{"id":54404,"date":"2026-07-02T15:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54404"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:41:51","slug":"wildside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/02\/wildside\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: High-energy rock track \u2014 driving drums, distorted electric guitars, pulsing bass, and bright synth accents. Tempo ~125 BPM. Chorus opens wide with layered vocals and crowd-like echoes.]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental: filtered guitar riff, rising synth swell, light kick drum pulse]<br \/>\nEdge of town<br \/>\n(Feel it now)<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s calling<br \/>\n(Not backing down)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nNo map drawn<br \/>\nJust moving on<br \/>\nEdge of the known<br \/>\nWhere the rules are gone<\/p>\n<p>Every turn<br \/>\nLet it burn<br \/>\nLessons learned<br \/>\nStill unconcerned<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nNo brakes tonight<br \/>\nJust fading light<br \/>\nHold on tight<br \/>\nTo wrong and right<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTake a ride<br \/>\n(To the wildside!)<br \/>\nForget \u201chide\u201d<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>Take the wheel<br \/>\n(Feel for real)<br \/>\nOn the wildside<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric guitar lead line, rising snare build, bass intensifies]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nLines get thin<br \/>\nWhere we\u2019ve been<br \/>\nStart to spin<br \/>\nAgain, again<\/p>\n<p>Truth and dare<br \/>\nIn open air<br \/>\nNo one there<br \/>\nTo really care<\/p>\n<p>Every step<br \/>\nHalf a threat<br \/>\nNo regrets<br \/>\nNot yet, not yet<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nNo rules in sight<br \/>\nJust pure invite<br \/>\nLeft feels right<br \/>\nIn flashing light<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTake a ride<br \/>\n(To the wildside!)<br \/>\nForget \u201chide\u201d<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>Take the wheel<br \/>\n(Feel for real)<br \/>\nOn the wildside<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIf we fall, we fall as one<br \/>\nUnderneath a broken sun<br \/>\nNo more mar for another mile<br \/>\nJust another way to smile<\/p>\n<p>No control<br \/>\nJust the flow<br \/>\nWhere we go<br \/>\nNobody knows<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Drums drop to half-time, bass pulsing, spoken vocal style]<br \/>\nNo map\u2026<br \/>\nNo plan\u2026<br \/>\nJust a spark in a restless hand<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nTake a ride<br \/>\n(To the wildside!)<br \/>\nLet it slide<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>Take the wheel<br \/>\n(Feel for real)<br \/>\nOn the wildside<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>Take a ride<br \/>\n(To the wildside!)<br \/>\nNo more \u201cwhy\u201d<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>Take it all<br \/>\nOr let it fly<br \/>\nOn the wildside<br \/>\n(Ride, ride, ride)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental fade: echoing guitar harmonics, fading synth, steady heartbeat kick drum slowly dissolves]<br \/>\nEdge of town<br \/>\n(Still unwound)<br \/>\nBut we found<br \/>\nThe wildside sound<\/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: High-energy rock track \u2014 driving drums, distorted electric guitars, pulsing bass, and bright synth accents. Tempo ~125 BPM. Chorus opens wide with layered vocals and crowd-like echoes.] [Intro] [Instrumental: filtered guitar riff, rising synth swell, light kick drum pulse] Edge of town (Feel it now) Something\u2019s calling (Not backing down) [Verse 1] No [&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-54404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54404","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=54404"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54414,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54404\/revisions\/54414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}