First New Day

from All You Can... Eat? by Twelfth Night - Friends and Family

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Taken from MMX, released September 1, 2010

Andy’s solo spot in the live show, recorded at Wath in May 2010, this expanded version of the original track, has been edited from the full MMX version. Performed at the piano, this is Andy wearing his heart fully on his sleeve. You can also watch the full-length version on the MMX DVD.

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How can we fight the diseases of the poor
When colour of a nation is reasoning for war
Men force your surrender, then ask you to believe
With the lives of many millions embroidered of their sleeves

And they say
Is this reason – a price to pay?
Give us reason – a first new day

Acid emotion – child of suicide
Bewilderment and hunger are hurting you inside
While hopes find protection in the sanctuary of life
Another voice is silenced in the quiet of the night

Is this reason – price to pay?
Give us reason – a first new day

This won't change
There's no point now
There's no fight left in you and me
It's not true
Don't believe it
You don't mean what you're trying to say
This love is only strong enough
If you can hide inside your heart
Just for a while

All breathe together, suffocate the fear
Let each of us in comfort share the pain, the tears, the years
Don’t let their hate be the dowry of a youth
Too humble for importance
Too honest for the truth

Is this reason – a price to pay?
Give us reason – a first new day
Give us reason – a first new day

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from All You Can... Eat?, released December 3, 2020
Andy Sears: Vocals, Keyboards

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Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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