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Brand New (Original)

Type: Official
Writers: Grace Vanderwaal
Times Performed: 1

Notes

When Grace first performed the song at the Grammy Museum in November 2024, she explained the background for the song. This is probably the most important song I have ever written. I really wanted to delve into … not taking the responsibility as a woman to be empowered. Being a child star … there were all these things that there was so much pressure to have a meaning for, like – ‘it all happened for a reason, and it made me stronger.’ But I don’t think that I don’t think there was a reason. I was writing poetry about it for months and months, and I was really inspired by the imagery of Eve. This is not a religious commentary, by the way; it was purely artistic and symbolic. But I thought of Eve and how she was the unleashing of sin, … and I was like – it’s always been her fault, always. It finally trickled down into this image of a little girl praying in her bed and having this really intimate conversation with God. …, a truly curious conversation from a little girl: I don’t want to be dirty. I don’t want to be lustful and sinful – I don’t want to be a woman. Can I not? And I actually heard this song in a dream, then.




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Lyrics

Cold room
Can you hear me?
Blood is on my hands
Am I filthy?
Define the guilt that I am supposed to hold
Lights out
Do you fear me?
Against the law of nature
Would you bless me?
To keep all that I have, do nothing wrong

But I’m the woman
I’m the sin
A blemish burned into your skin
I’m not the mother of your loss
I’m not the sister of your lust
Desperate, I’ll pray
Run the bath, in the water, I’ll bathe
I’ll do anything that you say
If I could be brand new
An apple to taste
Burn me up as I’m tied to a stake
And my skin will rot
I’m staring at my grave
Just hoping to be brand new

What if I wanna be pretty?
What if I wanna perform?
I don’t wanna be nothing
What’s my voice without your words?
So I’ll speak the language
But it’s a one-sided design
It cuts my tongue when I speak it
Because it’s yours, no it’s not mine

Cause I’m the woman
I’m the sin
A blemish burned into your skin
I’m not the mother of your loss
I’m not the sister of your lust
Desperate, I’ll pray
Run the bath, in the water, I’ll bathe
I’ll do anything that you say
If I could be brand new
An apple to taste
Burn me up as I’m tied to a stake
And my skin will rot
I’m staring at my grave
Just hoping to be brand new

Desperate, I’ll pray
Run the bath, in the water, I’ll bathe
I’ll do anything that you say
If I could be brand new
An apple to taste
Burn me up as I’m tied to the stake
Rotting skin
I’ll stare at my grave
Just hoping to be brand new
Just hoping to be, just hoping to be brand new

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