Marchin On (song)

***Marchin On*** is a song by OneRepublic, and is written and produced by frontman Ryan Tedder for the group's second studio album *Waking Up* (2009). The song is B major. The song is the tenth on the album. Producer and rapper Timbaland included a remixed version of the song for his 2009 album *Shock Value II*. As the title of the song is "Marchin On" it has a marching beat with a bass drum which is a good foundation for an electronic remix.

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 and it was also used by HBO to promote their 2012 programming line up. The song was used in the episode 20 ("Blood Brothers") of season 1 of The CW series The Vampire Diaries.

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.

## Music video

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.

## Lyrics

For those days we felt like a mistake,
Those times when love's what you hate,
Somehow we keep marching 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 moving 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 marching on
(We're marching on)
(We're marching 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 marching on
(We're marching on)
(We're marching 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 marching on
(We're marching on)
(We're marching 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 marching on
(We're marching on)
(We're marching on).

Right, right, right,
Right left
Right, right, right,
Right left
Right, right, right,
We're marching 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 where we go, we're marching 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 marching on
(We're marching on)
(We're marching on).

Right, right, right,
Right left
Right, right, right,
Right, left,
Right, right, right,
We're marching on.
We're marching on.
We're marching on.

Right, right, right,
Right left
Right, right, right,
Right, left,
Right, right, right,
We're marching on.

## Credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of *Waking Up*

* Midnite Miracle (ASCAP)/Sony ATV

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