(title: "STAY GOLD")
(genre: [Future Bass], [Dream Phonk], [Synthwave], [Emotional Bass])
(tempo: [92 BPM], swing halftime)
(key: C# minor → D major lift at climax)
(mood: [Resilient], [Hopeful], [Melancholy Joy], [Uplift Through Storm])
(vocals: [Male & Female Harmonies], [Ghost Layered Vocalizations], [Call & Response FX], [Emotional Chops])
(instruments:
[Synthwave Analog Chords],
[Future Bass Drops],
[Phonk 808 Sub],
[Trap Hats + Lo-Fi Claps],
[Bright Pluck Arpeggios],
[Glitch FX + Reverse Tails],
[Reverb Guitar Accents],
[Layered Emotional Vocal Pads]
)
(structure:
(Intro – 0:00 to 0:30)
- Glassy ambient pads + reversed vocal swell
- Soft vocal chop: "don't stop… stay gold…"
- Rain static turns into warm chords
(Verse A – 0:30 to 1:10)
- Male lead vocal (soft tone):
"Been running from my name / afraid to hear the echo..."
"But pain don’t mean I’m broken / it just means I still feel."
- Trap hats enter behind dreamy bass pulses
(Drop 1 – 1:10 to 1:50)
- Full Future Bass impact:
- Vocal chop hook: “stay go-o-o-o-old”
- Sidechained chords + bouncing plucks
- Vocalizations: “oooh-ohhh / ah-ah-aye”
- Bassline bends upward like breath returning
(Verse B – 1:50 to 2:30)
- Female harmony:
"Lost more than I could count / grief hit like thunderclouds..."
"But the sun still finds me / even when I close my eyes."
- Ambient guitar and phonk beat blend in subtly
(Bridge – 2:30 to 3:00)
- Instrumental breakdown
- Vocal FX whisper: “You’re still here / You still shine / You are still…”
- Reversed piano echoes + spark textures
- Shift begins toward D major key
(Drop 2 – 3:00 to 3:45)
- Lift into bright Synthwave-inspired Future Bass
- Vocal chop chorus:
["Stay go-o-old / don't fold / you're more than what you hold"]
["Keep walking / through fire / you’re made from the light"]
- Call-and-response vocalizations + harmonies
(Verse C – 3:45 to 4:10)
- All vocals fade but hum remains
- Piano plays central motif from earlier in major now
- “I don’t have all the answers / but I’ve got today…”
(Final Drop – 4:10 to 4:45)
- Full chorus returns with synthwave guitar leads
- Layers of chopped “stay gold” refrains, vocal stacks
- Ends with rising harmony + long delay tail
)
(lyrics – highlighted moments)
(Verse A)
Been running from my name
Afraid to hear the echo
But pain don’t mean I’m broken
It just means I still feel
(Verse B)
Lost more than I could count
Grief hit like thunderclouds
But the sun still finds me
Even when I close my eyes
(Hook – chopped + sung)
Stay go-o-old
Don’t fold
You’re more than what you hold
Keep walking
Through fire
You’re made from the light
ReapEternal
