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New Year's Eve Today

by Ben Lorentzen

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New year's eve today? What the h... talk about bad timing. And why is the chorus lyric "Let it go"?
What does it all mean?
It is not about New Year's Eve. Or any other holiday. It is about choosing not to celebrate in the usual, same, old and tired way you always have been. Why ? Because your priorities have changed. And you no longer seek the same type of excitement that you used to.
Once you realized you have put a chunk of your life behind you, something starts to change. You are simply no longer the one you used to be. Some of us have a moment where we try to hang on to that old self. So we get a (new) tattoo, we buy a Harley Davidson. Or something else that is supposed to prove our hipness. But then you start looking around and who else has a new Tattoo or a new Harley Davidson? That's right: other people your age. Desperately trying to hang on the the old image, the old youth.
It is sad. Pathetic. And I do not want to end up like that. So I promise you: You will NEVER see me with a Tattoo, never see me on a Harley Davidson. But I didn't say I wouldn't buy a Chevy Camaro 1968. I didn't say that!
Here is to keeping young in mind: always open, learning, seeking. Embrace the one you love and thank everything for your blessings.

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New Year's eve today
All I want to do is stay at home
I don't care what they say
I cannot play this lonely game, no more

New Year's eve today
And everybody’s on their way somewhere
The night is bursting into flames            
But all I want to do is stay right here

Let it go
Let it go
Let it go

Why was I so driven 
I can’t say
Why was I so taken 
by this game

Bolted to a frozen heart 
Dooms bells ringing in the yard
Cold winds warned me
Felt so stripped on all accounts
Where fitting in was paramount
Cold winds 'round me
Calling on me

And all I want to do is stay with you
What else can I say
But that is all I really want to do

Let it go
Let it go
Let it go

Why was I so driven 
I can’t say
Why was I so taken 
by this games

I don’t know
If this can hold:
"To each his own"
I don’t know if this can hold
I don’t think so

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released February 26, 2021
Music / Lyric: Ben Lorentzen
Produced and mixed: Josh Frigo

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Ben Lorentzen New Jersey

This is My American Revolution. Smitten by sound, haunted by words, I don't believe in guns or violence, but I believe in the revolving human heart, expressed in songs. Some will call this pop noir, some will call it red wine music. I met you here to tell you this. ... more

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