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Ever Upward

Name: Ever Upward
Duration: 2 min 34 s
Description: This song is a love letter to New York State, celebrating its diverse landscapes and vibrant energy. The singers express deep pride and affection for New York, highlighting its natural beauty, urban dynamism, and the feeling of belonging it inspires. It's an anthem of identity and connection to the state.

by Smith

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Big-city pop-soul with piano, strings, brass, a swaggering beat and a skyline-size chorus

October 30, 2026

Prompt

Big-city pop-soul with piano, strings, brass, a swaggering beat and a skyline-size chorus. An anthem for the US state of New York, proud, warm, radio quality, clear English diction. [Vocals: male and female duet vocals] [Lyrics] [Verse 1] Steam is rising off the avenue before the city wakes Upstate the fog is lifting off a thousand mirror lakes A bluebird in the apple blossoms up in Hudson Valley spring New York, you're the first and loudest of everything [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from [Verse 2] Adirondack peaks in autumn, a canoe on Saranac Brooklyn on a rooftop with the bridge lit at your back Wine along the Finger Lakes, the Catskills in the snow New York, you're the whole wide world in one hello [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from [Bridge] Eight million stories and a million more upstate New York, you're the Empire that we made [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from

What “Ever Upward” is about

This song is a love letter to New York State, celebrating its diverse landscapes and vibrant energy. The singers express deep pride and affection for New York, highlighting its natural beauty, urban dynamism, and the feeling of belonging it inspires. It's an anthem of identity and connection to the state.

Ever Upward lyrics

[Verse 1] Steam is rising off the avenue before the city wakes Upstate the fog is lifting off a thousand mirror lakes A bluebird in the apple blossoms up in Hudson Valley spring New York, you're the first and loudest of everything [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from [Verse 2] Adirondack peaks in autumn, a canoe on Saranac Brooklyn on a rooftop with the bridge lit at your back Wine along the Finger Lakes, the Catskills in the snow New York, you're the whole wide world in one hello [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from [Bridge] Eight million stories and a million more upstate New York, you're the Empire that we made [Chorus] Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line Niagara's roaring thunder and the subway's rolling hum New York, you're the heartbeat that I'm always coming from

Lines explained

“Excelsior, ever upward, that's the way we climb”

Excelsior is the Latin motto of New York State, meaning 'Ever Upward'. It embodies the state's spirit of progress and aspiration.

“From the Battery to Buffalo, from Montauk to the line”

This line geographically spans the entire state of New York, from The Battery (Manhattan's southern tip) to Buffalo (western New York), and Montauk (Long Island's eastern tip) to the Canadian border ('the line').

“New York, you're the Empire that we made”

New York is famously known as 'The Empire State', a nickname that reflects its wealth and resources.

About Ever Upward

“Ever Upward” is an English song, made by Smith with SongUp AI.

You can hear piano, strings, brass and oud.

English is sung across Worldwide, and its lyrics are written in the Latin script. SongUp AI sings it natively, so the words are pronounced the way a English speaker expects, from pop anthem to any other style.

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