I Will Sing A New Song

I don't know how, no, I don't know how

I've never done this before, at least until now

Learned by heart the hard and easy parts

But I'm feeling it clearly, the old song's grown weary

I will sing a new song

The old one's carried me this far and for so long

But it's time to walk on

Lifting up my voice and heart with a new song

How it grows out of the last echo

A new song for new needs, so I'll follow its lead

Here I stand, all I truly am

So, I'll rise and lift up this new curious cup

I will sing a new song

The old one's carried me this far and for so long

But it's time to walk on

Lifting up my voice and heart with a new song

In each life of worry and strive

Must be room to untangle the singing of angels

All that last and must surely pass

All that's common and holy, all that's shot through with glory

I will sing a new song

The old one's carried me this far and for so long

But it's time to walk on

Lifting up my voice and heart with a new song

All that's breathless and beautiful

All I've lost and I retrieved

All the songs that I was born to

Sing a new song

The old one's carried me this far and for so long

But it's time to walk on

Lifting up my voice and heart with a new song

I don't know how, no, I don't know how

I've never done this before, at least until now