Down to Ride (odds_rmx) - [Cruising_Altitude][byTe_me] (WAV)
by [byTe_me]
About this track
[Verse 1] They say don't give your life to a thing that can't love you back, Don't pour your soul into a track That might never play past your own bedroom walls. They say keep a backup plan, keep a real job, don't fall For something that can't catch you. They say music is a casino, all risk and no guarantees, A house of cards built on a melody. And I've been broke before, emptied out on a studio floor, Gave everything I had and the song still asked for more. But I'd do it again. 'Cause a heart that won't gamble on the sound Is a heart that's already underground. [Pre-Chorus] I know the odds, I know the math, I know most songs never find a path Past the hard drive they were born on. I know the house always wins eventually. But I never came here to play it safe. I came here to feel a bassline real enough to scare me. [Chorus] If love's a risk, I'm down to ride, Give my life to the kick and the ride. If this is a cliff, then let's jump together, I'd rather fall with the sound than stand safe forever. If love's a risk, I'm down to ride, Down to ride, down to ride. I don't need a guarantee, I don't need a sure thing, I just need a bassline that's willing to swing All the way in. All the way in. If love's a risk, I'm down to ride. [Verse 2] I've been the person who held back, who kept a day job, Who made music on the side like it was a hobby, a facade. I was a tourist in my own art form, Visiting the studio but never staying overnight, Never giving it the keys to my life. And then the sound showed up like a storm I didn't forecast, And every wall I built became a thing of the past Before I could even decide if I was ready. The music didn't ask if I was ready. It just hit me. And I've been falling into the 808 ever since, And I don't want to stop, and I don't want to land On safe ground again. [Pre-Chorus] I know the odds, I know the math, I know most songs never find a path Past the hard drive they were born on. I know the house always wins eventually. But I never came here to play it safe. I came here to feel a bassline real enough to scare me. [Bridge] And maybe I crash. Maybe the songs never reach anyone. Maybe I give my whole life and get back none Of what they told me I'd get if I just kept grinding. Maybe the music takes everything and leaves me empty-handed On a stage in a room where nobody's standing. And if that happens, if this goes wrong, At least I went all in, at least I belonged To something bigger than my fear. At least I loved the sound out loud instead of keeping it near And safe and small and contained in a side room. I'd rather be wrecked by the real thing Than preserved by the safe thing. Give me the risk. Give me the ride. Give me the version of music that doesn't let me hide Behind a day job and a weekend hobby. I'm all in. I'm all in. [Final Chorus] If love's a risk, I'm down to ride, Give my life to the kick and the ride. If this is a cliff, then let's jump together, I'd rather fall with the sound than stand safe forever. If love's a risk, I'm down to ride, Down to ride, down to ride. I don't need a guarantee, I don't need a sure thing, I just need a bassline that's willing to swing All the way in. All the way in. If love's a risk, I'm down to ride. [Outro] Down to ride... If love's a risk... I'm down to ride... All the way in... (Down to ride...) (All the way in...)