{"id":54467,"date":"2026-07-07T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54467"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:14:17","slug":"exactly-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/07\/exactly-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exactly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThis is what?<br \/>\n(Exactly)<br \/>\nImagine that<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nStarting the quiz:<br \/>\n(What is this?)<br \/>\nThis is what?<br \/>\n(Exactly)<br \/>\nImagine that<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nDoes the answer start a trail<br \/>\nSome prevail and some derail<br \/>\nAnother label, another name<br \/>\nPoints toward\u2014but&#8217;s not the same<\/p>\n<p>Questions shape the things we know<br \/>\nFurther still we&#8217;ve yet to go<br \/>\nPiece by piece the picture grows<br \/>\nOnly after asking &#8220;those?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLook again<br \/>\n(Take your time)<br \/>\nEvery clue<br \/>\n(Fits the rhyme)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWhat do you see?<br \/>\n(Reality)<br \/>\nWhat could it be?<br \/>\n(Wait and see)<br \/>\nLook a little closer now<br \/>\n(The answer&#8217;s here somehow)<\/p>\n<p>This is what?<br \/>\n(Exactly)<br \/>\nImagine that<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Piano Riff]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Harmony]<br \/>\n[Synth Countermelody]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFacts can hide in plainest sight<br \/>\nWaiting for another light<br \/>\nShift your angle, change your view<br \/>\nSomething old becomes brand new<\/p>\n<p>Ahh&#8230; the puzzle has a key<br \/>\nHidden in simplicity<br \/>\nWhen the pieces finally click<br \/>\nThe obvious arrives so quick<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nOne more guess<br \/>\n(Try again)<br \/>\nMiss the mark<br \/>\n(Now and then)<br \/>\nKeep asking why<br \/>\n(Don&#8217;t pretend)<br \/>\nQuestions lead<br \/>\n(To the end)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nStarting the quiz:<br \/>\n(What is this?)<br \/>\nThis is what?<br \/>\n(Exactly)<br \/>\nImagine that<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>Open your eyes<br \/>\n(What do you see?)<br \/>\nTruth arrives<br \/>\n(Naturally)<\/p>\n<p>This is what?<br \/>\n(Exactly)<br \/>\nImagine that&#8230;<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Sustained Organ Chord, Echo Guitar Lead, Pulsing Bass Fade, Gentle Piano Cadence, Filtered Synth Dissolve]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/This-Is\/\">This Is&#8230;.<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] This is what? (Exactly) Imagine that (Reality) [Instrumental] [Guitar Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [Refrain] Starting the quiz: (What is this?) This is what? (Exactly) [&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-54467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467","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=54467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54472,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467\/revisions\/54472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}