{"id":37390,"date":"2024-10-05T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=37390"},"modified":"2024-10-05T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T12:41:11","slug":"amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/10\/05\/amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp4\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp4\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp4\"> Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp4\"> Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-acoustic.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-acoustic.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/Amazing-Grace-organ.mp3\"> Amazing-Grace-organ.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAmazing grace (how sweet the sound)<br \/>\nthat saved a wretch like me!<br \/>\nI once was lost, but now am found,<br \/>\nwas blind, but now I see.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nYes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,<br \/>\nand mortal life shall cease:<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll have possessed, within the veil,<br \/>\na life of joy and peace.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nThe earth shall soon dissolve like snow,<br \/>\nthe sun forbear to shine;<br \/>\n(Oh God!) been called to go below,<br \/>\nat the End of time<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAmazing grace (how sweet the sound)<br \/>\nthat saved a wretch like me!<br \/>\nI once was lost, but now am found,<br \/>\nwas blind, but now I see.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\n&#8220;Amazing Grace&#8221; was written in 1772 by John Newton, a former slave trader who became an Anglican priest. The hymn reflects his spiritual transformation after renouncing his past, symbolizing redemption and forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of climate change, the hymn can serve as an analogy for humanity&#8217;s potential to recognize the damage we&#8217;ve caused to the Earth. Just as the song speaks of being &#8220;lost&#8221; and &#8220;blind&#8221; but eventually &#8220;seeing,&#8221; it parallels how society must wake up to the reality of climate degradation and take action to change course before it&#8217;s too late. The final verse, &#8220;The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,&#8221; offers a stark metaphor for the planet&#8217;s vulnerability, urging reflection and a collective shift toward sustainability.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/holiday-cheer-hear\/\">Holiday Cheer Hear<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/ocho-rios-rendezvous\/\">Ocho Rios Rendezvous<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/rombox\/Narley_Marley\/\">Narley Marley<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/V\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp3 Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-0.mp4 Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp3 Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-I.mp4 Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp3 Amazing-Grace-Holiday-Cheer-Hear-Unplugged.mp4 Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp3 Amazing-Grace-Reggae.mp4 Amazing-Grace-acoustic.mp3 Amazing-Grace-organ.mp3 [Refrain] Amazing grace (how sweet the sound) that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. [Verse] Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease: I&#8217;ll have possessed, within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,14,3955,17],"tags":[163,4020,546,563,4022],"class_list":["post-37390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-narley-marley-reggae","tag-climate-change","tag-holiday-cheer-hear","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-ocho-rios-rendezvous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37407,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions\/37407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}