[INTRO — 16 bars] [Deep elastic synth-bass motif, clean guitar scratches, Rhodes chords] [No crowd, no stage ambience] FEMALE — low, soulful: Something keeps on moving... Something won't let go... [CHORUS — MALE HIGH SHOUT + FEMALE] GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Keep it alive!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Male: All night!) What we found was never meant to fade, It lives in every move we made. GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Let it roll!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Soul male: Feel it!) [VERSE 1 — HIGH MALE FUNK SHOUT] I found a little spark where the night was turning slow, A rubber-band rhythm with a deep electric glow. The bass came sliding low, then it curled around my feet, And every quiet heartbeat started locking to the beat. (Female: Lock it in...) I said, “Can you feel it?” (Soul male: I feel it now.) The answer came back shining from the middle of the sound. [PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE] Don't let it disappear, Bring that feeling near. If the rhythm knows your name, Let it call you once again. [CHORUS] GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Keep it alive!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Male: That's right!) No beginning, no ending line, Just a little soul and a whole lot of time. GROOVE ETERNAL! (Soul male: Hold on!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Both: Let it ride!) [VERSE 2 — SOUL MALE] I have seen a thousand songs come knocking at the door, Some were made for yesterday, some were made for more. But when that bass rolls underneath a simple melody, You don't need a reason, baby, you just let it be. (Female: Let it be...) That old soul still has something to say, And the groove keeps opening another way. [SHORT RAP BRIDGE — MALE + FEMALE] MALE: Low bass, bright chord, step in time, FEMALE: One heart, two voices, one design. MALE: No rush, no race, just move with the sound, FEMALE: Turn it up gently, let it circle around. BOTH: Round and round, never breaking down. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — 24 bars] [Minimoog bass variation] [Clean guitar + Rhodes] [Prophet-5 response phrases] [Short OB-XA synth-brass accents] [Female: “Ooh...”] [High male: “Yeah!”] [VERSE 3 — FEMALE LOW SOUL] Maybe the groove is older than the words we say, Maybe it was waiting underneath the whole day. I hear it in the silence when the room gets still, I hear a little promise underneath the window sill. (Soul male: Tell me what you hear.) I hear something warm, I hear something real, I hear a rhythm with a heart that you can feel. [MELODIC BRIDGE — ALL THREE] FEMALE: If the night gets heavy, let the melody rise. SOUL MALE: If your heart gets weary, let it open your eyes. HIGH MALE: HEY! Let it breathe! FEMALE: Let it shine... SOUL MALE: Let that old soul cross the line... BOTH: And keep moving, keep moving, Till the groove becomes time. [CHORUS — EXPANDED] GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Never let it fade!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Soul male: Keep that feeling!) Every little note can turn the dark around, Every little step can lift you off the ground. GROOVE ETERNAL! (High male: Yeah!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (All: Eternal!) [BREAKDOWN — CALL & RESPONSE] HIGH MALE: Can you feel that low bass? (Female: I can feel it!) HIGH MALE: Can you hear that sweet chord? (Soul male: I can hear it!) HIGH MALE: Can you keep that groove? (Both: We can keep it!) HIGH MALE: Then don't stop now! (Both: Don't stop!) [SECOND RAP BRIDGE — FEMALE + MALE] FEMALE: Silk in the melody, weight in the floor, MALE: Open up the pocket, give me just a little more. FEMALE: Soul in the harmony, fire in the bass, MALE: Three different voices, one beautiful space. SOUL MALE: That's the way it ought to feel. BOTH: Real. [FINAL VERSE — SOUL MALE] Somewhere between the first note and the last, We learn that good vibrations never really pass. The melody gets older, but the feeling stays, And the groove keeps finding brand-new ways. [FINAL PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE] Take my hand, Hear that sound, Let the old and new come back around. No need to name it, No need to prove, Just give your heart A little room to move. [FINAL CHORUS — LONG] GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Keep it alive!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (High male: Come on!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Soul male: Let it roll!) What we found was never meant to fade, It lives in every move we made. GROOVE ETERNAL! (Female: Still alive!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (High male: Still moving!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (Soul male: Still soulful!) GROOVE ETERNAL! (All: Forever!) [OUTRO — 32+ bars] [Extended elastic Minimoog bass vamp] [Rhodes and clean guitar trade short phrases] [Prophet-5 and OB-XA answer softly] FEMALE: Ooh... keep it alive... SOUL MALE: Keep that feeling... HIGH MALE: Yeah! Groove eternal! BOTH: Groove eternal... Groove eternal... [Final bass figure, soft guitar chord, fade]
