{"id":52986,"date":"2026-05-03T12:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52986"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:29:48","slug":"lucky-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/03\/lucky-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Bright Guitar Riff, Bouncy Bassline, Light Piano Chords, Upbeat Drums]<br \/>\n[Handclaps]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Groove Settles: Clean Guitar, Walking Bass, Light Keys]<br \/>\nWalked in late, didn\u2019t plan a thing<br \/>\nClock was ticking like a warning ring<br \/>\nTurn the corner, what do I find?<br \/>\nEmpty space where there\u2019s always a line<\/p>\n<p>No hesitation, step right through<br \/>\nLike the world just made room for you<br \/>\nAll the chaos, all the delay<br \/>\nTook a pause and slipped away<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Lead, Funky Bass Run, Guitar Chops]<br \/>\n[Drum Fills, Percussion Layers Add Energy]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Expanded Arrangement, Synth Counter-Melody]<br \/>\nTraffic parts like a hidden door<br \/>\nGreen lights line up, nothing more<br \/>\nEvery step hits perfectly<br \/>\nLike chance is working quietly<\/p>\n<p>People rushing, unaware<br \/>\nThat luck just brushed the air<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t chase it, don\u2019t demand<br \/>\nIt lands soft, right in your hand<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Stronger Build, Snare Rolls, Rising Intensity]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not the plan you draw in lines<br \/>\nIt\u2019s what escapes between the signs<br \/>\nA fleeting shift, a subtle sign<br \/>\nA crack that opens\u2014just in time<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Big Chorus, Cymbal Washes, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a lucky break<br \/>\n(A short line)<br \/>\nThe sake of great<br \/>\n(Just in time)<br \/>\nShift the weight<br \/>\n(Realign)<br \/>\nChange of fate<br \/>\n(No design)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Minimal Beat]<br \/>\nA second gained<br \/>\nA moment found<br \/>\nA quiet space<br \/>\nIn all the sound<\/p>\n<p>We call it luck<br \/>\nWe call it chance<br \/>\nBut maybe it\u2019s<br \/>\nA passing glance<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up]<br \/>\n[Snare Crescendo, Rising Synth Arp, Guitar Feedback Swells]<br \/>\n(Just in time\u2026)<br \/>\n(Just in time\u2026)<br \/>\n(Just in time\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Feel, Bright Energy]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a lucky break<br \/>\n(A short line)<br \/>\nThe sake of great<br \/>\n(Just in time)<br \/>\nHold it close<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t define)<br \/>\nLet it go<br \/>\n(It\u2019s not mine)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Fading Guitar, Light Piano, Soft Organ Pad]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Out Gradually]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, fading, reflective]<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t find it\u2026<br \/>\n(Still&#8230; never quit)<br \/>\nAnd, luck finds you\u2026<br \/>\n(True to what you do)<\/p>\n<p>[End \u2192 Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Line\/\">Line<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Bright Guitar Riff, Bouncy Bassline, Light Piano Chords, Upbeat Drums] [Handclaps] [Verse 1] [Groove Settles: Clean Guitar, Walking Bass, Light Keys] Walked in late, didn\u2019t plan a thing Clock was ticking like a warning ring Turn the corner, what do I find? Empty [&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-52986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52986","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=52986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52987,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52986\/revisions\/52987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}