Track 9
Newborn Eyes
From The Altar of Now
A luminous indie-pop track about seeing the world through newborn eyes - every cup of water, every stranger's face, every gust of wind experienced as if for the very first time.
Song language: English
Genre: Indie pop, dream pop
Duration: 3:58
ISRC QZTBC2699325
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Lyrics
The orange on the counter is a planet made of light The rain against the window is a symphony in flight The woman on the corner with the groceries in her hand Is a sovereign universe I'll never understand I used to rush through mornings like a commuter through a gate Now I stand inside the doorway and I let the wonder wait The steam curls from the kettle like a question with no end And every cup of ordinary is a masterpiece I tend What if nothing here is boring? What if everything is new? I see with newborn eyes Every surface is a surprise The ordinary just cracked open wide And the sacred poured outside I see with newborn eyes No memory to summarize Just the raw, unfiltered fact That the world is giving everything it has, and it wants nothing back My neighbor's laugh through paper walls - a hymn I never chose The weight of my own body when I stand up on my toes The way the evening softens every edge the day has drawn This is not the world I left - this is the world that's always on What if wonder is not childish? What if wonder is the truth? I see with newborn eyes Every surface is a surprise The ordinary just cracked open wide And the sacred poured outside I see with newborn eyes No memory to summarize Just the raw, unfiltered fact That the world is giving everything it has, and it wants nothing back Not innocence - presence Not naivety - attention The baby sees because it has no opinion yet And I am learning, learning, learning to forget Everything is first, everything is new The light, the dust, the cracks - I'm seeing, I'm seeing all of you