Lyrics for New Year's Day as interpreted by archmastermind

New Year's Day Lyrics
Yeah

All is quiet on New Year's day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you, be with you, night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered, black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true, it's true
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one

I, I will begin again
I, I will begin again

Yeah, ohhh

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Ah, maybe the time is right
Oh, maybe tonight

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day
On New Year's day

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JesusMind
05-06-2009

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No No No my sheeps this song is singed by Bono by the glory of God.
This is it!! this is it!! my brothers he is talking about a new beginning of life the second comming of Jesus and Jesus as God wants to become one with you.
You have the truth in you search for it, you can feel this song is more than just any song.
Just like Vertigo and others.

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ubee40
01-18-2009

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This song is really touching to me. I think it's about someone who cared about this person and then he found her years later to only let her know how much he loved her so much!

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U2fantasy
12-04-2008

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To me this song is a letter that a soldier writes to his beloved on the day that the war he in is ending.

"All is quiet on New Year's day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you, be with you, night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day" - Tt does not necessarily have to be January 1, it could mean New Year's Day as in a time to start over, the war is over and it is time to start a new "year" or chapter in his life. Even in all this excitement he still craves to be with her.

"I will be with you again
I will be with you again" - This sounds to me like a jubilant murmured realization, that he really will be with her again, that he made it through, he can't really believe it yet.

"Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered, black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true, it's true
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one" - Under the war-torn sky, a group of officers and officials of all different races have gathered together and put aside their differences. They are the chosen few to go through with the negotiations. The newspapers confirm all the rumors that the war has ended. He is jubilant about it.

"I, I will begin again
I, I will begin again" - He will start his life anew after the horrors that he has witnessed.

"And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's day
On New Year's day
On New Year's day" - We're told that this is the golden age of society but he is wondering if that is true then why are all these wars being wages, for money and gold. He then repeats his affirmation that even though he is witnessing history in the making, he still wants to be with her.

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rain_king
10-11-2008

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At concerts Bono wraps himself in a plain white flag during this song... kinda a statement about no nationalism I think. And that ties in to the 'End Times' idea, in the new Kingdom under Jesus there would be no nationality as we know it today, no inter-country war

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johnny_dago
07-27-2008

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Watch the movie "Cry Freedom" about Stephen Biko's murder and Donald Woods' subsequent escape from South Africa on New Year's Day. That's the only thing this song is about. It's basically an anti-apartheid song.

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tifnz
02-18-2008

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possibly about having one day of peace in Ireland? Just a wild guess cause there's one line that goes "and we can be one/ though torn in two.."
it just made me think about how no one does anything on new years day (aside from taking care of mad hangovers) ..

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Jordan07
01-01-2008

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Just reminds me of past relationships, that's all. Maybe a little sadness, or regret mixed in, but in the end, a tiny glimmer of hope as we can all 'begin again', right where we left off. ;)

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x3mollyanne_o5
12-07-2007

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nevermind .. this song was made in the freaking 80's .. my bad. :/

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x3mollyanne_o5
11-25-2007

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wow .. 2001 .. really?! i first heard this song - by chance - on the radio THIS SUMMER :x. but i love it :) such a great song with a lot of translations . . i like the simple one of making resolutions on new year's and all of it being talk and "nothing changing", but the religious theme is geinous.

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neilybuck
10-08-2007

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have u heard bedoiun sound clash's cover of this?

its possibly even better than u2's awesome original version

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mrkitani
07-20-2007

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a person longing for a loved one of course...OR the MAN's return:
"under a blood red sky" see Revelations 6.
"a crowd is gathered black and white...the chosen few" see Rev. 14
"I, I will begin again" see Rev. 21
"oh, maybe tonight" see Matt. 24
"I will be with you again" see John 14

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lennwod
04-21-2007

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i live like 30 minutes away from bono by car. some day i might pop down the road and ask him what it's all about!

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dc_dom
04-06-2007

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continuing on... 'arms entwined the chosen few' possibly means that everyone that is chosen by God will be one with him. also 'gold is the reason for the wars we wage' gold may be a metaphor for God, most wars are over religion. 'i will begin again' begin in the new age?

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dc_dom
04-06-2007

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i agree with the earlier comment that it could be about end times but also with the belief of the transition into the new age and becoming one with God. maybe 'new years day' is the begining of the new age, 'a world in white gets under way', white symbolises purity which is how a world with God would be. 'i will be with you again' being with God? new age = 'golden age'?

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nagromnai
02-17-2007

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Me, George & Pete - walking home one New year's day - through Cwmdonkin Park - singing loudly - being answered by poeple in houses, abusing us for being loud, then - realising it was us - joining in!
Pete died almost 20 years ago, George & I have forgotten about each other - but neither of us do not think of Pete at least daily.
Such is life, such are memories

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CravenMoorehead
02-06-2007

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favorite U2 song without a doubt

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CroneCircus
02-02-2007

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I'd say more but wook..i.e. knocked it out of the park.

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Seland904
12-23-2006

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It's a great love song. I love it

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wook...i.e.
10-01-2006

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-Aiz-G4Iw&NR

doesn't get more obvious than that

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silentreproach
09-05-2006

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CroneCircus, your explanation sounds interesting. You make it sound like you know it all, and everyone else are just ninnies. At the risk of accusing you of being a pedagogue, can you please post a source for the info? Or, are you a member of the band and hence have first hand knowledge? I ask this because wikipedia.org contradicts what you say, and I'm wondering which is correct. I bought the LP in 1983 and always thought it had to do with the struggles in Northern Ireland. Are there multiple explanations?

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classy26
08-30-2006

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Definitly the first U2 song I have ever heard and I love it..I can NEVER get sick of this song.

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Planeswalker817
08-22-2006

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.......Shoot the man above me.

MY issue with the song isn't that it's a bad song- far from it. It's the radio edit I hear now and again that completely cuts out the last verse. MAKES PLANES WANT TO SMASH!

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myspandexparadise
06-27-2006

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what a crapp song! U2? more like UPOO!!!! AHAHAHHA Am i right? Am i right?

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camohatman
05-20-2006

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u are are all fuckin' retards, bono and the edges dad's were in the same platoon togather, and the day both of them left, they sed i will be with u night and day, and the day they left, was new years day, so shut the fuck up about, ooooooooooooooo its a love song, its about there dads goin' to war

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Dustpan
03-31-2006

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probably the 2nd best u2 song this has dozens of meanings to it

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