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01. Tonight

Tonight
by TobyMac



 

Every time I try to go it alone
I get shut down
Locked up and held captive in the clutches of my doubt
We go back
We go forth
We go back
I’m sick with vertigo
Weary of my ways
My days
My ebbs and flows
So

I wanna feel a new day
(There’s gotta be more than this)
I wanna live a new way
(There’s gotta be more)
I wanna feel a new day
(There’s gotta be more than this)
I wanna live a new way
(There’s just gotta be more)

Right here, right now
Under the stars
I promise You my heart
‘Cause it starts tonight

We wanna rise
We wanna touch the other side
(It starts tonight)
We wanna soar
We wanna reach right out for more
(‘Cause it starts tonight)

Tonight

Can’t feel like any night before
Under a sky full of stars
With hearts that want more (Tonight)
Like a river no dam can hold
Being driven by a source overflowin’ our souls (Tonight)
Won’t be like any night we’ve seen
It changes everything
Everything

So let us seize this night
Let us make our play
It’s on like the break of dawn
Come what may

Tonight
I wanna feel a new day
I wanna live a new way

We want more tonight
We want you tonight
Tonight


(Featuring John Cooper)

Behind the Song:
Before talking about each of the 13 songs on Tonight, tobyMac says, “For me it’s just a matter of writing about life—the things I’m struggling with, the things my friends are going through, the things I’m walking through with them. Sometimes I try to look up and do a social lyric, but I find that when you write from a personal level, it usually is hitting on the social level too. And I figure if I’m growing as a person, and my life is the ebb and flow of a believer pursuing faith in this world, the songs are going to remain fresh. I do think there’s more grace in my writing now than in earlier years. But I don’t think what I’m going through is too different from what anyone else is going through. And I find when I stick to that, it connects with people’s lives.”

“Tonight” “It’s pretty autobiographical. I can’t speak into the personal walk of most people, but for me there’s a pursuit of God and a retreat constantly going on in my life—pursuit and a falling away, pursuit and a falling away. Any believer that says, ‘I got this dialed in, I’m in constant pursuit,’ well, I think they’re a superhero . . . or not telling the truth. It’s frustrating to me that I’ve been pursuing Christ for so long, and there’s still constant ebb and flow. So the song is about commitment in the face of that—a passionate declaration that it starts tonight. Tonight, it’s on. Yeah, three months from now, it might have to start again that night. But isn’t it about the constant dive into faith and the declaration of pursuit of holiness and of God? I know that’s what I face. I’ve woken up many days and thought, If I’ve got to start somewhere, why not today. What am I waiting for?”

(Of guest vocalist John Cooper): “When I wrote the chorus (We wanna rise / We wanna touch the other side), even before a note was struck, I heard Cooper singing it in my head. I’ve always thought Cooper’s voice is as intense as a voice gets. He came in and just delivered. We were like, wow. We triple tracked his voice, and it literally took over the song; it was louder than the guitars! So we dialed it back to a single track.” - tobyMac

 

 

 

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This Friday, July 25, 2025
ALBUMS
Anchor & Braille New Mexico [Equal Vision]
B. Tee Told You [Syntax]
Bride Scarecrow Messiah CD Re-Release [Girder]
Empowered SALT - EP (independent)
Homesick Prodigals Different Good (independent)
KDNS After Eden [Syntax]
Olivia Lane Songs About Jesus (Deluxe Edition) [BEC]
Tasha Cobbs Leonard TASHA [Motown Gospel]
Kevi Morse Kingston We Winning [Syntax]
Pulpit Vomit Hospital Lens [Rottweiler]
Anthony & Tiffany Salerno Dance for Jesus - EP (independent)
Taylor & Co Worship Breakthrough - EP (independent)
Josh Wright LEAD (independent)

SINGLES
abenezer i was lost - Single [Gotee]
Joe L Barnes Good Shepherd (Studio Version) - Single [Provident]
Sho Baraka Still Got Faith (ft. L3xdivine) - Single [Syntax]
Gracie Binion Easy To Please - Single [BEC]
Katty Camargo Shine Upon Me - Single (independent)
The CCC Collective Thankful - Single (independent)
C4 Crotona Mr. Gritty - Single [Syntax]
CXMMXNS Trust and Obey (feat. CAIN) - Single [Provident]
EJ Swavv & Nickwit2Ks Growth - Single [Syntax]
Forrest Frank GOD'S GOT MY BACK - Single [River House / 10K]
Andrew Gonoude Closer To You - Single (independent)
Noah Paul Harrison Oh Lord My God (Live) - Single [Bethel]
J.Solo All I Have (ft. Kaboose & MotionPlus) - Single [Syntax]
Kings Kaleidoscope + Kings Kaleidoscope Hymns Amazing Grace - Single [BEC]
Tasha Layton Life In Me - Single [BEC]
Lecrae Bless You (feat. Torey D'Shaun) - Single [Reach]
TobyMac God Did It (feat. Jamie MacDonald) - Single [Capitol CMG]
Matt Maher Wait (Radio Version) - Single [Provident]
Hunter Plake Down to Earth - Single [BEC]
QEW JOYXFIX (ft. Stevie Rizo) - Single [Syntax]
Naomi Raine God Will Work It Out - Single [Tribl]
Rave Jesus Runnin' - Single [Provident]
Saints in Exile Bad Vibes - Single [Syntax]
Xander Sallows infinite - Single [DREAM]
Silent Reflection Left Me for Dead - Single [Syntax]
Michael W. Smith Your Love Is A Flood - Single [The Fuel]
John Stratton The Body and the Blood - Single [Pure Mosaic Services]
Regina Vandereijk You're the Light - Single (independent)
Joel Vaughn Feel It - Single [DREAM]
Zach Williams Killed A Man - Single [Provident]
Zauntee Jesus Down In Florida - Single [BEC]

VINYL
Bride Scarecrow Messiah Vinyl [Girder]

DVD
Jordan Smith The People's Hymnal DVD [Gaither]

This Saturday, July 26, 2025
SINGLES
Anthony & Tiffany Salerno What Would You Do? - Single (independent)

Next Friday, August 1, 2025
ALBUMS
Crash Rickshaw Big Sir - EP [Velvet Blue]
McKamey Legacy Holding to Truth [Horizon]
Ordained Thunder Roar [Girder]
V1 Worship Archives [DREAM Worship]

SINGLES
Dan Bremnes Human - Single [Curb]
Lauren Daigle Let It Be A Hallelujah - Single [Centricity]
Sleeping At Last Believe - Single (independent)

VINYL
Disciple Attack! (Limited Run Vinyl) Vinyl [Girder]



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