A Brand New Song

Composed by Melanie Bradley

(Verse 1) The news is on, the shouting starts, a familiar, angry sound, They’re drawing lines and picking sides, on a broken, bitter ground. One voice says left, another screams the right, And all I see is darkness, in the fading of the light. We close our doors, and build our walls, and lock the world away, Forgetting all the promises, we made just yesterday. I look across the aisle, and I see a stranger’s face, In a world that’s getting colder, in this very time and place.

(Chorus) Oh, but we can find a way to make a brand new song, And we can learn to listen, even when we think we’re wrong. We should all be friends, and love each other deep and true, And leave the red and blue behind, for a kinder world anew. Let’s stand together, and find a common ground, And make a brand new peace, in a world of silent sound.

(Verse 2) The world is full of anger, a silent, lonely scream, And all the things that bind us, are fading like a dream. We talk with fire and anger, and with voices full of pain, And every cruel word is just a hurricane of rain. The world is full of people, with tired, weary eyes, Just looking for a reason, beneath the lonely skies. A simple act of kindness, a hand that reaches out, Can turn a heart of stone and banish every doubt.

(Bridge) It’s hard to hold on tightly, in a world that lets go fast, And hard to find a future, when you’re living in the past. But a small and gentle candle, can light a thousand more, And find the love that’s waiting, behind a locked and guarded door.

(Outro) So let’s be friends… And let’s be kind… And let’s leave the red and blue… Behind.