Well it's a new year, with it comes more than 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, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go along.
He stopped to look at me and say, "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 of 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 a little 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?


Lyrics submitted by scott locke

New Year's Eve Lyrics as written by Johanna Kajsa Soederberg Johanna Kajsa S�derberg

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    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 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.

    scott lockeon March 23, 2012   Link

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