Gotta keep pushin' on

2010s Pacific Northwest dance-punk / electro-swing, ~132 BPM, swung 4/4 | scrape angular funk guitar against rigid analog sequences; drive a dry backbeat with shuffled hats and syncopated kicks | bounce clipped stride-piano figures and muted brass answers over a heavy mono sub floor | grind resonant sawtooth ostinatos against minor harmony and chromatic passing tones | deliver close, clipped vocals with flattened vowels, glottal catches, percussive breaths and brief bird-like trills | scatter phrase endings into pitched granular dust that answers the guitar | puncture the groove with chamber strings and bass clarinet | combine mid-80s club saturation, narrow rooms and scuffed percussion with modern granular edits; keep the snare sharp, the low end controlled and the atmosphere damp, tense and electrically alive

[Intro] Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) [Verse 1] Crowd at my back Light going green I missed a breath Somewhere between Mouth full of questions Feet in the flow Nobody waits For me to know [Pre-Chorus] Hold on, hold on I need a minute The minute goes And I'm still in it [Chorus] Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) World won't wait Till we're ready Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) No time to stop No time to know We gotta keep pushing on [Verse 2] Years go missing One by one I ask how much They ask how soon I take a breath They wave me through Do I still want this? Or do I have to? [Pre-Chorus] Hold on, hold on I need a minute The minute goes And I'm still in it [Chorus] Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) World won't wait Till we're ready Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) No time to stop No time to know We gotta keep pushing on [Instrumental Break] (huh-huh-huh) (huh-huh-huh) [Bridge] Can I be here Without falling behind? Just be here For a little while A little while [Final Chorus] We gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) World won't wait Till we're ready We gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) No time to stop No time to know We gotta keep pushing on [Outro] Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) Gotta keep pushing on (huh-huh-huh) We gotta keep pushing on Keep pushing on Keep pushing on

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