New track alert!😀
"Asteroids (The Original Was Better)" is the result of a spontaneous and fun collab between our friend and amazing musician Joe Stroffolino (https://soundcloud.com/joseph-stroffolino) and Beating Edge. Joe heard our chiptune track RND (https://soundcloud.com/beatingedge/rnd-instrumental-chiptune), got inspired by it, and wrote some lyrics based on the classic arcade game Asteroids. He added his voice and acoustic guitar over it, and sent it our way.
We loved it and decided to jump in too, building a second part with a more rock-driven vibe, using the same chiptune idea as inspiration. We stitched everything together into a single track, kicking things off with a fun spoken intro, a short vocal transition between the parts, and closing with a wild, over-the-top outro.
Hope you enjoy this crazy, hybrid ride as much as we enjoyed making it! Thanks so much to everyone who gives it a listen, sending lots of love your way!❤️‍🔥
Huge thanks, Joe, for this awesome collab! Can’t wait for the next one!😉

Music by: Beating Edge
Lyrics by: Tom (Beating Edge) and Joe Stroffolino
Performed by: Beating Edge and Joe Stroffolino
Acoustic guitar (Taylor 114ce) by: Joe Stroffolino
Vocals performed by: Joe Stroffolino and Tom (Beating Edge)
At the moment, this track is exclusively available on SoundCloud.
Released on June 6, 2025.
©2025 Beating Edge and Joe Stroffolino

Lyrics:

[Spoken Intro]
Joe: Wow! This is a really cool Arcade!
Tom: Yeah!
Joe: Hey, check it out! Is that an Asteroids game over there?
Tom: Oh, wow!
Joe: I haven't seen that in like that forever!
Tom: That's definitely Asteroids! Let's play a game!
Mary (with a sore throat 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣): Oh yeah! Let's play Asteroids!

-->Joe

I used to play asteroids in the 1980’s
I liked to blow up rocks in outer space
The flying saucers would attack me
At an ever-increasing pace

I stumbled across an old vintage arcade the other day
I hadn’t played Asteroids in a long time
I popped a quarter into that old machine
And I watched my score start to climb

I watched my score start to climb
I watched my score start to climb
I watched my score start to climb

Time goes by so quickly 
and playing that game really took me back
To those days when my future was unwritten
And I hadn’t gone so far down my current track

Pushing those buttons so fast and furiously
Standing in front of that arcade machine
Blowing up all those asteroids 
On that black and white video screen

Blowing up all those asteroids 
On that video screen
Blowing up all those asteroids 
On that video screen

For a couple of minutes, I forgot about the present
I was back floating in outer space
Breaking big rocks into small rocks
I had a big smile on my face

And then it was time for me to go
Cause I had errands that I needed to run
But that old video game
I sure had a lot of fun

It's not over yet

-->Tom 

Just a single screen, all black and white
The whole room's dark except the TV's light
Rotate and thrust, it wasn't much
No one had seen a thing like this before

Now there's a 3D holographic thing
That no one plays, 'cause nobody can afford
With a visor on, your body's gone
It's kinda fun, but the original was better

We used to play all day, late at night
For the high score, it was do or die
No one knew what a quarter was worth
No one knew what the future had in store

Now there's a 3D holographic thing
That no one plays, 'cause nobody can afford
With a visor on, your body's gone
It's kinda fun, but the original was better

The original was better
The original was better
The original was better
The original was better

Now there's a 3D holographic thing
That no one plays, 'cause nobody can afford
With a visor on, your body's gone
It's kinda fun, but the original was better

[Spoken Outro]
Someone who wants to stay anonymous 😂: That was a lot of fun!

Asteroids (The Original Was Better)

This World Is Wide is a song about finding beauty where nobody expects it – in broken sidewalks, in laughter on dirty floors, in scratched records that still make you dance.
It is a hymn to imperfection, a reminder that life does not shine because it is flawless, but because it burns, bruises, and still pulls us forward.

The cover captures two small details from the song: sneakers with stars drawn on them and marbles scattered on the ground. They stand for childhood, for secrets, for the little things that suddenly feel bigger than the world itself.

This is not a polished postcard.
It is a glimpse of the raw, messy, surprising world we live in – and the simple truth that we love it anyway.

This World Is Wide ist ein Song über die Schönheit an unerwarteten Orten – in rissigen Gehwegen, im Lachen auf schmutzigen Böden, in zerkratzten Schallplatten, die uns trotzdem tanzen lassen.
Es ist eine Hymne auf die Unvollkommenheit, eine Erinnerung daran, dass das Leben nicht deshalb glänzt, weil es fehlerlos ist, sondern weil es brennt, schürft und uns trotzdem weiterzieht.

Das Cover greift zwei Details aus dem Song auf: Sneaker mit aufgemalten Sternen und Murmeln, die auf dem Boden verstreut liegen. Sie stehen für Kindheit, für Geheimnisse, für kleine Dinge, die plötzlich größer wirken als die Welt selbst.

Dies ist keine glatte Postkarte.
Es ist ein Blick auf die rohe, chaotische, überraschende Welt, in der wir leben – und auf die einfache Wahrheit, dass wir sie trotzdem lieben.

This World Is Wide

I saw a boy trading marbles for secrets
I saw a girl drawing stars on her sneakers
And I thought
Damn… this world is wide

Graffiti bleeding on a church wall
Street preacher shouting, no one stops at all
A saxophone crying through an open door
Two kids laughing on a dirty floor
And isn’t that beautiful?
Isn’t that wild?

Nothing is perfect
But everything moves
Like a record with scratches
That still makes you groove

Life is beautiful
Not polished, not clean
It burns, it breaks
It rips at the seams
And we love it
We love it
We love it still

There’s paint on my jeans from a night without sleep
It fades like the music that sinks in too deep
A goodbye text at a quarter to three
And somehow it feels like poetry

Count the cracks in the sidewalk
Count the names carved in wood
Every scar is a story
And the stories feel good
We’re alive, alive, alive
And the mess is the proof

Life is beautiful
Not safe, not straight
It comes too early
It shows up late
It bruises your knees
It tangles your hair
And still
You want more
And still
You want more

I saw a boy trading marbles for secrets
I saw a girl drawing stars on her sneakers
And I thought
Damn… this world is wide


This world is wide

"Diese Welt ist weit" ist ein Song über die Schönheit an unerwarteten Orten – in rissigen Gehwegen, im Lachen auf schmutzigen Böden, in zerkratzten Schallplatten, die uns trotzdem tanzen lassen.

Es ist eine Hymne auf die Unvollkommenheit, eine Erinnerung daran, dass das Leben nicht deshalb glänzt, weil es fehlerlos ist, sondern weil es brennt, schürft und uns trotzdem weiterzieht.

Das Cover greift zwei Details aus dem Song auf: Sneakers mit aufgemalten Sternen und Murmeln, die auf dem Boden verstreut liegen. Sie stehen für Kindheit, für Geheimnisse, für kleine Dinge, die plötzlich größer wirken als die Welt selbst.

Dies ist keine glatte Postkarte.
Es ist ein Blick auf die rohe, chaotische, überraschende Welt, in der wir leben – und auf die einfache Wahrheit, dass wir sie trotzdem lieben.

"This World Is Wide" is a song about finding beauty where nobody expects it – in broken sidewalks, in laughter on dirty floors, in scratched records that still make you dance.

It is a hymn to imperfection, a reminder that life does not shine because it is flawless, but because it burns, bruises, and still pulls us forward.

The cover captures two small details from the song: sneakers with stars drawn on them and marbles scattered on the ground. They stand for childhood, for secrets, for the little things that suddenly feel bigger than the world itself.

This is not a polished postcard.
It is a glimpse of the raw, messy, surprising world we live in – and the simple truth that we love it anyway.


Diese Welt ist weit

Ich sah einen Jungen, der Murmeln gegen Geheimnisse tauschte
Ich sah ein Mädchen, das Sterne auf ihre Sneakers malte
Und ich dachte
Verdammt… diese Welt ist weit

Graffiti blutet an einer Kirchenwand
Ein Prediger schreit, und niemand bleibt stehen
Ich hör ein Saxophon aus ner offenen Tür
Zwei Kinder lachen auf schmutzigem Beton
Ist das nicht schön?
Ist das nicht wild?

Nichts ist perfekt
Aber alles bewegt sich
Wie eine alte Schallplatte mit Kratzern
Die dich trotzdem zum Tanzen bringt

Das Leben ist schön
Nicht glänzend, nicht sauber
Es brennt, es bricht
Es reißt an den Nähten
Und wir lieben es
Wir lieben es
Wir lieben es - trotzdem

Da ist noch Farbe auf meiner Jeans von einer schlaflosen Nacht
Sie verblasst wie Musik in meinen Gedanken 
Eine Abschiedsnachricht um viertel vor drei
Und irgendwie
Fühlt sich’s an wie Poesie

Ich zähl die Risse im Gehweg
Zähl die Namen, die ins Holz geritzt sind
Jede Narbe ist eine Geschichte
Und die Geschichten fühlen sich gut an
Wir sind lebendig, lebendig, lebendig
Und das Chaos ist der Beweis

Das Leben ist schön
Nicht sicher, nicht gerade
Es kommt zu früh
Es kommt zu spät
Es schürft deine Knie auf
Es zerzaust dein Haar
Und trotzdem
Willst du mehr
Und trotzdem
Willst du mehr

Ich sah einen Jungen, der Murmeln gegen Geheimnisse tauschte
Ich sah ein Mädchen, das Sterne auf ihre Sneakers malte
Und ich dachte
Verdammt… diese Welt ist weit


Diese Welt ist weit

🎸We are a five-piece studio band mixing different genres and influences into our own sound.
Members:
Tom (vocals, occasional keys/guitar)
Mary (guitar, backing vocals)
Mauro (keyboards, piano, synths, winds)
Davide (bass, synth bass)
Valerio (drums, percussion)

The band has existed since 2015, but we only started publishing on SoundCloud and other platforms in 2024. Many of the songs we’ve released so far are reboots of tracks we wrote years ago, in case you were wondering how we managed to release over 100 tracks in one year. Before 2024 we only published on our own blog (which is now gone, replaced by a new one we barely use), so our audience was limited to a few hundred friends and acquaintances.
We’re not professional musicians! We have other jobs, and we don’t even consider ourselves musicians, at most entertainers and awareness-raisers.

⚡️We do not authorize the use of our music, voices or recordings for AI training or generative purposes without our written consent.

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