Lyrics
Intro
Hands up!
Chorus
Goodbye, yesterday
I'm living in the light of a new day
I won't waste another minute in my old ways
Praise the Lord, I've been born again
Goodbye, yesterday
I'm living in the light of a new day
I won't waste another minute in my old ways
Praise the Lord, I've been born again
Yah!
Interlude
Hey
Oh, I've been born again
Verse
Again and again and again and again
You rescued me out of the mess I was in
You traded my sorrow for something to sing
Now, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Chorus (Repeat, extended)
Goodbye, yesterday
I'm living in the light of a new day
I won't waste another minute in my old ways
Praise the Lord, I've been born again
Goodbye, yesterday
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
I've got resurrection in my veins
Praise the Lord, I've been born
Verse (Repeat x2)
Bridge
Come on, we sing!
I have decided
To follow Jesus
The world behind, the cross before
And I won't turn back, yeah
I have decided
To follow Jesus
The world behind, the cross before
And I won't turn back
(Sing, I have decided) I have decided
(To follow Jesus) To follow Jesus
(I'm gonna leave the world behind)
The world behind, the cross before me
And I won't turn back
(And I have decided) I have decided
(To follow Jesus) To follow Jesus
(The world behind) The world behind, the cross before
And I won't turn back
Singing, and I won't turn back (I won't turn back)
And I won't turn back (And I won't turn back)
No-no-no-no-no-no
The world behind and the cross before
And I won't turn back
Singing, I won't turn back (I won't turn back)
And I won't turn back (I won't turn back)
No-no, no-no, no-no
The world behind and the cross before me
And I won't turn back
Verse (Repeat x2)
Interlude
Woah, oh, woah-oh-oh, yeah
Praise the Lord, I've been born again
Praise the Lord, I've been born again
Hands up, hands up!
Outro
Now, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
(Mmmmm)
Oh, yeah
Now, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Yeah, yeah
Now, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
You ought to dance for the Lord
Dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Oh, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Oh, hey, dancing on the grave
Now, I'm dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Dancing on the grave that I once lived in
Oh, praise the Lord, I've been born again
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Goodbye Yesterday" opens with a brief call to attention before declaring a clean break from the past, living instead in the light of a new day rather than wasting another minute in old patterns. That immediate contrast, old ways against new day, frames the entire song around decisive, celebrated change rather than gradual improvement.
Its verse credits that change entirely to rescue from a described mess, naming sorrow traded for song and comparing present joy to dancing on a grave once inhabited. That striking image, dancing where a former life used to be, gives the song's celebration a specific, buried past rather than vague optimism.
Rooted in contemporary Christian pop's declarative testimony style, the song functions as a joyful celebration of spiritual rebirth, its bridge borrowing a well-known hymn's vow directly, deciding to follow Jesus with the world left behind and no turning back, closing the song on repeated, physical dancing as the fitting expression of that settled decision.
Related Scripture
- John 3:3 Describes the necessity of being born again, directly echoed in the song's repeated declaration.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Describes the old passing away and the new coming, directly echoed in the song's declaration of saying goodbye to yesterday.