[Intro]
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
[vocal chop: "Pulse"]
Ad-lib: we’re alive, we’re alive (x4)
[Verse 1]
Brixton station, boots on wet tile,
Late market smoke, laughter for miles.
Council flats glow like faulty neon eyes,
Cheap café dreams leak smoke and surprise.
We patch the holes with midnight rails,
Vinyl whispers, a scratched-up tale.
Taps on the bar, MC on the curb,
Night eats the quiet — we learn to disturb.
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold — breath folds, the room tilts slow,
Lights snap short, ready, then go.
Hands up, pulse climbs, tension bites,
[vocal chop: "pulse"] — we ride the heights.
[Chorus]
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Pulse Tonight — we're alive.
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Under Brixton lights, youth on the wire.
My heart syncs to the beat — it's truth,
We shout it out between the booth and booth.
Ad-lib: we’re alive, we’re alive (repeat)
[Verse 2]
Skate marks on platform steps, cassette hiss,
A love letter shoved in a subway fist.
Dreams trade for pocket change and soft cheek kisses,
We turn our losses into double-time wishes.
The DJ spins our names — cut, paste, rewind,
Old Kent Road memories taped in the mind.
Council-clock towers count the nights we steal,
We learn to mend, we learn to feel.
[Pre-Chorus]
Breathe in close, the floor drops low,
Snares clap — skin remembers the tempo.
Tension builds, syncopated light,
[vocal chop: "pulse"] — cut, then ignite.
[Chorus]
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Pulse Tonight — we're alive.
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Under King’s Cross glow, neon scribes.
My heart syncs to the beat — it's truth,
We shout it out between the booth and booth.
Ad-lib: we’re alive, we’re alive (repeat)
[Bridge]
Hands pressed to the window of a 2AM bus,
City like constellations over council dust.
We barter fear for rhythm, scars for a tune,
Trading winter mouths for the warmth of June.
Echoes of vinyl in the stairwell hum,
Old DJs whisper: the club is where we're from.
[Drop — Instrumental / Vocal Chop]
[vocal chop: "Pulse Tonight" x8]
Ad-lib loop: we’re alive — we’re alive — we’re alive (stutter)
(Clipped vocal chop anchors the drop; leave space for a short MC tag)
[Chorus — Final]
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Pulse Tonight — we're alive.
Pulse Tonight — (Pulse Tonight)
Under neon markets we survive.
My heart syncs to the beat — it's truth,
We chant that line like a sacred youth.
Ad-lib: we’re alive, we’re alive (fade)
[Outro]
Vinyl slows, the night breathes out,
Streetlamps blink like promises, no doubt.
Pulse tonight — keep it in your bones,
Life and youth in two-step tones.
[vocal chop: "pulse"] — last echo, last light.
Ad-lib: we’re alive (soft), we’re alive (soft)
[Production Notes — brief]
- Short vocal hook: "Pulse Tonight" (2 words) repeated for chant/loop.
- Pre-chorus builds tension into the drop; keep lines clipped for 2-step phrasing.
- Include clipped vocal chop on the hook ("Pulse" / "Pulse Tonight").
- Repetitive ad-lib "we're alive" anchors the drop and DJ-friendly cha
