Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A new journey starts today. I want these songs to actually tell full stories with unique effects, twists and turns. I don’t want to repeat a chorus simply for the sake of repeating a chorus but instead have the song change as the story progresses, and because of that I think you’re going to be hearing some of the most creative and highest effort things I’ve made. This song started as an image in my head of a girl, holding a sword, facing a dragon, with a town burning in the background. I tried to take that image and work backwards to create a story that builds all the way up to that moment and beyond. And I love that this song gives me goosebumps by the end almost every time I listen to it. I have many more stories I want to tell so I hope you’ll follow along with me as we read through this book!

▶ Song & Video Credits:
Vocalist: Deza
Artwork: instagram.com/rauljorem
Animation: instagram.com/qianwenyuyu
Choir: instagram.com/micrologusstudio/?hl=en

▶ Free Download:
dropbox.com/scl/fi/qziv5tq33q6pfin37utai/Not-Gonna-Die-Today.wav?rlkey=cp4f01uofvduzt952ydbskhic&st=qu3kly7z&dl=1

▶ Instrumental Version Download:
dropbox.com/scl/fi/s9cg8u7fssajqw3euea3b/Not-Gonna-Die-Today-Instrumental.wav?rlkey=tw4xgyyldxe134wjtselyltic&st=0mvi3gry&dl=1

▶ Free music usage and how to credit:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZTM7nf4Uia19c-NQheqPnLAk1Bs6NS6XZiLt7Mk4Z1Q/edit?usp=sharing

▶ Lyrics:
genius.com/Cjbeards-not-gonna-die-today-lyrics