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Newborn Friend Lyrics
I wash my faith in dirty water,
'Cause it gives my mind a little order.
And I play that game, just like I should do.
But my whole world, slips away.
I live my life, I live it slowly.
And I take my time, I'm in no hurry, yea... I'm livin'...
And when I go then I would surely.
I would dance with a total stranger, (L)
And hold them in my arms. (L)
Hell, there could be no danger if I open up up, (L)
'Cause when the cryin' starts so,
If I chant for happiness, (L)
Maybe that will make me feel better? (L)
I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire (L)
Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better? (L)
I'd be your newborn friend for the world.
Well I wash my face in dirty water.
For life I have no order.
'Cause I,
Know that feeling when you've tried to make your way out,
Nothing mends.
So you search for the breed of the problems there lying,
Deep down in the soul.
And if, they never end,
There's a whole bunch of reasons, tryin' to get out
But they can't make it out of the door.
Ohh, I know the reason,
I'm not enough.
There's nothing more... But,
If I chant for happiness, maybe that will make me feel better. (L)
I can't changes my ideals, I can't put out the fire. (L)
Ohh, if I chant for happiness, maybe that will bring us together, (L)
For the better...
I can't changes my ideals, I can't lose my desire. (L)
I'm just a newborn friend for the world...
Just a newborn friend for the world...
I'll be your newborn friend and I'll...
Sing loud... Sing loud... Sing loud... my friend
sing loud......sing loud......sing loud.
Gonna sing louder sing loud sing loud my friend
...sing louder... ...sing loud... ...sing loud...
To my friend my friend and I...
I'll sing love, sing loud, sing a little louder of my friend.
Ohh.. my friend
Ohh, my darlin friend my friend my friend
Ah, na-da da, da...
This song seems to be about person compromising their values (I wash my faith in dirty water), to make life easy (Cause it gives my mind a little order), but not finding fulfillment as a result (But my whole world, slips away.)
The person then decides to change and live according to their own values even without immediate success (I live my life, I live it slowly), but at least they are more fulfilled (I’m livin). This person is willing to try this new way (I would dance with a total stranger) with no regrets so long as he/she is living honestly (Hell, there could be no danger if I open up). The person envisions becoming more valuable to society this way. (I’d be your newborn friend for the world.)
There is no such thing as an easy life. (For life there is no order.) The rest of the 5th stanza elaborates this thought.
There is no such thing as an easy life, (For life there is no order.) especially when you encounters failures for refusing to bend your values- (Cause, I know that feeling when you’ve tried to make your way out. Nothing mends.) this sometimes leads to severe self-criticism and a sense of defeat. etc
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
I have to agree with this. For the longest time, I've tried to figure out what the meaning was in this song. It's my favorite song, but I've never been able to figure out why, until I read your interpretation of the lyrics. And now, it all makes sense, because I've been in that same boat for the majority of my life, not knowing how to fit in, but unwilling to compromise who I am as a person just to fit in with the status quo. This song has new meaning to me now.
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness, Maybe that will make me feel better? I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better? I'd be your newborn friend for the world.) Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of...
@Moelyrics I agree with what you say, also this. (If I chant for happiness, Maybe that will make me feel better? I can't change my ideals, I can't lose my desire Ohh, if I chant for happiness maybe that will make me feel better? I'd be your newborn friend for the world.) Coming to the relisation that living the way someone else wants you to live/act will make them happy but to yourself you will be lying to yourself and not living how you want to. Doing that you'll never be happy no mater what others think of you. A modern version of Shakespeare's Polonius: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
"I would dance with a total stranger, And hold them in my arms. Hell, there could be no danger if I open up up, 'Cause when the cryin' starts so"
I think has to be one of the sexiest lines, I dont completely comprehend what they mean but I can interpret in my own way.
This song seems to give me a feeling of motivation, I enjoy it.
Ya it motivates you to just go out and be you and just chear for happyness and let life take you and enjoy it wash away all the shitty times and open up to happyness i like it gives me stren th!
If a total stranger walked up to me and asked me to dance, especially to this, I totally feel his groove and get right down to it. If I chant for happiness, maybe that will make me feel better. . .