Monday — Dread & Resistance

“Kick Hard”

Figuratively: the crash back to reality, the “Sunday scaries” made real, forced routine, grinding gears.

Sound: Alternative Rock, 1990s Noise-Pop, Slacker-Pop, heavy reluctant drums, droning bassline, clean verse guitars building into fuzz-heavy distorted chorus chords, detached male vocals, sweet melodic delivery shifting to raw vocal dynamics, mid-tempo, 108 BPM, key of E minor, dynamic loud-quiet-loud, lo-fi aesthetic

Lyrics:

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Warm pillow under grass
Sun burning on my head
Green flies on my feet
Clock rings loud and sharp
Cold lake hits my chest

[Chorus]
Kick hard kick hard
Kick hard kick hard
(Swim across)
Kick hard kick hard
I am cutting through
I am starting back

[Verse 2]
Dark weeds wrap my feet
Big fish sleep below
Chest tight like a trap
No breath left to keep
Spit the water out

[Chorus]
Kick hard kick hard
Kick hard kick hard
(Swim across)
Kick hard kick hard
I am cutting through
I am starting back

[Bridge]
Cold mud
Deep tank
Wake up
Wake up
(Don’t look back)
Wake up

[Chorus]
Kick hard kick hard
Kick hard kick hard
(Swim across)
Kick hard kick hard
I am cutting through
I am starting back

[Outro]
Other side
Other side
Get out
Get out