Never Down Too Long

🎵 Title: Never Down for Too Long (Extended Cut)

🎧 Style Data:

(Genres: Alt R&B / Chill Club / Lo-Fi Trap / Soul Pop)

(Influences: Joji – “Die For You”, Drake – “Marvins Room”, Frank Ocean – “Nights”)

(Tempo: 96 BPM | Key: D♭ minor | Groove: swing 808s, lush Rhodes, layered synth textures, ambient guitar delay)

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(Soft synth pads swell, faint vinyl crackle, heartbeat kick slowly fades in)

Yeah…

Still here.

Another night, another try.

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Woke up heavy, still I roll out,

Pain in my chest, but I laugh too loud.

Mirror got lines I don’t recognize,

Still got dreams, still chasin’ the highs.

Every drink another way to cope,

Every night I’m hangin’ onto hope.

Not perfect, but I play my part,

Still dancin’ through this slow restart.

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(Filtered bass slides in | ambient reverb trails)

Scars just stories I carry inside,

Same soul, just harder to hide.

I fall, I rise, I keep movin’ on,

Never down for too long.

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I been slowin’ down, yeah, I feel it in my bones,

But the rhythm keep me steady, I’m never alone.

Laugh through the pain, let it fade with the song,

Still standin’, still holdin’ strong.

Tears in my glass mixin’ with dawn,

But I’m never down for too long.

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(808 slides + Rhodes progression deepen)

Time movin’ fast, but I’m still behind,

Carryin’ the weight I can’t rewind.

Used to fake a smile to hide the ache,

Now I let it show, I let it break.

People fade out, but I stay true,

Every scar another thing I grew through.

Same heart, just a different song,

Still vibin’, still movin’ on.

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(Reverb tails bloom | falsetto harmonies hum softly)

They said the pain gon’ fade someday,

But I still feel it in every way.

I light up just to breathe again,

I’m losin’ pieces, but I mend.

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I been slowin’ down, yeah, I feel it in my bones,

But the beat keep me movin’, I’m never alone.

Laugh through the pain, let it fade with the song,

Still here, still holdin’ strong.

One day I’ll rest, but tonight I belong,

Never down for too long.

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(Deep bass swell, layered vocal echoes, hi-hats shimmer lightly)

Every loss taught me how to breathe slow,

Every tear built a river I row.

I been fallin’ in silence, learnin’ to grow,

Don’t need no spotlight — I already glow.

If tomorrow never comes, I’ll still sing my song,

Never down, never down for too long.

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(Ambient pads dissolve into soft reverb tail, faint hum of crowd noise fades out)

Still smilin’ through the hurt,

Still dancin’ through the dirt,

Never down for too long…