{"id":53940,"date":"2026-06-09T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53940"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:37:13","slug":"open-wide-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/09\/open-wide-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Wide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Arrangement: Bright acoustic guitar strumming. Light percussion. Upbeat and optimistic.]<br \/>\n[Intro]<br \/>\nPull back the curtain<br \/>\n(Let it all show)<br \/>\nTurn the handle<br \/>\n(And let it go)<\/p>\n<p>A little fresh air<br \/>\n(From the other side)<br \/>\nCome on and open<br \/>\n(Open wide)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen the window wide<br \/>\n(Bring in the outside)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And let in the day)<\/p>\n<p>Open the window wide<br \/>\n(Let the sunshine ride)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And enjoy the day)<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Bass and light harmonies enter.]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe room felt smaller<br \/>\n(Than it did before)<br \/>\nSo I walked over<br \/>\n(To the window&#8217;s door)<\/p>\n<p>The world was waiting<br \/>\n(Beyond the pane)<br \/>\nOne simple motion<br \/>\n(Changed everything)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen the window wide<br \/>\n(Bring in the outside)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And let in the day)<\/p>\n<p>Open the window wide<br \/>\n(Let the sunshine ride)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And enjoy the day)<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Glockenspiel accents. Breezy harmonies.]<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nFresh air blowing<br \/>\n(Rolling through)<br \/>\nFresh air flowing<br \/>\n(Everything new)<\/p>\n<p>Fresh air blowing<br \/>\n(Clear and free)<br \/>\nBringing the world<br \/>\n(Back to me)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nBirds were singing<br \/>\n(Down the street)<br \/>\nLeaves were dancing<br \/>\n(In the heat)<\/p>\n<p>Clouds were drifting<br \/>\n(Across the blue)<br \/>\nFunny how much<br \/>\n(I almost missed of you)<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Drums build. Acoustic strumming becomes fuller.]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nFind out the answer<br \/>\n(Is simple to find)<br \/>\nYou open a window<br \/>\n(And open your mind)<\/p>\n<p>A wider horizon<br \/>\n(A brighter view)<br \/>\nThe world keeps waiting<br \/>\n(For me and you)<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Full band. Strongest section.]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen the window wide<br \/>\n(Bring in the outside)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And let in the day)<\/p>\n<p>Open the window wide<br \/>\n(Let the sunshine ride)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And enjoy the day)<\/p>\n<p>Open the window wide<br \/>\n(Bring in the outside)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And let in the day)<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Instruments gradually soften. Acoustic guitar and harmonies remain.]<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nOpen the window<br \/>\n(Just a little more)<br \/>\nOpen the window<br \/>\n(Like never before)<\/p>\n<p>Open the window wide<br \/>\n(Bring in the outside)<br \/>\nOpen it the whole way<br \/>\n(And let in the day)<\/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>[Arrangement: Bright acoustic guitar strumming. Light percussion. Upbeat and optimistic.] [Intro] Pull back the curtain (Let it all show) Turn the handle (And let it go) A little fresh air (From the other side) Come on and open (Open wide) [Chorus] Open the window wide (Bring in the outside) Open it the whole way (And [&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-53940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940","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=53940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53941,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions\/53941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}