New Day – English Lyrics

• By: Take That
• Album: This Life

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the revitalizing message of Take That's "New Day," a song that inspires a fresh perspective and highlights the importance of unity. Dive into the lyrics to learn uplifting English phrases and explore the themes of hope and resilience, making it a perfect song for language learners seeking positivity.

[English]

Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

Woke up from a bad dream

I was feeling half-naked, running down the high street

Shouting your name, I was begging you not to go

Yesterday's news is yesterday's news

Yesterday's blues is just a shade of colour

Call me naive but we're building for tomorrow

So we can

So we can finish off what we started

Wake up, it's a brand new day

Everybody's gotta sing this storm away

So come along and, lead the way

Ooh!

Make way through the waterfalls

'Cause together we will soon get past it all

No one ever needs to fall

No one ever needs to fall

No one ever needs to fall

All into position

One final frontier 'til we make it to the station

Heading up to Zion, listening to the radio (radio)

Too much to regret, yeah

Still I'm a mon ami

And not a multi-tasker

Talking revolution, talking revolution

I talk about you all the time

Wake up, it's a brand new day (brand new day)

Everybody's gotta sing this storm away

So come along and lead the way

(So come along and lead the way)

Make way through the waterfalls (waterfalls)

'Cause together we will soon get past it all

No one ever needs to fall

No one ever needs to fall, oh oh

We can lose it all, can lose it all tonight, oh oh

We can make it out, can make it out alive, oh oh

If we can give it all, can give it all the time, oh oh

We can finish off what we started

Wake up, it's a brand new day (brand new day)

Everybody's gotta sing this storm away

So come along and lead the way

(So come along and lead the way)

Make way through the waterfalls (waterfalls)

'Cause together we will soon get past it all

No one ever needs to fall

No one ever needs to fall

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

Every morning it is a brand new day

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
half-naked /hɑːfˈneɪkɪd/ B1	adjective - wearing very few clothes; partially clothed.
beg /beɡ/ B1	verb - to ask someone for something in an anxious or urgent way.
news /njuːz/ A1	noun - information about recent events.
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - a feeling of sadness or depression.
shade /ʃeɪd/ B1	noun - a slight difference in a colour.
naive /naɪˈiːv/ B2	adjective - (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct (something) by putting parts or materials together.
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - a period of twenty-four hours, especially from midnight to midnight.
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
storm /stɔːm/ B1	noun - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. noun - (figurative) a very great disturbance or commotion; a difficult situation.
lead /liːd/ A2	verb - to guide someone or something, especially by going in front or by holding on to them.
waterfall /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ B1	noun - a cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.
fall /fɔːl/ A1	verb - to move downwards, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level.
frontier /frʌnˈtɪər/ B2	noun - a line or border separating two countries. noun - the extreme limit of understanding or achievement in a particular area; a new field for exploration.
regret /rɪˈɡret/ B1	verb - to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity). noun - a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.
revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃn/ B2	noun - a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system. noun - a dramatic and wide-ranging change in the way something works or is organized or in people's ideas.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead.

Key Grammar Structures

• Woke up from a bad dream

  ➔ Past Simple Tense (Irregular Verb)

  ➔ Irregular past form of "wake" (wake-woke-woken) describing a completed past action.

• I was feeling half-naked

  ➔ Past Continuous Tense

  ➔ "Was feeling" describes an ongoing state or action in the past at a specific moment.

• Call me naive but we're building for tomorrow

  ➔ Imperative + Present Continuous

  ➔ "Call" (imperative) gives a command, while "we're building" (present continuous) shows current ongoing action.

• Everybody's gotta sing this storm away

  ➔ Informal Contraction + Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Gotta" (informal for "have got to") + phrasal verb "sing away" meaning to dispel through singing.

• Make way through the waterfalls

  ➔ Imperative Mood + Preposition

  ➔ "Make way" (imperative command) + "through" indicating movement from one side to another.

• we will soon get past it all

  ➔ Future Simple + Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Will get" (future simple) + phrasal verb "get past" meaning to overcome difficulties.

• If we can give it all

  ➔ First Conditional Structure

  ➔ Implied first conditional: "If we can... (then) we can..." showing real possibility.

• No one ever needs to fall

  ➔ Negative Pronoun + Adverb + Modal Verb

  ➔ "No one" (negative pronoun) + "ever" (adverb of frequency) + "needs to" (modal expression).