i got home
i stayed home
i stayed home
i got down
i looked down at my phone
usually nothing gets any clearer
but i saw my friends
and felt a little nearer
I got bored
I went for a drive
Pressed the gas down just to feel alive
I don’t know where to go
I’m just going
There’s no plan
There’s no way of knowing
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain
why we feel so small
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain
how to hold it all
spending any given day
in a ball, curled
but could i see you sometime
in the new world
i made coffee
just a tad too strong
wracked my brain
for reasons all day long
read the news
took my cues from disaster
then i called my friend
cause my heart was beating fast
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain
why we feel so small
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain
how to hold it all
spending any given day
in a ball, curled
but could i see you sometime
in the new world
there’ll be magic
in every conversation
no more tragic
emerged from our staycation
got what you want, a renaissance
a class of gardener/bakers
well read and home fed
philosophers and painters
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain it
why we feel so small
i can hardly explain it
we can hardly explain
how to hold it all
i can hardly blame it
the way i’m feeling on an empty wall
spending any given day
in a ball, curled
but could i see you sometime
in the new world
credits
from What Plans?,
released February 19, 2021
12. “In The New World”
written by Anthony da Costa (Cat Problem, BMI) and Katie Pruitt (Roundhill Music Publishing, BMI)
Katie Pruitt - vocals
Will Honaker - keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
Jay Foot - electric bass, synth bass
Jason Burger - drums and percussion
Anthony da Costa - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars
What a great treat! Brings me back to 1998, a much simpler time. My girlfriend (now wife) and I saw you at McCarter Theater back then and we still remember it fondly. Thanks so much for sharing this concert! egordon99
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Amazing voices that compliment each other Unlike I've ever heard before.Beautiful lyrics sang with such depth and feeling,it makes your eyes water . Brandon Smith