{"id":54264,"date":"2026-06-25T13:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54264"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:26:44","slug":"stay-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/25\/stay-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Put"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Arrangement: Fast-moving folk-rock with restless acoustic guitar, driving percussion, and a chorus that feels like motion even when trying to stand still]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nSit still<br \/>\n(No freewill)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t move<br \/>\n(Or groove)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI made a promise<br \/>\n(To the floor)<br \/>\nI said I\u2019d linger<br \/>\n(Just one hour more)<\/p>\n<p>But times get tricky<br \/>\n(Under skin)<br \/>\nLike a wind that says<br \/>\n(\u201cKeep movin&#8217;\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nI\u2019d love to:<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nBut, but, but&#8230;<br \/>\n(I\u2019m telling you)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; you know&#8230;<br \/>\nI gotta go<br \/>\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n<p>Go, go, go<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe map is folded<br \/>\n(On the desk)<br \/>\nThe quiet plans<br \/>\n(Become a mess)<\/p>\n<p>A distant whistle<br \/>\n(A calling tone)<br \/>\nTurns every place<br \/>\n(Into unknown)<\/p>\n<p>And still I try<br \/>\n(To settle in)<br \/>\nBut movement wins<br \/>\n(Again, again)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI\u2019d love to stay<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nHold the line<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;whether&#8221; pulls<br \/>\n(Me out again)<br \/>\nOut the door<br \/>\n(Into the wind)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to stay<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nBut weather has it&#8217;s way<br \/>\n(Move it!)<\/p>\n<p>The world keeps saying<br \/>\n\u201cGo on, go on\u201d<br \/>\n(So I commit)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs it me<br \/>\n(Or gravity?)<br \/>\nOr just the shape<br \/>\n(Of self-imposed destiny?)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\nWould love to sit still&#8230;<br \/>\n(Forced to move)<br \/>\nAgainst my will<\/p>\n<p>Gotta move&#8230;<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t approve)<br \/>\nBut I\u2019m already<br \/>\n(Gone, gone, gone)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nI\u2019d love to:<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nBut the world says<br \/>\n\u201cMove a bit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to:<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nBut the moment<br \/>\n(Doesn\u2019t quit)<\/p>\n<p>So I go<br \/>\n(Go, go, go)<\/p>\n<p>Away from where the current&#8217;s<br \/>\n(Flow goes)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nI\u2019d love to:<br \/>\n(Stay put!)<br \/>\nBut the movement<br \/>\n(Doesn\u2019t quit)<\/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: Fast-moving folk-rock with restless acoustic guitar, driving percussion, and a chorus that feels like motion even when trying to stand still] [Intro] Sit still (No freewill) Don\u2019t move (Or groove) [Verse 1] I made a promise (To the floor) I said I\u2019d linger (Just one hour more) But times get tricky (Under skin) [&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-54264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54264","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=54264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54265,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54264\/revisions\/54265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}