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At night it hits me cold
There’s so much more to life than I’ll every know
I look around and I realise
it’s time to make a move though you don’t sympathise
Stars collect overhead
They look down over China and I might as well be dead
Cars pass on through the night
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
New life, new love
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
Make a firm decision it’s time to go
That’s for you to find out and for me to know
No more hard times or petty crimes
Forget that life I have left behind
The night goes by
leaving you behind me as I fly
then rise the daylight sky
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
New life, new love
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
A new life, it’s so hard to find
A new love, it’s so hard to find
The night goes by
leaving you behind me as I fly
then rise the daylight sky
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
New life, new love
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
There’s so much more to life than I’ll every know
I look around and I realise
it’s time to make a move though you don’t sympathise
Stars collect overhead
They look down over China and I might as well be dead
Cars pass on through the night
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
That’s for you to find out and for me to know
No more hard times or petty crimes
Forget that life I have left behind
The night goes by
leaving you behind me as I fly
then rise the daylight sky
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
A new love, it’s so hard to find
leaving you behind me as I fly
then rise the daylight sky
How do you get to heaven if you never try?
Where’s the heart I was dreaming of?
I need a new hope, new dream
another part in a different scene
Song Info
Submitted by
mopnugget On Apr 13, 2002
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I think this is a lovely song, and I can really relate to the feelings in it - the longing to get a new life and find love etc and just run away into the night. It has a really expressive melody, and Neil sings it so well, with such feeling. It is well produced too, and really atmospheric. I never could understand the critics saying PSB are deadpan...
i love this song, i think the lyrics are about longing to find new friends relationships etc and to leave the boredom of your current life behind you and just start again. a very beautiful haunting song :)
The New Life Movement, initiated by Chiang Kai-shek in 1934, aimed to strengthen China against internal division and external threats through Neo-Confucian values. It emphasized virtues like propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame, intending to combat corruption and moral decline. However, the movement faced criticism for its authoritarian methods and the oppressive enforcement of its ideals, which led to widespread unpopularity and resistance among the Chinese people.