We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Waiting on a Brand New Day

by Marc Douglas Berardo

supported by
/

about

I wrote the song a few years back at the tail end of a period of personal upheaval. The Lyric endeavors to capture two singular moments in time for the characters of the song as they sit on the roof of an apartment building looking off into the night in which the “lights looked like Paris.” The second happens on a summer night on an island with a view of the mainland as “the fire on the beach kept us warm.” In those moments the narrator does not want to break the spell of their newfound connection. He simply finds comfort in the metaphor that there is nowhere else that he’d rather be as they wait on a brand new day. The music is meant to have the galloping feeling of new love and the excitement of changing times. The whole thing just about wrote itself.

lyrics

Waiting on a Brand New Day - Marc Douglas Berardo
© 2020 Overhead Map Music/ASCAP

We were sitting on the roof on High Street,
looking to see what we could see
as the light gathered, the rain began to fall
as the city was sleeping we talked about meaning
and you told me about the places you’d been
and after being hurt for so long you were ready for life to begin
you were ready to let it in
Chorus
from up here on the roof all these lights looked like Paris
as we took shelter from the storm
I didn't want to say it, I was a little embarrassed
and I know speaking right then was bad form
but inside of the silence of that beautiful moment,
there's something I just had to say
there is nowhere else I would rather be than here with you tonight
waiting on a brand new day
Watching shooting stars out at Sandy Point
the sky was alive and so were we
we were connected to the deepest places on our island in the sea
out past the north light with our homeland in the distance
You studied the side of my face and we knew love had arrived again
And we were going to let it in
Chorus
from where we sat the moon looked like Paris
and the fire on the beach kept us warm
I didn't want to say it, I was a little embarrassed
and I know speaking right then was bad form
but inside of the silence of that beautiful moment,
there's something I just had to say
there is nowhere else I would rather be than here with you tonight
waiting on a brand new day
Bridge
We are walking each other home
and to get there the heart must surrender
and you have to let it in

Chorus

credits

released August 26, 2022
The track was recorded in Woodstock, New York at the world-famous Mark Dann Studios. Produced by the brother team of Chris and Marc Douglas Berardo, the musicians include Eric Parker- Drums (Joe Cocker, Orleans), Dr. Westchesterson - piano, organ) Mark Dann – Bass.

Marc Douglas Berardo © 2020 Overhead Map Music/ASCAP

license

tags

about

Marc Douglas Berardo Westerly, Rhode Island

Marc Douglas Berardo combines songs that mine lessons gleaned from real life situations presence that uses humor and storytelling to lead an audience into an almost spiritual experience. It’s brings to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark or Steely Dan with a hint of Mark Twain or Hunter S.Thompson. It’s a night of laughter and emotion that gives the audience a renewed sense of possibility. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Marc Douglas Berardo

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Marc Douglas Berardo recommends:

If you like Marc Douglas Berardo, you may also like: