If you listen to “Little Things New,” by Larry Karpenko, you will understand the warm and healing power of love. The lyrics showcase how two people, who have suffered from betrayal and disillusionment, manage to find solace in each other. In the first verse, we get to know the woman’s side of the story. He is struggling to trust people after being deserted. A man who is struggling to find the person he loves deeply and is also looking for love in return is introduced in the second verse. His sense of hope is renewed with his arrival which the song manifest in the glowing verses of its chorus.

The phrase “you make beautiful, make little things new,” which repeats throughout the song, accentuates the fact that love has the power of renewing joy in even the most mundane matters of life. His words also show how love is not tied to more important things – there is beauty in the ordinary too. This idea is further cemented in the bridge as he states that together, the couple can deal with anything life throws at them. The statement “they’ll be one” puts forth the core theme of unity as it signifies that with love, something stronger is created.

This narrative flow is synchronized with the emotions each of the characters goes through, showing the evolution of feelings from despair to hope, and ultimately, to a life lived together. The genuine emotions are accentuated through phrases that are also straight forward and simple.

At the end of the song, love is no longer just a dream. It is a dead reality now. In his writing, Karpenko reflects the difficulty of meeting the right person and how the most mundane things become significant when they are done with a caring person.