And you asked me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
'Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And designer love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
'Cause everyone is forgiven now
'Cause tonight's the night the world begins again

I need some place simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child who saved this world
And there's ten million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words and sing out loud
'Cause everyone is forgiven now
Tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words and sing out loud
'Cause everyone is forgiven now
'Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
'Cause tonight's the night the world begins again


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    okay check this out..lol..im not sayin that this is what the song is about but ...

    this was my graduation song last year..haha..i know it doesnt make alot of sense..but there are a couple lines that make sense to that ...

    "everyone's forgiven now" meaning like every bad thing that people did to each other in highschool is over and forgiven. "because tonight's the night the world begins again" meaning all the students' new lives begin the day they graduate.

    and.. "i wish everyone was loved tonight, and somehow stop this endless fight." people in highschool hate each other and are always attacking each other verbally and such. so this line denotes that he wants everyone, just for this last night that we are all together, to just forget, stop the fighting, and love each other...

    im not sayin thats what this song means, but it was my grad. song so maybe it has SOMETHING to do with it..ha

    chilimak20on May 07, 2009   Link

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