New Year's Eve Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kaysntees 

Cover art for New Year's Eve lyrics by First Aid Kit

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.

Lyric Correction

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...