{"id":54490,"date":"2026-07-09T17:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54490"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:24:02","slug":"black-and-white-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/09\/black-and-white-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Clean Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Organ Pads, Steady Bass Pulse, Soft Piano Chords, Rising Synth Texture]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWhat do you see?<br \/>\n(What is clear)<br \/>\nWhat will it be?<br \/>\n(The answer&#8217;s here)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Black and white)<br \/>\nWrong and right<\/p>\n<p>This is&#8230;<br \/>\nYes or no<br \/>\n(Now we know)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; here we go!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nLines are drawn across the page<br \/>\nTruth is tested, age by age<br \/>\nDoes the choice become a sign<br \/>\nDoes the moment draw a line<\/p>\n<p>Left or right, up or down<br \/>\nLost or found, smile or frown<br \/>\nSimple answers fill the space<br \/>\nBut shades remain behind the face<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nCan we see beyond the frame?<br \/>\nCan we question another name?<br \/>\nWhen the colors start to blend<br \/>\nWhere does certainty begin or end?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nBlack and white<br \/>\n(Day and night)<br \/>\nDark and light<br \/>\n(What is right?)<\/p>\n<p>Black and white<br \/>\n(Separate)<br \/>\nWrong and right<br \/>\n(We debate)<\/p>\n<p>But the world keeps moving on<br \/>\nBefore the final answer&#8217;s drawn<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March, Synth Lead Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWe want a world that&#8217;s easy to see<br \/>\nA perfect line of certainty<br \/>\nBut every question, every choice<br \/>\nCarries more than one voice<\/p>\n<p>A simple word, a simple claim<br \/>\nCan hide a complicated game<br \/>\nThe closer that we look inside<br \/>\nThe more the edges start to divide<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTruth is not a wall<br \/>\nTruth answers the call<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThis is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Black and white)<br \/>\nWrong and right<\/p>\n<p>This is&#8230;<br \/>\nYes or no<br \/>\n(Now we know)<\/p>\n<p>But between the dark and light<br \/>\nThere are colors out of sight<\/p>\n<p>This is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Black and white)<br \/>\nA place to start<\/p>\n<p>Wrong and right<br \/>\n(Heart to heart)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; here we go!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Echoing Guitar Theme, Sustained Organ Chords, Gentle Piano Fade, Synth Atmosphere Dissolving Into Silence]<br \/>\nThis is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Black and white)<br \/>\nWrong and right<\/p>\n<p>This is&#8230;<br \/>\nYes or no<br \/>\n(Now we know)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; here we go!<\/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: Clean Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Organ Pads, Steady Bass Pulse, Soft Piano Chords, Rising Synth Texture] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] What do you see? (What is clear) What will it be? 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