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New Year's Eve Lyrics
Oh it's a new year, with it comes new hope and new fears
Met a young man who was in tears
He asked me,"What induces us to stay here?"
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying
But I think you just have to keep on trying."
And I know I am naive, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing
A man walked by, rocking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go along
He stopped to look at me and said, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."
Yet I am still afraid, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Got to write more songs, love a little more, treat my friends better
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
And sometimes when it's too hard to get up
It just might be that I'll call apart
But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Tell me, tell me
Oh what's going to save me?
Met a young man who was in tears
He asked me,"What induces us to stay here?"
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying
But I think you just have to keep on trying."
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing
A man walked by, rocking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go along
He stopped to look at me and said, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Got to write more songs, love a little more, treat my friends better
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
And sometimes when it's too hard to get up
It just might be that I'll call apart
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me
Oh what's going to save me?
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I have a few corrections:
"with it comes new hope and new fears" "He stopped to look at me and said" (it's small, I know, but for the sake of accuracy) "Got to write more songs love a little more"
This is a lovely song, about the abstract missing characteristics we think are keeping us from living life to the fullest, and maybe the futility of constantly searching for those things instead of enjoying what we have.
Yeah, I agree. That's the way I wrote it, but the site isn't actually using the lyrics I submitted. As you'll see at the bottom it says "Lyrics powered by LyricFind." So I'm not even sure why it's crediting me.
Yeah, I agree. That's the way I wrote it, but the site isn't actually using the lyrics I submitted. As you'll see at the bottom it says "Lyrics powered by LyricFind." So I'm not even sure why it's crediting me.
I agree with your interpretation too. There is definitely an element of recognizing that we sometimes fool ourselves into thinking certain things will symbolically serve as our salvation... the thing that will "save us." (New Year's Eve possibly being the ultimate false symbol of hope for change.) It's comforting to think that something in your life can serve...
I agree with your interpretation too. There is definitely an element of recognizing that we sometimes fool ourselves into thinking certain things will symbolically serve as our salvation... the thing that will "save us." (New Year's Eve possibly being the ultimate false symbol of hope for change.) It's comforting to think that something in your life can serve in that role. But by the end of the song there is a recognition that it's only false pretense as she flips the line from "that's" what's going to save me to "what's" going to save me.