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Keep the Change
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Good stomping song with a strong riff
stomper guitar
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Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Classic Rock
Charts
Peak #170
Peak in subgenre #19
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
Uploaded
September 28, 2023
Track Files
MP3
MP3 14.1 MB • 320 kbps • 6:08
Lossless
WAV 62.0 MB
Meta Data
BPM
74
Beat
4/4
Key
G ♯ min
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Story behind the song
Just riffing on the title, then it sort of got a little profound. Make of it what you will.
Lyrics
Keep the change Some much hiding in that little phrase Three short words Summing up this unpleasant world Keep the change What is that really saying? Well it's saying: take what comes And be grateful for my crumbs Well I know it wasn't meant as an insult But it is one just the same Accepted as the default Given another name Well you can pray for different days You can cut against the grain But keep on keeping the change And nothing will Keep the change Doesn't that sound a little strange? Don't want to put too much on it But it just sounds oxymoronic Keep the change Permanently rearrange I might be thinking this too deep But maybe its better to change what we keep And if you're looking to find a reason How they keep you under the whip What if it was less to do with what they did And more what you would not And you're looking to make a difference Without straying from the script But if you do what you always did You're gonna get what you always got You can wring your hands and complain You can cling to what remains But if we keep on keeping the change Then nothing will Keep the change Embrace the strange Every welcome gain Don't ask who's paying And there's something that you might not want to face As you pull back the shroud Every flimsy silver lining Inhabits a big black cloud But luckily evil can be repainted As some kind of catalyst for good While the gears are lubricated by some other sucker's blood (yeah) That's when I'd had enough, I had to make my stand Gave the chief executive my final demand I said take it or leave it, I don't care which She said "Ha, now I've got you, you son of a bitch Because you're speaking my language now, you're part of the con But there's little time for pleasantries if we want to get on" So keeping the change Pleasure and pain Measure the main The treasure's in train Says you're insane But it's breaking my brain Again and again and again and again and again and again and again Wearing market stall knock-offs of the emperor's new clothes Plus ca change C'est plus la meme chose
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d.bill
Nov 05, 2023
In awe of how up front and organic those guitars are, esp the initial acoustic. The vocal bridge, the chord hange crafting throughout, yup this stomps all right. That solo... tasty.
Nigel Hardy
Oct 12, 2023
This is song writing on a very pro level. Love the content! The recording is excellent !
steveweyman
Oct 09, 2023
Any song with oxymoronic and French in it has got to be good ! Very thought provoking and clever lyrics .Great guitar as always . The 3 tracks I’ve listened to have all been very different and proves how versatile you are . This is getting to be a great album . Will be back for more ! Great work Steve .