blackwave – good day

Quote from Blackwave about the song:

"This song is definitely our most personal and honest one yet. A lot of the events that happened over the past years, since the release of our debut album in 2019, made us dig deeper than we ever did before. After releasing an album we worked on so restlessly, we had a hard time finding purpose again. Both in our own way, we went through really dark times. We decided that we needed a more direct approach in our songwriting, and 'good day' is a first byproduct of that new way of working.

'good day' is about being in a really dark place and dealing with it on your own while trying to maintain an untroubled image towards the outside world. We often don't think about what people are going through on a daily basis, and might only see them on a 'good day'. We talk about some really personal things in the lyrics, including depression and loss.

The instrumentation of the track is purposely uplifting and tuneful, as we wanted to create a contrast between the meaning of the lyrics and the overall atmosphere of the track, as well as to translate the feeling of trying to lift yourself up while being so downhearted. The gospel influence in the vocal samples and chords additionally contributes to the uplifting sentiment we ultimately want people to take away from the track.

It kind of feels like a triumph being able to release this track and talk about these things. We feel like it's important to break the taboos surrounding them and to be able to speak about it honestly and openly."

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Produced By @willem_ardui & @themischiefboy

Lyrics:

Chorus (Jay)

Dreaming

All night, all day I don't sleep

Gravity don't exist 'round here

I can't get off my feet

So why won't you blow the dust off my surface

Fix me up and give me purpose

Even if I don't need it

Just 'cause you caught me on a good day

Verse (Willem)

Laying still, taking pills

Just to get out of bed

I'm missing thrills, cannot feel

'Cause I'm light in my head

Ain't paying bills, way too chill

Wish I got fire instead

But on the real nothing feels like it's posing a threat

Everyday feels the same, I stopped looking ahead

A long time ago, I was sure this was my path

I wanna be lead, I wanna be taken away

Tears to be shed, but I don't feel nothing

You just caught me on a good day

And I'm just feeling like a bootleg version of myself

Should approach it in a new way

New pace, true friends, losing all my loose ends

Foolish, acting like it's easy to be fooled with

I gotta take it seriously, seriously

This shit is fucking killing me

I've been ignoring this for too long

I gotta move on, go to bed with my shoes on

And start

Chorus (Jay)

Dreaming

All night, all day I don't sleep

Gravity don't exist 'round here

I can't get off my feet

So why won't you blow the dust off my surface

Fix me up and give me purpose

Even if I don't need it

Just 'cause you caught me on a good day

Verse (Jay)

Two in the afternoon turn and I snooze

No Zzz’s, mind clouded by the news

Of my pops that suddenly died in foreign

Ears ringing, couldn’t even hear the silence for ‘im

Prrrrrr, I turn and I snooze

I'd rather be on fun shit but today i lose

A battle i didn’t choose but I had to pick

Right now i just need the world to get off my _

And quit tryna fix my shit for me

I just need time

But it seems I can’t afford it

Always need to be rollin, always something important

That be knocking at my dox in the morning

Yet I rise and shine but rarely on time

Tired of maintaining that 9 to 5 smile

While feeding my addiction of escaping what’s before me

Can’t control but i know i just gotta get back to

Chorus (Jay)

Dreaming

All night, all day I don't sleep

Gravity don't exist 'round here

I can't get off my feet

So why won't you blow the dust off my surface

Fix me up and give me purpose

Even if I don't need it

Just 'cause you caught me on a good day

Bridge

Chorus (Jay)

Dreaming

All night, all day I don't sleep

Gravity don't exist 'round here

I can't get off my feet

So why won't you blow the dust off my surface

Fix me up and give me purpose

Even if I don't need it

Just 'cause you caught me on a good day