MOVE FORWARD is the most lyrically complicated track I've penned. It's been all-consuming. It's been all I could think about. You know that feeling?
Verse1 references the Australian bushfire/wildfire season, and how everyone keeps finger-pointing for who's at fault every year. Then it references the #OKBoomer movement: firing shots at the older generation, claiming we can do better.
The pre-chorus questions the effectiveness of youthful protest, because it seems like it's never enough just to march or petition for change. Maybe, like our parents & grandparents, we'll age, grow conservative, entitled and apathetic. At that point, life just becomes about "you", and leaving the next generation to fix all the problems.
Verse 2 makes a concealed reference to coronavirus (surprise surprise) and again, all the finger-pointing for who's at fault, before mentioning the record distrust in the democratic system this US election. One day, there'll be nobody left to blame, just conflict.
Despite all that cynicism, I wanted to bow-tie this single inside an energetic feeling of hope and optimism throughout the song. I hope it clicks for you, and gets you to move... forward. ♥️
lyrics
VERSE 1
There's dust in the megaphone
Big fire in the news on the radio
And to shame with the blame is the game
Set by you, by us, by you, by us, by you
There's a sinister undertone
Shots fired in a post to the ones you know
And we claim we'd do better if we'd had the same deal
As the gen we'll overthrow
PRE-CHORUS
Got no reason to stay here and wait
Help's a million miles away
Can you get up, and can you keep up
If I say we raise our sticks and forks and throw?
But our hearts and our minds alone
Ain't enough to retreat from the life we know
And they say we grow chill more each day
As we simply give up and sing:
CHORUS
"Move forward
Live our best life,
Cos our story's all there is
And it'll all be fixed in the next life
Move forward
This our best life
Now there's only you and me
And it'll all be fixed in the next life"
VERSE 2
Now they tell us to stay at home
Case count on the Tube and the radio
Who to blame while it takes more each day
Sent by you, by us, by you, by us, by you
Losing trust in the right to vote
Set fire in the hearts of the ones you know
Til there's no one to shoulder the blame
It's the sticks and stones you'll need to overthrow
PRECHORUS
Got no reason to stay here and wait
Help's a million miles away
Can you get up, and can you keep up
If I say we raise our sticks and forks and throw?
But our hearts and our minds alone
Ain't enough to retreat from the life we know
And they say we grow chill more each day
As we simply give up and sing:
CHORUS
"Move forward
Live our best life,
Cos our story's all there is
And it'll all be fixed in the next life
Move forward
This our best life
Now there's only you and me
And it'll all be fixed in the next life"
credits
from DARKNESS MAY FIND US,
released January 22, 2021
Written, produced and performed by Spectoral.
Co-production on track 2 and 3 by Denzel Stone.
Features (lyrics, vocals) on track 3 are Aunty MNGO and Kirklandd.
Feature (lyrics, vocals) on track 4 is Kathana.
Co-writing on track 4 by Kathana.
Co-production on track 5 by Satisdiction.
Feature (lyrics, vocals) on track 5 by Satisdiction.
Remix production on track 6 by Megadead.
Track 1 mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Track 2 mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Track 3 mixed by Jonwayne.
Track 3 mastered by SUB-Human.
Track 4 mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Track 5 mixed by Satisdiction, Spectoral and Jonwayne.
Track 5 mastered by SUB-Human.
Track 6 mixed and mastered by Megadead.
Graphics by Spectoral.
All rights reserved, 2021.
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