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Some Greater Plan (for Claire)
Neil Finn / Tim Finn

Your life is just beginning
The war it never ends  
Here’s a reminder
We can look forward again
The spark is returning    
We made eyes across the room
You are gorgeous and absurd
Tell me have you heard the word
Resurrection

We gave up on the world somehow
Now we better start believing
If all that we can do    
Is fill the room
With a song of love
I’m there if you want
To feel a part of some greater plan
Do you want to heal the heart
Of this broken man?

You’ll never be lonely again
Would you like to say yes
We’ll clean up the mess
Sad children of the earth
Tell me have you heard the word
Revolution  

We gave up on the world somehow
Now we better start believing  
If all that we can do
Is fill the room
With a song of love
I’ll sing it if you want
To feel a part
Of some greater plan
Do you want to heal the heart
Of this broken man?  

Do you want, do you want, do you want
Do you want, do you want
do you want, do you want
Do you want to heal the heart
Of this broken man?

Song appears on:

Crowded House - Gravity Stairs (2024 album)


Neil borrowed from his father’s war diary for “Some Greater Plan (for Claire),” drawing on a memory of a whirlwind romance in Italy for a melody that’s both seductive and emotional.

It was always a thing that came up. Dad would have this wistful look in his eye when he would talk about Italy.
— Neil Finn, 2024

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