A New Chance

Jean-Paul VERNERET

2/6/2000

 

Verse 1

The coffee’s still warm, I’m watching the street,

People keep moving, the same old beat.

I’ve decided to change the signal I’m on,

Letting the moment pull me along.

 

Verse 2

With wind in my sails, I’m leaving the shore,

Looking for answers, looking for more.

My worries are fading, far behind,

The present is singing what’s on my mind.

 

Bridge

Written in stone, far from the rest,

I keep moving forward, I make this request.

I don’t want the hours that tie me down,

Or habits that slowly drag me down.

 

Chorus

I escape beyond the city lights,

I finally breathe, I finally rise.

The sky opens wide, a deep blue sign,

No more shadows left in my eyes.

I escape beyond the city lights,

Finally free, finally alive.

 

Verse 3

The city falls back in my rear-view frame,

I leave on the road all my doubts and my games.

The horizon burns in orange and gold,

Like an open book, a story retold.

 

Pre-Chorus

Tomorrow’s a promise, waiting ahead,

A sun that’s not ready to rest in its bed.

A gentle hand reaching straight to my heart,

Trying to heal what’s been broken apart.

 

Bridge

Written in stone, far from the rest,

I keep moving forward, I make this request.

I don’t want the hours that tie me down,

Or habits that slowly drag me down.

 

Chorus

I escape beyond the city lights,

I finally breathe, I finally rise.

The sky opens wide, a deep blue sign,

No more shadows left in my eyes.

 

Final Chorus / Outro

I escape beyond the city lights,

Finally free, finally alive.