Marchin' On
Lyrics
OneRepublic
Those times when love's what you hate
Somehow, we keep marchin' on
For those nights when I couldn't be there
I've made it harder to know that you know
That somehow, we'll keep movin' on
There's so many wars we fought
There's so many things we're not
But with what we have, I promise you that
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on
For all of the plans we've made
There isn't a flag I'd wave
Don't care if we bend, I'd sink us to swim
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on
For those doubts that swirl all around us
For those lives that tear at the seams
We know, we're not what we've seen
For this dance we'll move with each other
There ain't no other step than one foot
Right in front of the other
There's so many wars we fought
There's so many things we're not
But with what we have, I promise you that
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on
For all of the plans we've made
There isn't a flag I'd wave
Don't care if we bend, I'd sink us to swim
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on
Right, right, right, right, left, right
Right, right, right left right
Right, right, we're marchin' on
We'll have the days we break
And we'll have the scars to prove it
We'll have the bonds that we save
But we'll have the heart not to lose it
For all of the times we've stopped
For all of the things I'm not
We put one foot in front of the other
We move like we ain't got no other
We go when we go, we're marchin' on
Marchin' on
There's so many wars we fought
There's so many things we're not
But with what we have, I promise you that
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on
Right, right, right, right, left, right
Right, right, right, left, right
Right, right, we're marchin' on
We're marchin' on, we're marchin' on
Right, right, right, right, left, right
Right, right, right, left, right
Right, right, we're marchin' on
Song facts
"Marchin On" is a song by American rock band OneRepublic, written and produced by frontman Ryan Tedder for the group's second studio album Waking Up (2009). Producer and rapper Timbaland included a remixed version of the song for his 2009 album Shock Value 2.
The track was released as the album's third single in German-speaking Europe in June 2010, where it served as German TV channel ZDF's promotional FIFA 2010 World Cup song.
Originally, the song "Good Life" was supposed to serve as the third single, but due to "Marchin On" being selected for FIFA, "Good Life" had to be pushed back to being the fourth single.
The music video features the Patriot Remix. It shows the band dancing and playing different instruments; Drew Brown playing guitar, Eddie Fisher playing drums and a marching bass drum, Brent Kutzle playing a marching snare drum, Zach Filkins playing a synthesizer and shaker, and Ryan Tedder singing and playing the piano and tambourine. In the background of the video, special effects lighting appears, which gives the video a club vibe.
