Dance Music Lyrics Aren't Always Completely Meaningless....

In every genre of dance music there's always the vocal subgenre, which many listeners and critics write off as fluff to attract the more mainstream listener and thus consumer. I've always enjoyed some aspect of vocals in my dance music when just listening, as often it does bring more song structure and listenability to the track. There's vocal house, which often samples older vocal tracks and reconstitutes them over the beat. Electro, which is basically the 2000's new wave. And vocal trance, which further creates the melodic, airy song structure past the point of repetition (or even further into repetition). Below are old stand-bys and tracks that I think are especially well done:


Artist: Armin Van Buuren ft.Sophie Ellis-Baxter
Track: Not Giving Up (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix)
Label: Armada

Lyrics:

I know you’re feeling restless,
like life’s not on your side.
It’s weighing heavy on your mind.
But when we stand united,
our hearts they beat in time.
And I know we’ll make it all alright.

Let’s bring it back to you and me,
there’s no one else around.
Now don’t get lost in gravity,

‘Cause I want you to hold me now,
nothing else matters,
it’s just the two of us.
And if it all falls down,
nothing else matters,
I know we’re strong enough.

I’m not giving up,
I’m not giving up on us.
I said im not giving up,
I’m not giving up on love.

We’re of the same existence,
no lock without a key.
We can’t deny it’s meant to be.
‘Cause I feel it inside,
taking over tonight.
I’ll be there when the storm is breaking
in this moment i’m yours
you can always be sure
that together we’re gonna make it.

So baby won’t you hold me now,
nothing else matters
it’s just the two of us.
And if it all falls down,
nothing else matters
I know we’re strong enough.

I’m not giving up,
I’m not giving up on us.
I said im not giving up,
I’m not giving up on love.

Artist: Red Carpet
Track: Alright (Brad Carter/Erick Morillo Remix)
Label: Poisitiva

Lyrics:
It's gonna be alright tonight, oh my
It's gonna be alright, oh yeah, come baby
The sun is gonna keep on shining
On brighter days, on the horizon
My love for you will always keep on rising

Everything is gonna be alright tonight, oh yeah,
My love for you is gonna keep on rising (for you)

(chorus)
The sun is gonna keep on shining
Brighter days on the horizon
My love for you will keep on rising
Everything's gonna be alright



Artist: John O Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells
Track: Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Label: Armada

Lyrics:
Drawn into the backdrop here
You could fade, you could fade away
Bright lights on a starless night
Burn a hole in the dying day
Looking at life through a loaded gun
Take your best shot, aim it at the sun
Looking at life through a loaded gun
You know you’ll find

(chorus)
You’ll find yourself
You’ll find yourself alone
You’ll find yourself
You’ll find yourself


Artist: Above & Beyond pres. Oceanlab
Track: Lonely Girl (Gareth Emery Remix)
Label: Anjunabeats

Lyrics:
Staring at the top sheet
Listening to my hearth beat
Wondering how to say it
Playing over one track
Wanting you to come back
Want to have you here

Lying on a cold sheet
Jump into my car seat
Drive down to the river
Nightlight its reflecting
Somehow I'm expecting
Your voice in my ear

I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
All the things that you do

Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl


Lying in the long grass
Watching as the clouds pass
Hands held in silence
Your arms right around me
Feeling glad you found me
Feeling like I'm home

Wish you would remember
April to September
Wanting to be near me
Racing for the sunrise
Staring into my eyes
You and I alone

I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
All the things that you do

Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl


Lay back in my own dream
playback on a big screen
You and me together
Why give up a love found
Wish that I could write down
What you mean to me

I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
I wish that I could tell you
All the things that you do

Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl again
Come back 'cause I'm gonna be a lonely girl

(so lonely... so lonely.... so lonely... so lonely...)

Was it so wrong
No you said you loved me
Could it be so easy
Just to walk away

Artist: Dash Berlin with Cerf Mitiska & Jaren
Track: Man on the Run
Label: Armada

Lyrics:
You stole a kiss and stole my heart
made me a fool right from the start
It wouldn’t have been so bad except
this little plan, it fell apart

If I were you
I’d dare not speak
I’d run like hell
In hopes of seein’ tomorrow

It’s such a travesty
the way you say our love should be
yeah, such a tragedy
think you can just break my heart and leave me
well you better run
Oh, man on the run
playin’ for fun
wind me up
leave me undone

It’s such a travesty
the way you say our love should be
yeah, such a tragedy
think you can just break my heart and leave me
well you better run
Oh, man on the run
playin’ for fun
wind me up
leave me undone

These lips are sealed, I’ll never speak
your name in loving memory
so don’t you try to make amends
that’s what ya get for playin’ mean

If I were you
I’d dare not speak
I’d run like hell
In hopes of seein’ tomorrow
Ahhhh, break my heart and leave me
Man on the run

Artist: Ferry Corsten
Track: Made of Love
Label: Flashover Recordings

Lyrics:
Just try to break me
Take everything away
Just try to shake me
Out of my place

Nothing's created
And nothing is destroyed
Just try to tame me
You'll never find a way
There's no containing
A moment to brake
Nothing's created
And nothing is destroyed
Take it away,
Never give this up
(Throw it away)
We're all made of love
(There isn't a way)
We're all made of love
Just try to save me
There's nothing you can change
There's no explaining
And no one to blame
Nothing's created
And nothing can destroy
Never give this up
We're all made of love
We're all made of love