In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Don't fall asleep in the snow
Come up above from below
Wipe the sleep from your eyes
Oh my, my
Shake the dust off your hands
And come run free on this land
If you want to survive, aye, aye
It's time to wake up and sing
It's time to wake up and sing
It's time to wake up and sing, ah
Oh put the crown on the king
Oh put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king, yeah
Live your life
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
Now fallen soldiers arise
Raise your hands toward the sky
I tell you mama's alive
Lift up your love toward the sky
The sky don't question why
The strength is of another kind
Don't look around just look inside
Ain't no lie it never dies, so
We're gonna wake up and sing
We're gonna wake up and sing
We're gonna wake up and sing, yeah, a a aye
Oh, put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king, yeah
Live your life
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Sun comin' up and everyone knows
Holdin' on to a time it's time to let go
This ain't for the money and not for the show
Like a river come down like a river come flow
I know you know we live we seek
We're runnin' to the rhythm and the rhythm don't sleep
Cook up the mixture, tell all the listeners
This is the sound and we've come to lift ya
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
Come up above from below
Wipe the sleep from your eyes
Oh my, my
Shake the dust off your hands
And come run free on this land
If you want to survive, aye, aye
It's time to wake up and sing
It's time to wake up and sing
It's time to wake up and sing, ah
Oh put the crown on the king
Oh put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king, yeah
Live your life
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
Now fallen soldiers arise
Raise your hands toward the sky
I tell you mama's alive
Lift up your love toward the sky
The sky don't question why
The strength is of another kind
Don't look around just look inside
Ain't no lie it never dies, so
We're gonna wake up and sing
We're gonna wake up and sing
We're gonna wake up and sing, yeah, a a aye
Oh, put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king, yeah
Live your life
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
Sun comin' up and everyone knows
Holdin' on to a time it's time to let go
This ain't for the money and not for the show
Like a river come down like a river come flow
I know you know we live we seek
We're runnin' to the rhythm and the rhythm don't sleep
Cook up the mixture, tell all the listeners
This is the sound and we've come to lift ya
Come rise up, come give love
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
All around, here and now
What you waiting for?
It's a brand new day
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Brand New Day Lyrics as written by Trevor Hall Aaron Dugan
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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