Ingrid Michaelson teams up with Zayn on new track ‘To Begin Again.’
Pop singer songwriter Ingrid Michaelson shares “To Begin Again,” an uplifting duet featuring global superstar ZAYN – listen to the track here.
Written as a snapshot of our current moment in time, the song serves as an acknowledgement of the hard times we’ve been through together in the last year as well as a celebration of our shared hope for the future. Full lyrics below.
Michaelson explains, “I wrote ‘To Begin Again’ the night that Biden won. There was so much joy in my neighborhood. Pots and pans being banged out of windows. Horns and whistles. Clapping. Singing! The collective sigh of relief resonated with me in such a way that I had to get it out musically. I sat at the piano and wrote most of the song right there in 15 minutes. Sarah Aarons helped me finish it, most notably writing the second verse, and when she sang it on the demo, I knew the song had to be a duet. I love ZAYN’s voice, especially when he goes high and sweet and sad. It was the perfect fit. The song is a song of hope and of release. Of beginning again…”
The release is the latest in a creative streak for Michaelson, who has established herself as an artistic force and ingenue over her last eight records. Last year, she received her first Emmy Award nomination for her original song “Build It Up” from the hit series, Little Fires Everywhere. A lifelong Broadway fan, Michaelson made her stage debut in 2017, starring in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and will soon make her creative debut with her musical adaptation of the best-selling novel, The Notebook.
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“To Begin Again” Lyrics:
When the world was ending
I’d hold you in my arms
And we talked about the places we’d never been
When the world was ending
We’d hold on to the past
Because it’s all we thought that we would ever see
But then the sun came right back
And the birds sang as if nothing had happened
And, it’s alright
It’s ok
We will get
Another day
To begin again, to begin again, to begin again
I don’t know how
I don’t know why
But I know that I will try
To begin again, to begin again, to begin
To live and love and breathe again
(ZAYN)
When the world was ending
We looked up at the sky
And we talked about the last song that we’d play
So far from comprehending
They’d lift us to the stars
Never seen each other from so far away
But then the sun came right back
And the kids played as if nothing had happened
And, it’s alright
It’s ok
We will get
Another day
To begin again, to begin again, to begin again
I don’t know how
I don’t know why
But I know that I will try
To begin again, to begin again, to begin
To live and love and breathe again
And cry because I’m happy
And hold my friends like long lost lovers
Be kind to me and love each other
The world keeps spinning on
It’s alright
It’s ok
We will get another day
I don’t know how
I don’t know when
But I do know that we can
Try to begin again, to begin again
To begin to live and love and breathe again
