The song “Let’s Go” is, at face value, about a couple of young lovers about to embark on some romantic adventure.   The motif -- a couple of teenagers and a night of stargazing (or twisted so that the stars are perhaps people-gazing) – is a bit cliché.  The cliché, however, is a misleading veneer.  The song is really about becoming a new man and escaping conventional limitations.  It’s about realizing that much of the world (as I understood it) was fabricated, forced and, to a point, mere fantasy.  And it’s about embracing that climactic realization with a sense of wonder and adventure.  The song borrows from T.S. Eliot (“the evening is spread out against the sky”) and many other romantic poets (notice the baptism-like water imagery).  It’s a song about shedding my white-picket-fence-like, god-fearing sentimentalities.  It’s a song about growing your hair long.  It’s a song about joining a rock band.   It’s a song about breathing deep and seizing the day.  And it stands as my own anthem to a much-needed “little renaissance”.  - Dave

Lyrics:

Give me this little renaissance
Let's explore this road we've just come upon
Let's find out if this is really what we want
Even if it takes all night
Ignore the lightning, ignore the storm
Let's come together so our bodies stay warm
Let's find out if this is what we're looking for
Even if it takes all night

Let's go, the night is spreading out before us
I know the stars are waiting up there for us
to move, to see what we will do
The moon is passing through to make sure
that everything tomorrow brings is new

Notice how the rain seeps into our skin
Everyone wishes for the chance to start again
Let's find out if this is where it all begins
Even if it takes all night
You gave me this little rennaisance
and my days of caution are all but gone
Let's find out if this is really what we want
Even if it takes all night

Let's go, the night is spreading out before us
I know the stars are waiting up there for us
to move, to see what we will do
The moon is passing through to make sure
that everything tomorrow brings is new