Set the Record Straight" | "Do the Moan"
"Brahms's Lullaby" | "Just the Two of Us" | "Run, Candace, Run" | "Give Up"
"Doofenshmirtz Vacation Condo" | "Ferb" | "Mission Song" | "Ballad of Badbeard"
"Also Sprach Zarathustra" | "Quirky Worky Song" | "F-Games" | "Fireside Howl"
"A-G-L-E-T" | "Gotta Make Summer Last" | "Yippy Ki Yi Yay!" | "Shark of Danville Harbor"
"The Mermaid Brought My Boots" | "Moon Farm" | "Super Computer" | "Shangri-La" | "Funhouse"
"Dance Baby" | "Pinhead Pierre" | "Aerial Area Rug" | "Shot in the Butt with a Dart" | "Meatloaf"
"Blueprints" | "Snacks" | "Sunshine and Bubble Gum" | "Real Boy"
"The Truckers Saved Christmas" | "Alabama Bound" | "Little Bit of Home on the Road"
"Bust is in the Bag" | "Tour de Ferb" | "Skiddley Whiffers" | "Poison Sumac" | "Not as Much"
"Lady Song" | "Football X-7" | "Victory Dance" | "Nostrils on the Bus" | "Evil Tonight"
"Were-Cow" | "Vampire Song" | "Breakin' Out" | "Frenemies" | "Ferb Latin"
"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" | "Oh, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated"
"Good King Wenceslas" | "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" | "Zubada" | "The Way of the Platypus"
"Mid Summer Harvest" | "Questing Song" | "Epic Monster Battle" | "Don't Look Down"
"Perry in a Fez" | "Cereal Tune" | "Deep Into Your Mind‎‎" | "Ants" | "Cheesetopia"
"Perry's Hat" | "Perry Tronic" | "Let's Spend Half a Day" | "Lies" | "Free"
"Big Honkin' Hole in My Heart" | "I'm Handsome" | "Drusselstein DMV" | "Looking for Books"
"Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz" | "Big Mitch" | "Peter and Perry" | "Wee Wee Wee"
"Sucker for Mass Transit" | "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart" | "He's Driving Safe"
"He's on His Way" | "Sci Fi Speculative" | "Going to City Hall" | "Kitty in a Box"
"He's Not Sure" | "We Wanna Eat" | "Sliding Down a Tube" | "Paul's Revelation Operetta"
"Alouette" | "Home on the Range" | "Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit)" | "Awesome"
"Mallet Song" | "We Are the Moms" | "Big Brain" | "Here's Why It is Great to Be a Baby"
"S'Fall" | "Horse in a Bookcase" | "Subterranean Crocodile Apprehension Expedition"
"I'm Unconsciously Creating Truly Evil Inators" | "Jetpack Volleyball"
"Monogram Rap This Old Man" | "Non-Reaction Song" | "Won't Keep Us Apart" | "Swap Meet"
"Carl, the Intern" | "He's Major Monogram" | "When Platypi Fight" | "Weaponry"
"On the Savannah" | "Highly Unconventional Vehicle" | "Evil for Extra Credit" | "Livin' with Monkeys"
"That's the Norm" | "Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Bicentennial Crab" | "Whalemingo"
"Double Dutch Song" | "Be a Squirrel" | "Heck of a Day" | "Kick My Way Into Her Heart"
"Not So Bad A Dad" | "That's Wings, You Turkey" | "What Do It Do?"
"Happy Evil Love Song" | "My Nemesis" | "What Is This Thing?"
Season 4
"Phineas and Ferb Theme"| "Evil Jingle" | "Phineas and Ferb Winter Vacation" | "Hockey Z-9"
"Quirky Worky Song" | "Happy New Year" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" | "Fly On the Wall"
"Van Stomm's Rule One" | "If We Don't Succeed" | "My Cruisin' Sweet Ride (Opening Version)"
"My Cruisin' Sweet Ride" | "Kinderlumper" | "Handcar" | "New Greenland Anthem" | "Helicopter Fight"
"Improbably Knot" | "Buford is in Trouble" | "Square Dance" | "Shake Your Body"
"Animal Agents' Birthday Song" | "Backyard Hodge Podge" | "Pi" | "Bee Song" | "Waggle Dance"
"Extraordinary" | "History of the Tri-State Area" | "Candace Party" | "Come Home Perry"
"I'm Me" | "A-G-L-E-T" | "City of Love" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)"
"Brand New Best Friend" | "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" | "Summer Belongs to You"
"Everything's Better with Perry" | "Gordian Knot" | "Rock Climbing Wall" | "Get Back Hair"
"Chupacabra Ho" | "Isabella's Birthday Song" | "Robot Love Song"
"I am the Very Model of a Modern Major Monogram" | "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition"
"Dance of Contrition" | "The K-I-S-S-I-N-G Song" | "Pyramid Sports" | "Troy" | "Foot Stomp Mash Up"
"Vampire Queens Love Pimpernels" | "No Mo Mo" | "Rusty Britches Song 1" | "Rusty Britches Song 2"
"Rusty Britches Song 3" | "Foam Town" | "Irish Rover" | "Giant 3D Scrapbook"
"Regular Sized Scrapbook" | "Professor Elemental Future Past" | "Trudgin' to Get Some Water"
"Dancing in the Sunshine" | "Extremely Extreme" | "Gonna Get My Bust On"
"Doof's Evil Hideout Vacation Swap" | "Fletcher Family Flying Circus" | "Du Bois Jingle"
"Straight Up Bust" | "Babyface Trucking" | "Giant Puppet Show" | "Pic-A-Nic Bust"
"Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Punky Momo" | "Trees are Made of Wood"
"Flashing Back To Fashion Forward" | "The Ballad of Klimpaloon" | "I Need My Letter Back"
"Leave the Busting to Us!" | "Cool Song"| "Talk to Him" | "Inator Method" | "Awesome"
"Playing a Game of Sports"|"ABC Song" | "All the Convoluted Reasons We Pretend to be Divorced"
"Doof 101" | "Scary Teenage Monster" | "Mid-Life Crisis" | "What Might Have Been"
Specials
"I Believe We Can" | "J-Pop (Welcome to Tokyo)" | "Rubber Bands, Rubber Balls"
"Bouncin' Around the World" | "Sad French Song" | "City of Love" | "Follow the Sun"
"Summer Belongs to You" | "Surfin' Asteroids" | "My Streets" | "My Evil Buddies and Me"
"Only Trying to Help" | "Feelin' Super" | "Feeling Froggy" | "Summer All Over the World"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" | "Irving's Camp Fire Song" | "O.W.C.A.'s Goin' Down"
"Tatooine" | "Sith Roast" | "Socks" | "Sith Roast Decaf" | "Fully Operational Death Star"
"In the Empire" | "Imperial March" | "Cantina Band" | "I'm Feelin' So Low" | "Sith-Inator"
"Rebel, Let's Go!" | "Jump Right to It" | "Army of Me" | "Triangulation" | "Lots of Me"
"Serious Fun" | "To Do Today" | "There's No One I'd Rather Go Nowhere With"
"When Tomorrow is This Morning Again" | "The Muffin Man" | "Platypus Walk"
"Gotta Get Back in Time" | "Curtain Call/Time Spent Together" | "O.W.C.A. Files"
"Beautiful Lunchtime" | "They Left Me Standing Outside" | "Friend Like Mine" | "Bits of All of Us"
"Chop Away at My Heart" | "Lot of Pressure" | "How Do I Do It?"
Across the 2nd Dimension
"Everything's Better with Perry" | "Quirky Worky Song" | "He's Doof" | "Brand New Best Friend"
"Victory Gum" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" | "I Walk Away" | "Baljeet Explanation"
"Brand New Reality" | "Robot Riot" | "Takin' Care of Things" | "Kick It Up A Notch"
Candace Against the Universe
"Such a Beautiful Day" | "The Universe is Against Me" | "Meet Our Leader" | "Unsung Hero" | "Adulting"
"Girls Day Out" | "This Is Our Battle Song" | "Us Against the Universe" | "Silhouettes" | "We're Back"
Others
"We Wish You a Perry Christmas" | "Dodger Etiquette Song" | "Phineas and Ferb's Song"
"Vanessa's Song" | "Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Agent P's Song" | "Isabella's Song"
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" | "Frosty the Snowman (Recorded as "Perry Saves Christmas")"
"Run Rudolph Run" | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | "Take Two with Phineas and Ferb"
"I'm Bringin' My Muffin Through a Dimensional Portal" | "Gotta Get Gone"
"Animatin' Rap" | "Gonna Put On A Show!" | "Doofenshmirtz's Broadway Medley"
"My Secret Agent" | "Just Wanna See You Smile" | "Y.M.C.A. (Phineas and Ferb Remix)"
Doofenshmirtz's Daily Dirt
"I'm Done Really" | "Open Quantum Style" | "The Doof Raps On Rap" | "What Does the Fox Say?"
"Greenland Song" | "Answer This"
Unused
"Limbo" | "Sir Phineas and Ferb" | "Walking Through an Alien Landscape" | "How We Make Phineas and Ferb"
"You're Wrong" | "This is Our Inspirational Song" | "The Elf Police" | "Where the Heck Were We?"
"Farmer's Wife Song" | "Princess" | "Mysterious Force" | "This Is Your Backstory"
"Step into the Great Unknown"
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