Different drums

“Different Drum”

by Robert Ramage

Intro

(Driving guitar riff — steady kick drum like a heartbeat building speed)

I don’t wait for the green light

I don’t sleep in neutral

Verse 1

I wake up with the engine running

Foot already on the floor

Some folks stand around discussing

I’m already out the door

They say “That’s not in my title”

They say “That’s not in my lane”

But I can’t sit still in silence

While the clock just drains

Pre-Chorus

You can call it ambition

You can call it unrest

But standing still feels like suffocating in my chest

Chorus

We’re marching to a different drum

Some move slow, I gotta run

I hear the rhythm building strong

If we don’t move, we fall behind

I’m not mad — I just burn

Watching wheels that never turn

If you can’t feel the rising hum

You’re not marching to my drum

Verse 2

It’s not about the credit

It’s not about the load

It’s about the forward motion

On this long and winding road

Some people clock their minutes

Some people chase the flame

I don’t need applause

I just need the game to change

Pre-Chorus

There’s a fire in my wiring

There’s a pulse I can’t ignore

If we’re building something bigger

Why are we standing at the door?

Chorus

We’re marching to a different drum

Some move slow, I gotta run

I hear the rhythm building strong

If we don’t move, we fall behind

I’m not mad — I just burn

Watching wheels that never turn

If you can’t feel the rising hum

You’re not marching to my drum

Bridge

(Breakdown — half-time drums, big vocal lift)

I don’t need everybody

To see it like I do

But don’t mistake my motion

For something to prove

This is how I’m wired

This is how I breathe

Momentum is my oxygen

Forward is my creed

Final Chorus (Lifted / Arena style)

We’re marching to a different drum

Some move slow — I overcome

I hear the rhythm in my blood

Progress pounding like a flood

I won’t wait for permission

I won’t stall for condition

If the world won’t speed up some

I’ll outrun it to my drum

Outro

(Guitar riff fades with strong drum hits)

Different drum…

Different tempo…

Still moving.