"Keep on Building", also referred to as "Floor After Floor" and "Tower to Nothing", is a pop rock song from the episode "The Doof Side of the Moon" to which Phineas, Ferb, Irving, and Isabella erect the tallest man-made structure in the world. The construction method seen during the montage employs a sense of whimsy and defiance to reality.
Lyrics[]
Episode version[]
Stacking steel, laying bricks,
Pounding nails, and moving up quick.
2-by-4s and RSJs,
Concrete blocks and bales of hay.
(chorus repeats until the line, "It's all up to code")
(These lines can be faintly heard.)
Keep on building
Up to the sky
Keep on building
Birds flying by
(The chorus can be faintly heard.)
Floor after floor after ceiling,
Carry the load
All of our permits in order
It's all up to code
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor after floor!
Demo version[]
Stacking steel, laying bricks,
Pounding nails, moving up quick.
2-by-4s and RSJs,
Concrete blocks and bales of hay.
(chorus repeats until the line, "It's all up to code")
(These lines can be faintly heard.)
Keep on building, building
Up to the sky
Keep on building
Birds flying by
(The chorus can be faintly heard.)
Floor after floor after ceiling,
Carry the load
All of our permits in order
It's all up to code
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Floor after floor
Now we know what's in store
'Nother floor, then a floor, then a floor!
Background Information[]
- The songwriting session for this song was filmed and edited as a DVD Extra on the DVD collection A Very Perry Christmas. In the video, the core show songwriters Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Martin Olson, and Jon Colton Barry write the song "Floor After Floor" (the working title of this song) on camera, a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look at the fun they have creating the music for the series. The demo version has additional lyrics, as it runs 2 minutes and 29 seconds.[3]
- An "RSJ" is a 'rolled steel joist', commonly called an "I-beam" because its cross-section resembles a capital "I".
- The statue that appears as part of the construction resembles a more modestly-dressed version of Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus.
- In the DVD extra on A Very Perry Christmas, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh call this song "Tower to Nothing".
Continuity[]
- Giant blueprints reminiscent to the ones in "The Ballad of Badbeard" can be seen being consulted by Phineas at some point in the montage.
- This is the second time since "The Chronicles of Meap" that a character, in this case Isabella, uses giant hands.
- The blimp shown is the same one used in "I Was a Middle Aged Robot", but without "Go Candace!" on it.
Songwriters[]
BMI Work #12879803
See also[]
References[]
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