New Year

I wrote this one on New Year’s Eve as we waited for 2026 to begin. It is my reflection on our true hope for a new beginning. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

Every year we mark the end

Of another journey we spent pretending

That we’ve got our lives and our acts together

But we’re really hiding that we can’t get better

Chorus:

A longing feeling for something higher

While I go on stealing instead of buying

I live in a world obsessed with survival

Where all the boys and girls...are always rivals

Break down the walls we set ourselves in

As comparison rules; it only wants to win

But the glory is fleeting when it can’t change

The quiet seething of our broken state

Bridge:

Still we set our hope as the new begins

That love will reign over us instead of sin

But it cannot hang on our broken wills

Cause the fact remains that I’m selfish still

End Chorus:

A Word revealing Something higher

Where love’s given freely instead of buying

I know Grace that saves all hellbent rivals

Where the boys and girls celebrate...Love’s arrival