{"id":54327,"date":"2026-06-27T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54327"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:38:18","slug":"just-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/27\/just-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Uplifting folk-rock with acoustic guitar and slide-guitar blues rock, piano, Hammond organ, handclaps, and a joyful sing-along finale.]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nWake up now<br \/>\n(To a brand-new day)<br \/>\nLeave behind<br \/>\n(The old clich\u00e9)<\/p>\n<p>Take a breath<br \/>\n(Let it begin)<br \/>\nThe world outside<br \/>\n(Is calling in)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBe the sunrise<br \/>\n(Turn the page)<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to<br \/>\n(Live in yesterday)<\/p>\n<p>Feel your heartbeat<br \/>\n(Finds its rhyme)<br \/>\nOne more chance<br \/>\n(One more time)<\/p>\n<p>The road ahead<br \/>\n(Is yours to claim)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s to say<br \/>\n(You stay the same)<\/p>\n<p>You can choose<br \/>\n(A different way)<br \/>\nStarting now<br \/>\n(Today)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nJust the same<br \/>\n(Escape from lame)<br \/>\nWell&#8230;<br \/>\n(Well, why live in hell?)<\/p>\n<p>Rebirth<br \/>\n(Heaven on earth)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s rise above<br \/>\n(And shine on love)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;shine on&#8230;<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>Shine!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nLift another<br \/>\n(When they fall)<br \/>\nOpen up<br \/>\n(You&#8217;ve got it all)<\/p>\n<p>Kindness echoes<br \/>\n(Farther still)<br \/>\nChanging hearts<br \/>\n(Changing will)<\/p>\n<p>Be the smile<br \/>\n(Start somewhere)<br \/>\nKnow the answer<br \/>\n(Begins with care)<\/p>\n<p>Plant tomorrow<br \/>\n(Today&#8217;s small seed)<br \/>\nLove is more<br \/>\n(Need not conceed)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Swell]<br \/>\n[Piano Run]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nWhat changes<br \/>\n(If nothing&#8217;s tried)<br \/>\nHope grows stronger<br \/>\n(From inside)<\/p>\n<p>Take the chance<br \/>\n(Break the chain)<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to<br \/>\n(Live in pain)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nJust the same<br \/>\n(Escape from lame)<br \/>\nWell&#8230;<br \/>\n(Well why live in hell)<\/p>\n<p>Rebirth<br \/>\n(Heaven on earth)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s rise above<br \/>\n(And shine on love)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;shine on&#8230;<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>Shine!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nOne more dawn<br \/>\n(One more song!)<\/p>\n<p>Carry hope<br \/>\n(All along)<\/p>\n<p>Shine on&#8230;<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>Shine!<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whats-in-a-Name\/\">What\u2019s in a Name<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Uplifting folk-rock with acoustic guitar and slide-guitar blues rock, piano, Hammond organ, handclaps, and a joyful sing-along finale.] [Intro] Wake up now (To a brand-new day) Leave behind (The old clich\u00e9) Take a breath (Let it begin) The world outside (Is calling in) [Verse 1] Be the sunrise (Turn the page) You don&#8217;t [&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-54327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54327","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=54327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54328,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54327\/revisions\/54328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}