New Life

Album: Soup (1995)
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  • Suddenly everyting is fainting
    Falling from a broken ladder's rung
    There's a jolt exhilarating from the phone I'm holding
    I hear the words of what I'll become

    How eager the hands that reach for love

    'Cause now there's a new life to behold
    And its the biggest part of my life to unfold

    'Cause now she's telling me she'll have my baby
    And a faithful father I am to be
    When I'm looking into the eyes of our own baby
    Will it bring new life into me?

    Deep inside must defy arrangement
    I've been a stumblin' from the startin' blocks 'til now
    And I'll always try to justify the way I've been behaving
    Should I teach one not to know how?
    How to live in a world we live in now

    'Cause there's a beautiful life to behold
    And its the biggest part of my life to unfold

    'Cause now she's telling me she'll have my baby
    And a father figure I am to be
    When I'm looking into the eyes of our own baby
    Will it bring new life into me?

    Oh please
    Oh please
    Oh please

    Bring new life
    Bring new life
    Bring new life into me Writer/s: BRAD SMITH, CHRISTOPHER JOHN THORN, CHRISTOPHER THORN, GLEN GRAHAM, SHANNON HOON, THOMAS ROGERS STEVENS, THOMAS STEVENS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Ana from Porto, PortugalWhen Nico Blue was born, the journalists asked Shannon Hoon what would his priorities be, in his new condition as a father, in order to guarantee a good life to his daughter. He answered: "Well, keeping myself alive is one of them". Ironically, he died 2 months after...
    Great band, great singer.
    Began listening to Blind Melon when i was 14 and now, with 25, i still love their songs, and i still hear them with the same enthousiasm.
    RIP, Shannon Hoon!
  • Alan from Northridge, CaIve known about this site for a couple years but never registered. Ive been out of highschool for almost 10 years now. I bought the soup album in 1997 chich was my senior year. I didnt know anyone who had it or even liked this band. I really didnt like em coz I thought No Rain sucked. I saw the video for Galaxy and thought id give em a shot. I told all my friends that listened to rock about it and I really dug it. I was really into Galaxy, 2x4, Toes across the floor and Mouthful of cavaties. The heavier ones any 17 rock kid would like. Over the years id listen to it on and off and id listen to every track. Bout a month ago I lent it to my friend whom I turn on to a lot of bands. So he told me he likes it alot. I started to listen to it alot the past few weeks and it really is a great album. New Life is my new fav song on the album. There is so much music talent. The songs are arranged so well. Im sounding like a review so ill finish by saying I love it. If Hoon was ok ..the album after Soup, and the album after that would have made an impact in music. I think some things would have changed like influencing future musicians.
  • K from Columbus, OhHis daugther was named Nico Blue, which the third album was named after, and was released after hoon died.
  • Judd from Toronto, CanadaSoup was much slower and heavier than the first album.
    I think that Hoon realized that his addiction was too much for him to overcome in the circumstance he was in so he lived the last part of his life as an example to others. He said 'If you want to experience hell on earth, become a heroin addict.' I don't think he expected to die but he knew it was likely. This song is an attempt to describe his desire to turn things around to become a good father. He hoped that looking into his child's eyes would give him strength to overcome his struggle, "Breath new life into me." Unfortunately, it stands only as a poignant warning.
    As a parent to be, this song has personal meaning to me right now as it pointedly describes the worries of becoming a father figure.
  • Caine from Billings, MtI think that soup was there best album they changed there style a little to see what else they could do had shannon lived they would be huge right now I believe they recieved poor reviews due to the the death of shannon they didnt have enough time to tour and get there new sound out and heard and if you look around youll see more melonheads around than you knew there was.
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