{"id":54494,"date":"2026-07-09T17:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54494"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:17:39","slug":"this-aint-rock-n-roll-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/09\/this-aint-rock-n-roll-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ain\u2019t Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll"},"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 ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\n(No this ain&#8217;t no stroll)<br \/>\nGet ready to ride<br \/>\n(&#8230; this is genocide)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\n(&#8230; this is genocide)<br \/>\nNowhere to run. Nowhere to hide<br \/>\n(Gonna take its toll)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe volume is rising<br \/>\nThe warning is clear<br \/>\nA shadow is forming<br \/>\nThat nobody hears<\/p>\n<p>The stage lights are fading<br \/>\nThe curtain comes down<br \/>\nA world out of balance<br \/>\nIs spinning around<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nNo encore waiting<br \/>\nNo final show<br \/>\nNo easy answer<br \/>\nNo place to go<\/p>\n<p>The rhythm is changing<br \/>\nThe tempo is fast<br \/>\nA future is calling<br \/>\nFrom a dangerous past<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t a game<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t a story<br \/>\nWith someone to blame<\/p>\n<p>The fire keeps burning<br \/>\nThe pressure will grow<br \/>\nA force we created<br \/>\nWe struggle to slow<\/p>\n<p>This ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\n(&#8230; this is genocide)<br \/>\nNowhere to run<br \/>\nNowhere to hide<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo: Distorted Lead, Sustained Notes, Rising Feedback]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Heavy Drums, Synth Atmosphere]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe oceans are rising<br \/>\nThe ice disappears<br \/>\nThe cost of denial<br \/>\nBecomes crystal clear<\/p>\n<p>The signs keep repeating<br \/>\nThe patterns align<br \/>\nThe edge is approaching<br \/>\n&#8230; runnin&#8217; out of time<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nNo standing still<br \/>\nNo turning back<br \/>\nThe system responds<br \/>\nTo the attack<\/p>\n<p>A chain reaction<br \/>\nA runaway tide<br \/>\nThe consequences<br \/>\nWe cannot divide<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\n(&#8230; this is genocide)<br \/>\nNowhere to run<br \/>\nNowhere to hide<\/p>\n<p>The sound of the future<br \/>\nThe end of the ride<br \/>\nThe choices we make<br \/>\nWill determine the tide<\/p>\n<p>This ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br \/>\n(No this ain&#8217;t no stroll)<br \/>\nGet ready to ride<br \/>\n(&#8230; this is genocide)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Slow Crushing Guitar Riff, Deep Bass Drone, Echoing Organ Chords, Distant Synth Noise, Cymbal Fade]<\/p>\n<p>This ain&#8217;t&#8230;<br \/>\n(Rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>This is&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8220;Pay the toll&#8230;&#8221;)<\/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 ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll (No this ain&#8217;t no stroll) Get ready to ride (&#8230; this is genocide) [Instrumental] [Guitar Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [&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-54494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54494","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=54494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54496,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54494\/revisions\/54496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}