A new world (Remix)

[Instrumental Intro] [Atmospheric Build, No Vocals] [Steady Beat Establishes] [Verse 1] First bus hums past the corner store Windows catching orange on the tin A kid with a backpack, half awake Stops and stares like the sky just split open [Pre-Chorus] No one said it out loud But you can feel it in the wires Something’s moving under our feet Something’s learning how to breathe [Chorus] Here comes the new dawn Not clean, not easy, but here With the kettle on, with the doors wide With the old names falling off the signs Here comes the new world Slow as a train, loud as a prayer And we’re already in it Whether we’re ready or not [Verse 2] The screen on the kitchen counter Keeps flashing the same two headlines But outside, the woman next door Is planting herbs in a coffee can Mail truck rattles down the block Dogs bark at nothing in particular Even the cracked stoplight Feels like it’s trying to learn a better way [Pre-Chorus] No one gets to bring all the old rules Into whatever comes next Hands on the rail, eyes forward We can walk into it [Chorus] Here comes the new dawn Not clean, not easy, but here With the kettle on, with the doors wide With the old names falling off the signs Here comes the new world Slow as a train, loud as a prayer And we’re already in it Whether we’re ready or not [Bridge] I’m not asking for perfect Just a little more room For the kids on the stoop For the shops with the hand-painted signs For the ones starting over With two bucks and a key Let it come in honest Let it come in clear [Final Chorus] Here comes the new dawn Across the screen, through the blinds On the backs of our hands In the chalk dust and the lunch bell Here comes the new world Still rough, still real, still ours And the sun keeps showing up Like it knows we can too