{"id":52380,"date":"2026-04-12T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52380"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:36:47","slug":"stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/12\/stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Ambient swell \u2192 pulsing synth \u2192 drums kick in]<br \/>\nLights down\u2026 sky wide\u2026<br \/>\nFeel it building\u2026 deep inside\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCity fades into the night<br \/>\nDark explodes with shards of light<br \/>\nEvery spark a distant fire<br \/>\nPulling us a little higher<\/p>\n<p>Breathing in the endless view<br \/>\nSomething old but feeling new<br \/>\nEvery question, every scar<br \/>\nLeads us right back to our star<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHaving fun<br \/>\n(Turning round the sun)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nFeel the rush, the great unknown<br \/>\nLike we\u2019re not out here alone<br \/>\nEvery pulse, every beat<br \/>\nFinds a rhythm underneath<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nDo you wonder how far<br \/>\n(How far we are)<br \/>\nDo you wish upon a star<br \/>\n(Aware we&#8217;re where)<br \/>\n&#8230; where we are&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel the spark<br \/>\n(In the dark)<br \/>\nLike we\u2019ve always known<br \/>\n(We&#8217;ve shone)<\/p>\n<p>[Drop: Driving beat, synth hook, soaring guitar]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nAncient light across the years<br \/>\nBreaking through our doubts and fears<br \/>\nWhat we see is long gone by<br \/>\nStill it reaches through the sky<\/p>\n<p>Every second burning bright<br \/>\nIn the middle of the night<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not lost, we\u2019re just a part<br \/>\nOf the beating cosmic heart<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a must&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8217;cause we&#8217;re stardust)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLet it in, let it go<br \/>\nFeel the energy below<br \/>\nEvery breath takes us far<br \/>\nCloser to our star<br \/>\n(Run, run, run)<br \/>\n&#8217;round the sun&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nDo you wonder how far<br \/>\n(How far we are)<br \/>\nDo you wish upon a star<br \/>\n(Aware we&#8217;re where)<br \/>\n&#8230; where we are&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel the pull<br \/>\n(Near and far)<br \/>\nLike a spinning mass<br \/>\n(As stars pass)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge &#8211; Breakdown &#8211; Spoken | Beat strips to bass pulse]<br \/>\nWell, there they are<br \/>\n(Star after star)<br \/>\nEndless light above<br \/>\n(No matter where you are)<\/p>\n<p>Every dream we\u2019ve ever known<br \/>\nEvery place we\u2019ve ever shone<br \/>\nWritten out across the dark\u2026<br \/>\n(Light it up&#8230; be a spark)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Snare roll, rising synths]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Big]<br \/>\nDo you wonder how far<br \/>\n(How far we are)<br \/>\nDo you wish upon a star<br \/>\n(Aware we&#8217;re where)<br \/>\n&#8230; where we are&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge &#8211; Breakdown &#8211; Spoken | sudden drop]<br \/>\nWell, here we are<br \/>\n(Star after star)<br \/>\nRight here now<br \/>\n(Exactly where we are)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain \u2013 Anthem, crowd vocals]<br \/>\nLet us shine<br \/>\n(Shine, shine, shine)<br \/>\nShine so fine<br \/>\n(Shine, shine, shine)<\/p>\n<p>Let us rise<br \/>\n(Shine, shine, shine)<br \/>\nLight the sky<br \/>\n(Shine, shine, shine)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Outro: Instruments strip \u2192 echoing voices]<br \/>\nStar after star\u2026<br \/>\nWe are\u2026 we are\u2026<br \/>\nShine\u2026 shine\u2026 shine\u2026<br \/>\n(Shine throughout time)<br \/>\nShine\u2026 shine\u2026 shine\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Ambient swell \u2192 pulsing synth \u2192 drums kick in] Lights down\u2026 sky wide\u2026 Feel it building\u2026 deep inside\u2026 [Verse 1] City fades into the night Dark explodes with shards of light Every spark a distant fire Pulling us a little higher Breathing in the endless view Something old but feeling new Every question, every [&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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52380","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=52380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52390,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52380\/revisions\/52390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}