{"id":53888,"date":"2026-06-07T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53888"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:26:47","slug":"sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/07\/sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ Pad, Light Percussion]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nIn the morning a reminder.<br \/>\nThe world keeps turning.<br \/>\nThe light returns.<br \/>\nBut because that&#8217;s what living earns.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe horizon starts to brighten<br \/>\n(Before the colors show)<br \/>\nA hint of gold emerging<br \/>\n(From places shadows go)<br \/>\nThe night still holds the landscape<br \/>\n(But not for very long)<br \/>\nThe morning gathers quietly<br \/>\n(And joins the waking song)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nOne more dawn<br \/>\n(One more chance)<br \/>\nOne more day<br \/>\n(One more dance)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA favorite part of day<br \/>\n(Is in the way)<br \/>\nDarkness turns to light<br \/>\n(Turning day from last night)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWill the sun rise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<br \/>\nNo surprise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe birds begin their singing<br \/>\n(Before the world is loud)<br \/>\nThe dew still clings to grasses<br \/>\n(Beneath a fading cloud)<\/p>\n<p>The colors spread across the sky<br \/>\n(In shades we can&#8217;t quite name)<br \/>\nA daily act of wonder<br \/>\n(That never stays the same)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nOne more morning<br \/>\n(One more view)<br \/>\nOne more chance<br \/>\n(To start anew)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA favorite part of day<br \/>\n(Is in the way)<br \/>\nDarkness turns to light<br \/>\n(Turning day from last night)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Piano and Organ]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Acoustic Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Swell]<br \/>\n[Gentle Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nA favorite part of day<br \/>\n(Is in the way)<br \/>\nDarkness turns to light<br \/>\n(Turning into day what was last night)<\/p>\n<p>[Extended Refrain]<br \/>\nWill the sun rise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<br \/>\nNo surprise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<br \/>\nWill the morning<br \/>\n(Appear)<br \/>\nLike it has<br \/>\n(Year after year)<br \/>\nWill the sun rise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<br \/>\nNo surprise<br \/>\n(Sunrise)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Acoustic Guitar and Piano Fade]<br \/>\nThe sunrise draws my attention.<br \/>\n(Creating tomorrow&#8217;s reflection)<\/p>\n<p>[Fade Out]<br \/>\nSunrise&#8230;<br \/>\n(Sunrise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Out-Your-Window\/\">Out Your Window<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Instrumental: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ Pad, Light Percussion] [Spoken Vocal] In the morning a reminder. The world keeps turning. The light returns. But because that&#8217;s what living earns. [Verse 1] The horizon starts to brighten (Before the colors show) A hint of gold emerging (From places shadows go) The night still holds the landscape [&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-53888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53888","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=53888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53889,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53888\/revisions\/53889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}