{"id":54238,"date":"2026-06-24T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54238"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:30:06","slug":"archimedes-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/24\/archimedes-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"Archimedes\u2019 Principle"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Silence]<\/p>\n

[Arrangement: Classical-meets-modern fusion \u2014 steady orchestral strings, warm piano, subtle synth undercurrent, and a rising \u201crevelation\u201d build into the chorus]<\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nHeavy things
\n(Still can rise)
\nHidden truth
\n(Under skies)<\/p>\n

Heavy things
\n(Still can rise)
\n… in disguise<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nHe sat in thought
\n(In ancient light)
\nIn bath and water
\n(A sudden insight)<\/p>\n

A crown, a question
\n(A puzzling claim)
\nThen physics answered
\n(The rise, the same)<\/p>\n

Not by magic
\n(Not by chance)
\nBut fluid laws
\n(In quiet dance)<\/p>\n

Every object
\n(Finds its place)
\nIn displaced water
\n(Space for space)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nArchimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(At the time quite radical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Takes its course)<\/p>\n

Archimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(So mathematical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Changes course)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWhen things go down
\n(Into the stream)
\nThey push aside
\n(More than they seem)
\nNot just resistance
\n(Not just drag)<\/p>\n

But lifted weight
\n(From what they snag)
\nThe fluid rises
\n(To match the space)<\/p>\n

A hidden balance
\n(We can trace)<\/p>\n

What gets displaced
\n(Defines the lift)
\nA natural law
\n(A steady gift)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nArchimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(At the time quite radical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Takes its course)<\/p>\n

What sinks below
\n(Does not stay low)
\nIt rises up
\n(As waters go)<\/p>\n

Archimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(The truth empirical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Is always real)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nNot mystical
\n(Not divine)
\nJust density
\n(Defined in line)<\/p>\n

Weight of water
\n(Displaced below)
\nReturns upward
\n(As forces go)<\/p>\n

Fb<\/sub> rises
\n(Clear and strong)
\nEqual to weight
\n(It can\u2019t go wrong)<\/p>\n

Of the fluid moved
\n(Exactly so)
\nThat\u2019s how the water
\n(Makes things go)<\/p>\n

[Instrumental]
\n[Strings swell upward]
\n[Piano arpeggios]
\n[Synth lift motif]<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nPush it down
\n(It pushes back)
\nFind the balance
\n(Along the track)<\/p>\n

No mystery
\n(No hidden hand)
\nJust fluid laws
\n(That understand)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nArchimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(At the time quite radical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Takes its course)<\/p>\n

What sinks below
\n(Does not stay low)
\nIt rises up
\n(As waters go)<\/p>\n

Archimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(Still mathematical)
\nThe buoyant force
\n(Is always factual)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nIn still water
\n(Truth appears)
\nAncient insight
\n(Through the years)<\/p>\n

Archimedes\u2019 Principle
\n(At the time quite radical)
\nStill holds now
\n(And always will)<\/p>\n

From the album “Displacement<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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