{"id":54101,"date":"2026-06-17T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54101"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:10:00","slug":"is-it-turned-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/17\/is-it-turned-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Turned On?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Funky rock groove, electric piano, organ, bass, rhythm guitar, playful call-and-response vocals]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nOne, two, three<br \/>\n(Can you hear me?)<br \/>\nTesting, testing<br \/>\n(One, two, three)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got the wires<br \/>\n(All in place)<br \/>\nGot the signal<br \/>\n(Ready to trace)<\/p>\n<p>Got the speakers<br \/>\n(On the floor)<br \/>\nBut I don&#8217;t hear<br \/>\n(Anything more)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nCheck the switch<br \/>\n(Check the light)<br \/>\nSomething&#8217;s wrong<br \/>\n(Not quite right)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nStart with begin<br \/>\n(And see the dawn)<\/p>\n<p>Is it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nFlip the switch<br \/>\n(And carry on)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nTurn it up<br \/>\n(Turn it on)<br \/>\nSing the night<br \/>\n(Into the light)<\/p>\n<p>Turn it up<br \/>\n(Turn it on)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s see what&#8217;s going on<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWhen the answer<br \/>\n(Hides in plain sight)<br \/>\nA simple question<br \/>\n(Can make things right)<\/p>\n<p>You can search<br \/>\n(High and low)<br \/>\nBut first check<br \/>\n(What you already know)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nBefore you panic<br \/>\n(Before you run)<br \/>\nTry the basics<br \/>\n(One by one)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nStart with begin<br \/>\n(And see the dawn)<\/p>\n<p>Is it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nFlip the switch<br \/>\n(And carry on)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThe biggest problems<br \/>\n(Can sometimes be)<\/p>\n<p>The smallest things<br \/>\n(We fail to see)<\/p>\n<p>A loose connection<br \/>\n(A missing link)<\/p>\n<p>Can stop the flow<br \/>\n(Faster than you think)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nIs it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nStart with begin<br \/>\n(And see the dawn)<\/p>\n<p>Is it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nLight it up<br \/>\n(And carry on)<\/p>\n<p>Is it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nNow we&#8217;re moving<br \/>\n(Rolling along)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nHear the music<br \/>\n(Hear the sound)<br \/>\nEverything&#8217;s working<br \/>\n(Now that it&#8217;s found)<\/p>\n<p>Is it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<\/p>\n<p>Yes it is&#8230;<br \/>\n(And we&#8217;re gone!)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/In-Play\/\">In Play<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Funky rock groove, electric piano, organ, bass, rhythm guitar, playful call-and-response vocals] [Intro] One, two, three (Can you hear me?) Testing, testing (One, two, three) [Verse 1] I&#8217;ve got the wires (All in place) Got the signal (Ready to trace) Got the speakers (On the floor) But I don&#8217;t hear (Anything more) [Pre-Chorus] [&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-54101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54101","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=54101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54102,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54101\/revisions\/54102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}