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Not Today (Pain Go Away) - Falling Down Adaptation

David Hile
Modern uptempo pop-rock with a subtle Southern-rock edge, around 152 BPM, Male lead vocal singing directly to another man with emotional honesty, regret, and restless confidence, Bright crunchy electric guitars, palm-muted verse riff, melodic picked bass, punchy live-style drums, tambourine, handclaps, Wurlitzer piano, and tasteful slide-guitar fills, Slightly raspy male vocal; stacked male harmonies and rowdy gang-vocal “hey!” responses in the chorus, Bittersweet, defiant, windows-down energy; polished, radio-ready modern production, Modern uptempo pop-rock, 152 BPM, catchy bright electric guitar riff, crunchy Southern-rock guitar accents, slide-guitar fills, live punchy drums, tambourine, handclaps, melodic bass, Wurlitzer piano, raspy emotive vocal, huge stacked singalong chorus, gang-vocal “hey” shouts, bittersweet but defiant windows-down energy, polished radio-ready production, Target duration: approximately 3 minutes 35 seconds
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[Intro] Pain, pain, go away Come back another day Hey, hey, not today I’m still standing anyway [Verse 1] Man, it’s gonna hurt when I leave (Bye, bye) But I was never meant to stay here You’re gonna have to move on without me Without me If you could just try to remember This was always in my nature I was always gonna leave And it’s gonna hurt like hell when I do [Pre-Chorus] But until then Let the world keep on spinning ’round Spinning ’round I’m gonna be here ’til it all falls down Down, down Falls down Down [Chorus] Pain, pain, go away Come back another day I’m just tryna get one up on life Before it all goes down Pain, pain, get out my way I got a little time to save I’m gonna keep my boots on moving Before it all goes down Down, down Not today Down, down I’m on my way [Post-Chorus] Hey! Down, down Not today Hey! Down, down I’m on my way [Verse 2] Man, I can’t promise you love I know you think that I mean it But I can’t trust my own feelings I don’t even know what love is I know it sounds like an excuse But I’ve never been good with the truth You know I never wanted to hurt you But I always do [Pre-Chorus] But until then Let the world keep on spinning ’round Spinning ’round I’m gonna be here ’til it all falls down Down, down Falls down Down [Chorus] Pain, pain, go away Come back another day I’m just tryna get one up on life Before it all goes down Pain, pain, get out my way I got a little time to save I’m gonna keep my boots on moving Before it all goes down Down, down Not today Down, down I’m on my way [Bridge] Maybe I was made for running Maybe you were made to stay If I leave you with the silence Will you hear me anyway? I’ve been trying not to name it I’ve been trying not to break One more breath before the lights go out One more chance before the shake [Final Chorus] Pain, pain, go away Come back another day I’m just tryna get one up on life Before it all goes down Pain, pain, get out my way I got a little time to save I’m gonna keep my boots on moving Before it all goes down Down, down Not today Down, down I’m on my way [Outro] Pain, pain, go away Come back another day Down, down Not today