Release Date : May 14, 2020
Medium : Streaming + Video
Label : STMPD RCRDS
Produced by : Martin Garrix

Higher Ground

feat. John Martin

On May 14th, 2020, as he celebrates his 24th birthday, Martin Garrix releases his new single "Higher Ground" , the end of an unexpected journey !

Martin Garrix, John Martin and their friends started working on Higher Ground in October 2019. During the Winter, the work on the tune continued and it was planned to be released in August 2020, following the UEFA theme song. It would be performed first during Tomorrowland Festival and would become the outro of Garrix's shows for the rest of season.

But in March of 2020, everything changed. All shows and public events, including the UEFA Euro 2020 was canceled or postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemia. The UEFA theme song was postponed to April 2021 so there were no single ready for spring 2020 !

John Martin recorded the last vocals and Martin Garrix mastered the tune during the lockdown and we were able to listen to it for the first time when Martin gave a virtual set from his rooftop (Higher ground...) in April 2020.

For the videoclip, Martin invited his fans to send photos and videos to do a patchwork. You can watch it below.

Lyrics

Song written by
Albin Nedler, John Martin, Kristoffer Fogelmark, Martin Garrix, Michel Zitron.

All this time, all this time keeps fading
Feeling trapped inside
So afraid of the darkness talking
In my mind
It's been a long time coming
But it wasn't for nothing
Soul-searching for something, for something

I'm down on my knees in the dust
I scream from the top of my lungs
I find my way back to a higher ground
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive
Deep in my bones
I know I'm not there but I'm close
I find my way back to a higher ground
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive with you
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive with you
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive

Try to speak but my voice keeps breaking
Need to say what's wrong
So many smiles you have seen me faking
On and on
It's been a long time coming
But it wasn't for nothing
Soul-searching for something, for something

I'm down on my knees in the dust
I scream from the top of my lungs
I find my way back to a higher ground
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive
Deep in my bones
I know I'm not there but I'm close
I find my way back to a higher ground
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive with you
Yeah, I just wanna feel alive with you

Yeah, I just wanna feel alive
With you, you, yeah
I just wanna feel alive
With you, you, yeah
I just wanna feel alive with you