Keep Your Head Up
by GONSOFUS
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“Keep Your Head Up” represents an introspection in the ever-evolving turbulent times and the eternal task of the individual - to know yourself, to be useful to your community and to share love even in moments when madness seemingly reigns both inside and out.
I started writing the song while in Chile last autumn (2022). We continued working on the project long-distance with Gábor and eventually recorded the drums in Bratislava. The rest of the recording was done in Madrid before the track was sent back to Chile to be mixed and mastered. What a journey!
= transcontinental groove =
I started writing the song while in Chile last autumn (2022). We continued working on the project long-distance with Gábor and eventually recorded the drums in Bratislava. The rest of the recording was done in Madrid before the track was sent back to Chile to be mixed and mastered. What a journey!
= transcontinental groove =
lyrics
Keep you heard up as we face
Evolutionary growing pains
And as moments shine
So moments fade
Evolution is eternal
Our only ammunition here is time
And when it gets too much to carry
It’s time to leave some things behind
It’s what it takes to be yourself
In a world that’s crazy
Yea what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing
But some things take time
Know your mind know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
There always comes a time
To readjust our equation for the sides to align
And if life is a gift do we begin to live
When we perceive that the meaning of this life is to give?
And so we glide, all of the confusion on the path for us to shine
Once identified often turns into a smile
A chance to create, a chance to debate
The notion that we’re here to spread the love we can relate to
Free to be evolving as the motion is innate too
Sending us on journeys that we didn’t think could be real
It’s what it takes to be yourself
In a world that’s crazy
Yea what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing
It’s what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing by
But some things take time
Know your mind - know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
Know yourself - know your soul
Take a breath; let those energies flow
To a place that is real
Know your mind - know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
Know yourself - know your soul
Take a breath; let this old river flow
To a place that is real
To a place that is real
Evolutionary growing pains
And as moments shine
So moments fade
Evolution is eternal
Our only ammunition here is time
And when it gets too much to carry
It’s time to leave some things behind
It’s what it takes to be yourself
In a world that’s crazy
Yea what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing
But some things take time
Know your mind know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
There always comes a time
To readjust our equation for the sides to align
And if life is a gift do we begin to live
When we perceive that the meaning of this life is to give?
And so we glide, all of the confusion on the path for us to shine
Once identified often turns into a smile
A chance to create, a chance to debate
The notion that we’re here to spread the love we can relate to
Free to be evolving as the motion is innate too
Sending us on journeys that we didn’t think could be real
It’s what it takes to be yourself
In a world that’s crazy
Yea what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing
It’s what it takes it to be yourself
When your life is racing by
But some things take time
Know your mind - know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
Know yourself - know your soul
Take a breath; let those energies flow
To a place that is real
Know your mind - know your heart
Know yourself it reflects in your art
Making sure that it’s real
Know yourself - know your soul
Take a breath; let this old river flow
To a place that is real
To a place that is real
credits
released August 9, 2023
Sasha Mamaev - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, vocals, production, sampling, mixing
Gábor Tokár - MPC, drums, production, synths
Victor Borgert - mixing & mastering
Szilvia Füzik - cover art
Sasha Mamaev - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, vocals, production, sampling, mixing
Gábor Tokár - MPC, drums, production, synths
Victor Borgert - mixing & mastering
Szilvia Füzik - cover art
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GONSOFUS Madrid, Spain
International musical project led by multi-instrumentalist Alexander "Sasha" Mamaev.
A tight rhythm section, guitars, tasteful horns, and a unique vocal presence, all coloured by a hefty dose of carefully crafted electronics.
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