{"id":54246,"date":"2026-06-24T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54246"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:19:04","slug":"for-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/24\/for-one\/","title":{"rendered":"For One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Warm, hopeful pop-rock with steady acoustic guitar, soft piano accents, percussion, and a rising chorus that opens into a bright, sunlit feel]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nGray skies fade<br \/>\n(But not for long)<br \/>\nHold your breath<br \/>\n(Stay strong)<\/p>\n<p>Gray skies fade<br \/>\n(But not for long)<br \/>\nHere we go<br \/>\n(Sing along)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe morning comes<br \/>\n(But slowly still)<br \/>\nHiding light<br \/>\n(Beyond the hill)<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been waiting<br \/>\n(For too long)<br \/>\nFor a break<br \/>\n(From the same old song)<\/p>\n<p>Every forecast<br \/>\n(Reads the same)<br \/>\nBut still we call it<br \/>\n(By another name)<\/p>\n<p>Hoping somewhere<br \/>\n(Behind the gray)<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a reason<br \/>\n(To believe today)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI, for one&#8230;<br \/>\n(Would love to see the sun)<br \/>\nHey! What do you say&#8230;<br \/>\n(Have you had enough gray?)<\/p>\n<p>I, for one&#8230;<br \/>\n(Still waiting for the run)<br \/>\nOf light returning<br \/>\n(To everyone)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nNo doubt<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s been a long drought)<br \/>\nBut, can&#8217;t it rain at night<br \/>\n(So we can dance in delight)<\/p>\n<p>No doubt<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s been a long drought)<br \/>\nBut let it shift<br \/>\n(To something bright)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe clouds hang heavy<br \/>\n(Like a thought)<br \/>\nOf better weather<br \/>\n(We once sought)<\/p>\n<p>Through the window<br \/>\n(Fogged and worn)<br \/>\nStill we wake up<br \/>\n(To a muted dawn)<\/p>\n<p>But somewhere past<br \/>\n(The breaking blue)<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a version<br \/>\n(Of something new)<\/p>\n<p>Where storm and sun<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t always fight)<br \/>\nAnd even rain<br \/>\n(Feels almost right)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe change<br \/>\n(Is slow to see)<br \/>\nA quiet hand<br \/>\n(Through history)<\/p>\n<p>But hope survives<br \/>\n(In smaller things)<br \/>\nLike morning light<br \/>\n(That almost sings)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Soft guitar build]<br \/>\n[Piano rise]<br \/>\n[Percussion lift]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nI, for one&#8230;<br \/>\n(Would love to see the sun)<br \/>\nHey! What do you say&#8230;<br \/>\n(Have you had enough gray?)<\/p>\n<p>I, for one&#8230;<br \/>\n(Still waiting for the run)<br \/>\nOf light returning<br \/>\n(To everyone)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nNo doubt<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s been a long drought)<br \/>\nBut still I think<br \/>\n(It\u2019s not without)<\/p>\n<p>A turn ahead<br \/>\n(Where skies are spun)<br \/>\nAnd I, for one&#8230;<br \/>\n(Still want the sun)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nGray skies fade<br \/>\n(But not for long)<br \/>\nHold your breath<br \/>\n(Stay strong)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Displacement\/\">Displacement<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Warm, hopeful pop-rock with steady acoustic guitar, soft piano accents, percussion, and a rising chorus that opens into a bright, sunlit feel] [Intro] Gray skies fade (But not for long) Hold your breath (Stay strong) Gray skies fade (But not for long) Here we go (Sing along) [Verse 1] The morning comes (But [&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-54246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54246","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=54246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54248,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54246\/revisions\/54248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}