Sound
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- Fast 2000s pop punk at 172 BPM with palm-muted guitars and fast drums.
- Raw male vocal with shouted gang vocals on the hook.
- Tight, punchy band mix with a shout-along chorus and a short band tag ending.
Build It Anyway
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Pop Punk sample
Build It Anyway
Pop Punk
An original example from a younger brother to Danny. Every Christmas morning they build a snowman in Mom's front yard, and the year it didn't snow they built one out of shaving cream on the porch. Danny drives nine hours home every December and still shows up first, loses at cards every Christmas Eve and demands a rematch. He gave his little brother his old hockey skates years ago, and they are still in the closet.
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The sound of this song
Fast 2000s pop punk at 172 BPM with palm-muted guitars and fast drums. Raw male vocal with shouted gang vocals on the hook. Tight, punchy band mix with a shout-along chorus and a short band tag ending.
“An original example of a pop punk Christmas song from a younger brother to Danny, who builds a snowman with him every year.”
Lyrics
Lyrics from Build It Anyway
Christmas morning, we were kids Out in Mom's front yard Two snowmen every single year Rolling heads too big and hard One year the sky stayed bare So we grabbed the shaving cream
No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay
Nine hours on the road Every cold December night You still beat us to the door Bags still packed, you're still first in line Christmas Eve we deal the cards You lose and slam the table: rematch!
No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay
I was eight years old You handed down your hockey skates They're too small for me now But I've never let them go Still sitting in my closet Laces tied the way you showed
No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay No snow, Danny, build it anyway Build it on the porch and stay
Little brother's saying it loud I love you, Danny, you know that now
Snow or not, we'll build it anyway Every Christmas, come what may Snow or not, we'll build it anyway Every Christmas, come what may
Build it anyway (anyway)
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