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The Land Of The Brave New Spirit

A visionary beckoning toward self-empowerment, unity, and positive change. The song invites listeners to take the wheel, trust their inner strength, and work together toward a better world. Its destination is not simply a physical place, but an awakened state of courage, purpose, and collective possibility.

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Primary moodVisionary
Additional moodsBeckoning · Awakening · Courageous · Hopeful · Uplifting · Adventurous
Written byGary Mitchell Wollman
Catalog IDSS-026

“The Land of the Brave New Spirit” imagines transformation as a journey toward a place that cannot be found on an ordinary map. Its destination is not simply a country, city, or distant horizon. It is an awakened state of being—one shaped by courage, purpose, unity, and the belief that a better future can still be created.

The song begins by beckoning the listener toward self-empowerment. Its invitation is active: take the wheel, trust the strength within, and participate in determining where life will lead. Rather than waiting for someone else to create change, the listener is encouraged to recognize personal agency and move forward, even when the path is uncertain.

But finding the right direction requires more than determination. It asks us to tune in to the heart—to listen for the compassion, conscience, and deeper wisdom that can guide us when the world has lost its way. The heart becomes an inner compass, pointing beyond selfishness and confusion toward a more humane way of living.

The song recognizes how far humanity has wandered into its own badness. Coldness has replaced connection, and madness has been allowed to overwhelm reason, empathy, and moral responsibility. The journey toward a brave new spirit therefore requires a deliberate turning around: ending the behaviors that have hardened us, recovering our capacity to care, and learning to live our lives again more rightly.

That inner awakening is essential because lasting social change cannot be built entirely from the outside. People must first confront what has gone wrong within themselves and recognize their capacity to choose differently. The “brave new spirit” begins as a personal return to conscience—the willingness to move beyond fear, indifference, and destructive habits and become guided by the heart.

Yet the journey is not meant to be traveled alone. Personal strength reaches its fullest expression when it joins with the strength of others. The song’s beckoning expands into an invitation to work together—to combine individual courage, imagination, and conviction in service of something greater than any one person could accomplish alone.

Unity in this vision does not require people to surrender their individuality. Instead, each person brings a distinct strength to the shared journey. When those strengths are aligned around compassion and positive purpose, collective possibility grows. The world begins to change because people who once felt lost or powerless recognize both where they went wrong and what they can create together.

The imagery of steering, listening, awakening, and coming alive makes the listener part of the song’s movement. Transformation is not something to be observed from a distance. It requires participation, moral direction, and the willingness to leave familiar patterns of coldness and disorder behind.

“The Land of the Brave New Spirit” is therefore both a destination and a way of traveling. It exists wherever people tune in to their hearts, recover their moral bearings, and join with others to pursue meaningful change.

At its heart, the song is a beckoning to self-empowerment, unity, and spiritual renewal. It asks listeners to recognize how lost we have become, put an end to the coldness and madness, and step courageously toward a better world—one in which we learn to live rightly, compassionately, and fully alive again.

Creative placement

Made to meet
the right story.

A visionary fit for journeys, fresh starts, spiritual awakening, and stepping bravely into a new future.

Transformation montage

A distinctive emotional arc for images of change, recognition, connection, or resolve.

Adventure film

A characterful placement for stories exploring brave new spirit, courage, renewal.

Spiritual documentary

A resonant thematic frame for documentary storytelling rooted in brave new spirit, courage, renewal.

Words & music

Read the lyrics.

Complete lyrics presented from Gary Wollman’s authoritative lyric sheet.

PDF · Catalog SS-026Download Lyric Sheet
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GRAB THE WHEEL

I WANT YOU TO FEEL IT

TELL ME HOW DOES IT FEEL?

THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR IT

COME ON, STEER IT

WE'LL BE THERE SOON

WHERE I'M GUIDING YOU

TO THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

CHORUS

YOU'RE GETTING NEAR IT

DON'T BE AFRAID

THO' YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT, OR WEAR IT, OR BEAR IT

IT'S REALLY GETTING NEARER

SHHH, COME ALONG

YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR IT

COME, COME ALIVE

WE'RE ALMOST NEAR IT

CHORUS

IN THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

INSTRUMENTAL

DON'T BE SHY

YOU CAN FEEL IT IN SPIRIT

THERE'S A LAND THAT'S BEEN HIDING SO DEEP AND MOST DEAREST

BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO ARRIVE

SO TUNE IN TO YOUR HEART OR GO PAY THE PRICE

IF YOU CONTINUE TO PRETEND THAT YOU DON'T HEAR IT

CHORUS

OH, SO FAR AWAYBUT WE’RE GETTING NEARERCOULDN’T BE MUCH CLEARER

SHHH, SURELY YOU CAN HEAR IT

ONCE SO FAR AWAY

THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

AN OLD FAMILIAR HOME

AND BOTH THOSE IN THE KNOW

AS WELL AS FOR THE FORGOTTEN BROKEN SOULS

WE'LL BE THERE SOON

IN THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

TAKE CONTROL

OF YOUR VERY OWN SOUL

HOLD ON TIGHTLY

DON'T TAKE WHAT YOU DO TOO LIGHTLY

WE'VE BEEN WALLOWING BILLIONS STRONG LOST IN OUR BADNESS

WHEN WE SHOULD BE PUTTING AN END TO THE COLD AND THE MADNESS

IF WE COULD JUST LEARN TO LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN QUITE RIGHTLY

GRAB THE WHEEL

COME ON STEER IT

WE'LL BE THERE SOON

WE’RE I’M GUIDING YOU

TO THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

WE'LL BE THERE BEFORE TOO LONG

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG

IN THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE FOR THE STRONG

AND IT’S A PLACE WHERE WE ALL BELONG

WE'RE GETTING NEARER

COULDN'T BE MUCH CLEARER

THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR

IT DON'T MATTER WHAT YOU WEAR

WOULD YOU BY CHANCE CARE TO SHARE - SHARE A COMMON PRAYER?

ON A SERIOUS DRIVE TO STAY ALIVE

NOT JUST TO SURVIVE BUT TO THRIVE

A WORD TO THE WISE - WHY IT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL SHED OUR DISGUISE

WHEN WE'RE FINALLY GETTING ALONG YOU SEE

AT THE DESTINATION WHERE WE'VE ALWAYS LONGED TO BE...

THE LAND OF THE BRAVE NEW SPIRIT

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Composition documentationOn file · SRu 304-913

Songwriter informationVerified

Preferred masterPreferred WAV on file

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