MUSIC OF THE NEW DAY ALBUM LYRICS

All songs written by Nikhil Korula (except Bo Diddley cover)
All arrangements by NK Band
Copyright 2011

 

>>SPEAK UP
>>SAVE THE WORLD
>>WHERE ARE YOU NOW
>>I’LL STAND ALONE
>>MUSIC OF A NEW DAY
>>A SONG FOR L.A.
>>FOREVER
>>ALL UP TO YOU
>>THE SAME (DIFFERENCE)
>>GARDEN OF DREAMS
>>HARMONY
>>BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME (BO DIDDLEY COVER)
>>HOME

 

SPEAK UP

Say what you want to say
Don’t care if you’re going to stay
Do what you’ve got to do
What’s this mean from me to you?

(Chorus)
Show face now
Don’t be a coward
Be who you’ve got to be
Don’t sell out now

What’s this all about?
Can’t say it out loud
You can fight the mind, but then you’ll find you are lost
If you wait ‘til then, it’s not the zen you speak of

(Chorus)
Show face now
Don’t be a coward
Be who you’ve got to be
Don’t sell out now

[Bridge]
You can’t define your way to me
Listen to the wind and see
Stand up for your own beliefs
Don’t speak with someone else’s tongue

Say what you want to say
Speak up now you’re time has come…

 

SAVE THE WORLD

Can you save the world for me?
Can you save the world for me?
Can you save the world for me?
Can you save the world for me?

Can you save the world for me?
‘Cause I will save the world for you
Can you save the world for me?
‘Cause I will save the world for you

(Chorus)
Love each other
All are one
Can you save the world for me?
‘Cause I will save the world for you
Can you help the world to see?
Love is truth eternally

[Bridge]
Help me save the world
Help me save the world
Help me save the world
Help me save the world
Help me save the world
Help me save the world

(Chorus)
Love each other
All are one

 

WHERE ARE YOU NOW

Numb to the touch of your last embrace
You keep giving me reasons to leave your place
Nothing to see, nowhere to breathe
You’re making it hard for me to understand
How I’m going to make it through another day
There’s just no way

(Pre-Chorus)

‘Cause we’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves
We’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves

(Chorus)

Where are you now?
Where are you now?

Stuck in your haze, blind to the maze
Walking in your footsteps, dancing in the dark with your shadows
How long can this be, your picture of me?
And is it all you’ve ever wanted,
Is it all you ever thought it could be?

(Pre-Chorus)
‘Cause we’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves
We’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves
We’re going to need somebody, we’re going to need somebody
We’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves

(Chorus)
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?

[Bridge]

We all have places that we can land
For every fallen angel, there’s a reason how
So just dust off your wings and fly
Dust off your wings and fly

(Pre-Chorus)
‘Cause we’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves
We’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves
We’re going to need somebody, we’re going to need somebody
We’re going to need somebody when somebody leaves

(Chorus)
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
You’re gone somehow
You’re gone somehow
Where are you now?
Where are you now?

 

I’LL STAND ALONE

I’ll stand alone to adore you
I’ll stand alone waiting for something new
I’ll stand alone if my heart breaks
I’ll stand alone no matter how long it takes

(Pre-Chorus)
Your troubled ways make my day

(Chorus)
I’ll stand alone living without you
I’ll stand alone not knowing what to do

(Pre-Chorus)
Those endless fights saved my nights

(Chorus)
When everybody thinks you’re wrong
But your light still carries on
I will always stand alone

I’ll stand alone looking through you
I’ll stand alone to find every clue

(Pre-Chorus)
You held my heart from the start

(Chorus)
When everybody thinks you’re wrong
But your light still carries on
I will always stand alone

When every chance you take is gone
And you turn over each stone
I will always stand alone

[Bridge]
I keep holding on to your last breath
I get cold knowing you keep us apart

I’ll stand alone for a chosen few
I’ll stand alone in the love we once knew

(Pre-Chorus)
All this time, you’re on my mind

(Chorus)
When everybody thinks you’re wrong
But your light still carries on
I will always stand alone

When every chance you take is gone
And you turn over each stone
I will always stand alone

I’ll stand alone
I will always stand alone

 

MUSIC OF THE NEW DAY

Floating down a river searching for my shore
Looking for the signs, trying to tow the line
Only wasting time
‘Cause I love you telling me
Which way to go
Which road will take me home

(Chorus)
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes and see
The music of the new day

Listening to the wind sing
A melody in mind
Leaving us to find
You’re keeping us alive hoping we will shine
You shine above
‘Cause I love you showing me
Which path is right
Keep us safe tonight

(Chorus)
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes and see
The music of the new day

[Bridge]
All lies are saying
We’re going to break down your lonely truth
And all I’m saying

We’re going to do what we’re going to do
We’re going to do what we’re going to do
We’re going to do what we’re going to do

Jammin’ to Jah music
Your song is etched in time, we’re singing for mankind
(Say) We’re dancing to the rhythm
You give the gift of life, we give you LOVE…

(Chorus)
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes and see
The music of the new day

(Chorus)
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes and see
The music of the new day

 

A SONG FOR L.A

When I was a boy trying to find my way
Tick tock, watch the clock
Flip me over I’m done

Threw me into school
Tried to play it cool
Don’t push me out too far until I find my guitar

(Pre-Chorus)
When can I chase the darkness away…
Going to give up the grey

And turn it into
A song for L.A

Life can make you free to think and speak your own mind
My message won’t be clear without the music inside

City lights can blind one’s vision to see the lines
We all come from the same tree, but allow our fears to decide

(Pre-Chorus)
When can I chase the darkness away…
Going to give up the grey
And turn it into
A song for L.A

See the sun will shine
In the smile of humankind
Just let the laughter seep in
Until you reach the divine

Find the light inside
The pain of every sin
What keeps you lost in your head
Is the light you think is dead

(Pre-Chorus)
When can I chase the darkness away…
Going to give up the grey
And turn it into
A song for L.A

(Chorus)
A song for L.A
May just save
All who face
Days in the grey

(Chorus)
A song for L.A
May just save
All who face
Days in the grey

 

FOREVER 

I’ll follow you close
To the edge of the world
Then will you ask me
To hold you in my arms
Forever

I’ll wake in the morning
And search for you near me
Then will you save me
From all my nightmares
Forever

(Chorus)
Forever old
Forever young
Make me believe you’re forever

If we come from two different
Places in time
Maybe then you’ll offer
To wait for me
Forever

(Chorus)
Forever old
Forever young
Make me believe you’re forever

[Bridge]
We’ll remember the struggles and shade them with laughter
We’ll find all our sorrows and face them together
Forever

(Chorus)
Forever old
Forever young
Make me believe you’re forever
Forever.

 

ALL UP TO YOU

There’s something about life (that) makes us go insane
(I’ve) been thinking about the struggles and the pain
Only one thing left we’ve got to do
We’ve got to keep on going through and through

(Chorus)
(It’s) all up to you
It’s time we find solutions in our hearts
To love each other from the very start

We hate and kill each other by the gun
But only out of fear, ‘cause we are one

(Chorus)
(It’s) all up to you
(It’s) all up to you

Be kind to every neighbor that we see
It’s start with you, me and humanity
We do it for love, life, truth, liberty
So come together celebrate with me

(Chorus)
(It’s) all up to you
(It’s) all up to you
(It’s) all up to you
(It’s) all up to you

 

THE SAME (DIFFERENCE)

So here I am waiting for each other
You make the first move and I’ll follow is the common plea
And here I stand sifting through this madness
When there’s simplicity, why does there have to be misery?

(Chorus)
Wise men say all we need is each other
But still we stay the same
What’s left of me is yearning to discover
A world that sees you and me and all that’s free
In harmony

(Chorus)
Wise men say all we need is each other
But still we stay the same

[Bridge]
And she can make me fly
If she decides to try
Oh…

Some years ago this song remained unspoken
But once your trust is broken, what’s the point of faith in anyone?
So there you are looking for the answers
Take from me, lift from me the burden we disagree
In dignity

(Chorus)
Wise men say all we need is each other
But still we stay the same

There’s a difference…
You’re the difference
I’m the difference
Together we’re the difference.

Come what may become my way.

 

GARDEN OF DREAMS

There’s not a sound
The night surrounds you
What lies beneath these hungry eyes is just to meet you

And in this fire
My hands beseech you
Running wild with their desire, they learn to need you

A touch of faith
Is the brim of hope
You make the lonely child inside me hide the load

(Chorus)
I see your face and I know
Love is here dancing around you
There’s no more space we need to fill
Love is here in this garden of dreams

To feel the burn
In loss of time
Can mean to catch the fire of every passing mile

And through our roots
Connecting stories
I learn to seek your thoughts with words we only swallow

(Chorus)
Then I see your face and I know
Love is here dancing around you
There’s no more space we need to fill
Love is here

[Bridge]
In this garden where we taste our dreams come true
In this garden where the trail leads back to few
All this time it’s been about only you
My body aches
With past mistakes
But you medicate me with the beauty you embrace

(Chorus)
Then I see your face and I know
Love is here dancing around you
There’s no more space we need to fill
Love is here in this garden…

I see your face and I know
Love is here dancing around you
There’s no more space we need to fill
Love is here in this garden of dreams

 

HARMONY

Set on fire your heart’s desires
The truth is known when hope is revealed
From within your heart will sing
The music is playing when your tapped in

I feel so cold and so alone
But that’s when I can’t find that place
When you try to rest your mind
You’ve got the chance to finally taste…

(Chorus)
Harmony, I believe…
Time can make for lonely times
When all is lost, it’s not the end
Keep your feet tied to the ground
And elevate your mind through sound

(Chorus)
Harmony, I believe…
Harmony, I believe…

[Bridge]
When you break the light of day
Lift yourself to greater ways
When you listen, hear what’s missing,
Keep your eyes upon the world
Teach them something, watch yourself grow
Touch your spirit inside to know
We are all one, we are equal
Rise above our lonely faults
Keep each other from all fighting, just uniting
Evolved to flow…

(Chorus)
Harmony, Harmony
Harmony is all we need
Let’s tell the world it’s time to show
Once you feel the dark within
Just recognize the pain will go

(Chorus)
Harmony, I believe…
Harmony, I believe…
Harmony
I believe…
Harmony, I believe…
Harmony, Harmony.

 

BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME (BO DIDDLEY COVER)

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I’m spending my money on other women
You’ve been taking money from someone else

I called your momma ‘bout three or four nights ago
I called your momma ‘bout three or four nights ago
Well your mother said son
Don’t call my daughter no more

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I’m spending my money on other women
You’ve been taking money from someone else

(solos)
Come back home baby, try my love one more time
Come back home baby, try my love one more time
You know if things don’t go to suit you
I think I’ll lose my mind

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I’m spending my money on other women
You’ve been taking money from someone else

 

HOME

On this journey, several paths lay before me
And I don’t know which to take, which one to forsake,
Which one of these will leave me alone
Please take me home

So I choose a direction
Only time can stop me now

There’s no more looking back, nothing to distract,
I keep my feet intact,
But will this be enough to find my way home

(Chorus)
Home is what I can believe in
Home is where my darkness falls
Home is how I can be needed to love

For the unforgiven, can we stop this clouded sky?
‘Cause we all have touched the rain, felt the kiss of pain,
Loved with much refrain,
But are we even close, close to coming home

(Chorus)
Home is what I can believe in
Home is where my darkness falls
Home is how I can be needed to love

Home is home.
Home is home.