"A New Beginning" is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on 4 June 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt. Al-Azhar University co-hosted the event. The speech honors a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a Muslim capital during his first few months as president.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs indicated that Egypt was chosen because "it is a country that in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world." Egypt is considered a key player in the Middle East peace process as well as a major recipient of American military and economic aid. Reuters reporter Ross Colvin reported that the speech would attempt to mend the United States' relations with the Muslim world, which he wrote were "severely damaged" during the presidency of George W. Bush.
There was initially some speculation about the speech. Some[who?] thought Obama would unveil in detail his highly anticipated plans for future Middle East policy. In April and May 2009, the U.S. President had met in succession King Abdullah II of Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas to elaborate a peace plan in the Middle East. Arguments and ideas were exchanged during these three meetings, but few details were given about Obama's plan on the Middle East.
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Threat Signal is a Canadian Melodic death metal band hailing from the city of Hamilton. However, different members of the band hail from other parts of the Ontario province. Since the band's formation in 2003, Threat Signal has released three studio albums and have toured with bands such as Mnemic, Soilwork, Epica, and Darkest Hour.
Threat Signal was formed in the late summer of 2003 by cousins Jon and Rich Howard, who then added composer/guitarist Kyle McKnight. The trio then found drummer Adam Matthews in early 2004. Threat Signal posted their song "Rational Eyes" on an international metal chart on GarageBand.com. After a few weeks, the song reached #1, and it has received many awards including best guitars, best drums, best male vocals, best production, song of the week, and song of the day. In August 2004, Eric Papky, Kyle's former guitar teacher, joined the band on bass. Success on GarageBand.com sparked some early record label interest and helped create a following even before the band had ever played live. In August 2005 Marco Bresette replaced Eric Papky on bass guitar.
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.
Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She was raised by her mother, who recognized Tracy's love of music and, despite not having much money, bought her a ukulele when she was just three. Chapman began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of eight. She says that she may have been first inspired to play the guitar by the television show Hee Haw.
Chapman was raised Baptist and went to an Episcopal high school. She was accepted into the program "A Better Chance", which helps minority students attend private schools. She graduated from Wooster School in Connecticut, then attended Tufts University. She graduated with a B.A. degree in anthropology and African studies.
In the mid-1990s, Chapman dated author Alice Walker. Chapman maintains a strong separation between her personal and professional lives. “I have a public life that’s my work life and I have my personal life,” she said. “In some ways, the decision to keep the two things separate relates to the work I do."
Looking at a new day, seeing in a new way
Living in the here and now, forget tomorrow
Looking at a new girl, living in a new world
I€™m changing every little thing cause I€™ve found something new.
I€™m gonna make a new start, I€™m gonna play a new part
Going down a different road, a new direction
Now I€™ve got a new feel, now I€™ve got a new deal
I€™m telling everyone I know that I€™ve found something new.
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
I€™m looking at a new moon, listening to a new tune
I never thought I€™d find such understanding
Now I€™ve got a new love, that fits me like a new glove
I€™m changing every little thing €˜cause I€™ve found something new.
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning (I€™m on the way)
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
Something new...
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning (I€™m on the way)
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Electric/Bass Guitar: Pavel Rosak
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Harmonica: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Tenor/Baritone Sax: Mel Collins
Harmonica: Julian Dawson
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said,
Let there be light
and there was light.
And God saw the light,
In my eyes, closer to
Destiny revealed for you
Darkened self, sins of mine
Eyes of lies, no compromise
Time has lost your
The time enclosed your inner lies
Mind of treason
You played your life profound my way
[Chorus:]
Enclosed to your
Your eyes do wander too
A new beginning, look in your eyes
Gaze the shores of endless pain
Turn to see your guiding hand
Life this life state of thrill
Open up your mind's free will
Time has lost your
The time enclosed your inner lies
Mind of treason
You played your life profound my way
Realize
Learn to open up your mind
Mystify
Breathe the air surrounding your
Light to dark
You are I and I are you
And closer to
The path will open in front of you
Here you lie, here you cry
The the step above the sky
Tokens dark, evil shell
Shut the door to your own hell
Polluted the ways of days to come
What more am I than what I've made?
Apathy as virtue, a self-made trap
Seated in the front row
Too ignorant to care
Turn this fatal mission
And I shall be redeemed
Ring true with creative visions
Damn it, I live, I breathe, I care in life
A new beginning, I'll find a way
Daunted by decades
When it?s love you?re after
And heart break you find
When you tried to catch up
Only to be left behind
When you made your choices
And they brought you here
Surprised by failure
Hope replaced by fear
Oh, oh, oh
When you?ve walked a hard mile
Will you walk one more
And you have no words
To say what you?re looking for
Had your rules and broke them
Can?t bear to see your own face
Now when justice accuses
You get a thirst for grace
Everlasting grace, everlasting
A new beginning
Life in Christ is now and ever
A new beginning
With mercy he renews
When your dreams all come true
And your life is full
Then you wake up to find
You can?t ignore the pull
When your heart is broken
By a sacrifice
What you?ve known is dying
You get a taste for life
Everlasting life, everlasting
A new beginning
Life in Christ is now and ever
A new beginning
With mercy he renews
As we put the old away
This is my new beginning, another life to come
This is my new beginning, gonna make my dreams come true
Don't look for perfect living, don't look for perfect love
As long as this time living, makes this man feel like a man
Paradise for me across the sea
Paradise just waits for me and
I will never be the same
Utopia lies over the sea
Utopia for a man like me
When the horizon will meet the sky
I will find my new home where all souls can fly
Utopia lies over the sea
Utopia for a man like me
My new sense of living, is what I will find
Gonna leave all my guilt and my past behind
This is my new beginning, been waiting for too long
This is my new beginning, leave all troubles far behind
All of my lust for freedom, all of my hope for peace
All of the dreams and yearning, I will find across the sea
Paradise my dreams of liberty
Paradise just waits for me and
I will never be the same
Utopia lies over the sea
Utopia for a man like me
When the horizon will meet the sky
I will find my new home where all souls can fly
Utopia lies over the sea
Utopia for a man like me
My new sense of living, is what I will find
Faster than fast
And better than best
We're gonna reach it
We've set our task
Demands to fulfill
While some of them still
Behind greed and need
What counts is thrill
This time I won't get away
This time no fault will come my way
This time I won't get away
This time no fault will come my way
Running down the memories
Wrapped up in desire
Oh after the fall there's nothing at all
But tears of an end and a smile for a friend
Keep on
Want to believe
Can I receive
Want to believe
But something was wrong
You can't get along
Searching to find the weak and the strong
These times of love come from above
They're the result of feeling and shove
This time I won't get away
This time no fault will come my way
This time I won't get away
This time no fault will come my way
Running down the memories
Wrapped up in desire
Oh after the fall there's nothing at all
But tears of an end and a smile for a friend
Keep on
Running down the memories
Wrapped up in desire
Oh after the fall there's nothing at all
But tears of an end and a smile for a friend
Keep on
But tears of an end and a smile
Burning the bridges
Leading back to past
You have the will to forget the sadness
Reaching out for a life that you've never had
You're marching on
Step by step
What will you see?
Dark clouds above you
Why don't you realize
Under your skin you feel pain and sorrow
Mirror yourself and you'll be surprised
And still you're marching on
Inch by inch
What do you feel?
Is it a new beginning
A chance to start again
Is it you who's winning
Or is it leading to your end?
Will there ever be a way
To avoid making mistakes?
Will you ever feel when it's time
To rewrite the script of life?
Now you're growing older
Still you feel the pain
You try to run you try to hide from yourself
You're changing so fast - you'll stay the same
You're creeping on
Step by step
(J. Martinez/Psychefunkapus)
I see the dawning of a new beginning
And it feels like I'm riding on the winds of change
Yes, I'm taking the lead, but I still ain't winning
Takin' all that I can before the light of day
I can see the world goin' on around me
I can smell the scent of magic in the air
I can hear all the voices behind me
I can make up my mind between heaven and hell
The piest and the doctor pray for my well-being
As they research and pray that I will see the light
But Irealize it's themselves who they're freeing
When I step in the box or I lie on the couch
Makes no sense to me to start pretending
That I'll ever find salvation through a man
Mine alone is the soul that I'm mending
ANd I won't let this world interfere with my plans
Please get me out of here!
Help me to get out of here!
Little men inside my brain
Some cause pleasure, some cause pain
Riding high on waves of fear
Tryhing to lead me out of here
Trying to lead me out of here
Out of here!
Faith takes comfort of all my inhibitions
As the vapors of guilt escape through my pores
ANd now once again it's my conscious condition
That allows me the strength to break open the doors
I can see the world goin' on around me
I can smell the scent of magic in the air
I can hear the voices behind me
I can make up my mind between heaven and hell
Please get me out of here
I need to get out of here
Please get me out of here
I need to get out of here
Please get me out of here
I need to get out of here
Please get me out of here
I need to get out of here
I won't rest my head until I touch the face of destiny. Fuck no I'm not looking for an easy way to reach better days so I can sit back, relax and let each day go by right before my eyes. What the fuck are we fighting for? If that's some kind of prize you can give it to a weaker hand. My pride's ugly and callused, so perfect in every way. I'm gonna get what I want because I know how to fight. I'd rather hollow out this chest and taste my finest then waste it's fucking time. You gotta get up and live so fucking suck it up. One life, one chance, one shot... no chain can bind our hearts! I catch shit at time for speaking my mind but I wouldn't have it any other way. Your looks and stares are supposed to degrade me? Keep feeding the fire, your life's a fucking joke. Yet you speak like the purest of angels, well I cannot, will not, let this go unsaid. From the start I've been building this bridge from my heart. Fuck you! I shall not stray. We're breaking free! I'll shove all that you flaunt down your throat and rip it out the back of your fucking skull. Don't come to me for sympathy. You tried to fuck me cause I got what you want. Get fucked! The only way that I can see moving on towards better days is finding where your heart will lead instinctively. Like dogs we play never knowing when we've sunk our teeth into fucking deep
If I told you that I'd never forget
Then I'd forgive and then just leave it at that
I would, yeah I would
This could be the start of something new
A new beginning with or without you
Yeah I would if I could
But I'm begging to begin again
On somewhere new where I can call my own
But to start again might be hell at best
But hell looks good from where I'm standing down here
You hear myself you know we never agree
You know me better than I wish I knew me
Yeah you would if you could
But if these pages were to be in a book
You'd be the hero and then I'd be the crook
Yeah you know I would if I knew I could.
But I'm begging to begin again
On somewhere new where I can call my own
But to start again might be hell at best
But hell looks good from where I'm standing down here
Truth be told we never had a chance
But I'm so far away
But I'm begging to begin again
On somewhere new where I can call my own
But to start again might be hell at best
Face down on the way to the end,
I'm fighting to breathe, dont bury me
Consume our lives, control our minds
I've taken the strength that was left behind
I'm pulling deeper from within
(deeper from within),
the answers bleeding through my skin
Serenity dies
If i could breathe again
(if i could breathe again),
I'd choose a new beginning
(a new beginning)
Salvation will save us all,
the lacerations will heal
Rise beyond the threshold,
surpass all obsruction
We will survive
I'm falling away from this artificial life
Omit treason cast upon thee,
From ancestral times
When the god of Olympus
Reigned the earth
The king of the gods
The powerful one
Zeus was his name
One day he proposed
To destroy all the men
He sends a torrential rain
Destroying all the earth
Everything was flooded
Except the summit of Parnassus
But Decaulion and their wife
Pirra survived in their boat
They would be sacrificed
To appease the Zeus rage
And Zeus when saw it’s value
Forgives them and said:
[Chorus:]
“When Decaulion throw a stone to the sea
A man will born from this…..
When Pirra throw a stone to the sea
I can see the city lights
When I turn my head
A lake reflects the stars
But I won't come back
The moon shines bright tonight
I can see the coast
Lighted ships right at anchor
Waiting for the head
Deep inside I'm still a child
A tear drops down and you will frown
A new beginning, maybe an end
or is it something in between.
All the friends I ever had
I will never see again.
My old life fades away
Like a teardrop in the ocean.
Deep inside I'm still a child
A tear drops down and you will frown
A new beginning, maybe an end
or is it something in between.
Don't turn back follow the light
Go your way into a new day
I'm on the road again
Don't know where to go
Without a name I search my fate