Name: Old Year's Day
Duration: P00H05M41S
Description: It's easy to change the scenery. It's hard to change yourself. But it's always worth trying. And trying again

Old Year's Day

from To Be Expected by Arin North

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It's easy to change the scenery. It's hard to change yourself. But it's always worth trying. And trying again

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A new chapter, a new page
A new promise meant when made
When I moved out
And settled down
In my new place

I believed
I could almost see
The faces all changed
But mine stayed the same
It's never that easy

Surrounded, alone
By these walls as bare as bone
But where can I start
I don't have the heart
To make it a home

And I know
That we all need something
To help us push through
Doubt and lassitude
And find the will within

But it's so damn hard
When inertia affirms who we are
the weight of the past
and well-trodden paths
always leading back to the start

Nothing changes, they say
If nothing changes today
But that's not quite true
We just finished June
And we're onto the next page

[ Instrumental ]

It's different now
Just watching the summer slip away
The first of July
And already I
Can feel winter's gaze

It's an old years day
And I am feeling old for my age
A quarter of a century
I'm stuck in eventually
I'm tired of waiting

But I believe
Before I see the leaves falling from the trees
As green turns to go
Oh I will follow
I'll set myself free
I'll set myself free
Oh I...
Oooh

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from To Be Expected, released August 9, 2020

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Arin North Seattle, Washington

Using music as a way to explore powerful emotions and turning points. Our lives may ultimately be unique, but we often see ourselves in the stories of others – hopefully you can see yourself in these songs.

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