A Totally New Year

You tattoo the failures on
On to your length of arm
They may run wrist to shoulder blade
Whether my badges of
Honor you lost in love
Savin' the tale of the child that failed for another day
This will be a totally new year

[Chorus]
Don't let the pouring rain
Temper your day-by-day
Don't let the bones the closet may hold
Get in the way
After a long dark night
Bathe in the morning light
Then take your return
The lesson you learned:
You'll get it right

This is where we begin
Feels like an ending
Say it with no pretense
I'm tired of pretending
You know that life won't wait
You'll have to make your move
The choices you make, every awful mistake
Will try to define you
This will be a totally new year

[Chorus]
This will be a totally new year

[Chorus, then repeat last two lines