{"id":54502,"date":"2026-07-10T12:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54502"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:07:53","slug":"life-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/10\/life-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Life as We Know It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Warm Piano Chords, Gentle Guitar Picking, Soft Synth Atmosphere, Steady Bass Pulse]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWhere do we go?<br \/>\n(What will we find?)<br \/>\nWhat do we know?<br \/>\n(Leave it behind)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(This is&#8230;)<br \/>\nLife as we know it<br \/>\n(Make a wish)<br \/>\nDream&#8230; bestow it<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nMake a moment, every day<br \/>\nFind a different kind of way<br \/>\nLittle choices, little signs<br \/>\nShape the stories between the lines<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday becomes a trace<br \/>\nTomorrow waits in open space<br \/>\nTake a breath&#8230; enjoy the view<br \/>\nCreate the world we travel through<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHold the light<br \/>\n(Through the night)<br \/>\nKeep the dream<br \/>\n(Within sight)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nLife as we know it<br \/>\n(Here and now)<br \/>\nWhere we go<br \/>\n(We will find out how)<\/p>\n<p>Take the chance<br \/>\n(Let it grow)<br \/>\nMake the wish<br \/>\n(Let it show)<\/p>\n<p>Life as we know it<br \/>\n(As we know it)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Piano Arpeggios, Organ Swells, Driving Bass, Open Cymbal Groove]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nTime keeps moving, never still<br \/>\nChanging valleys, changing hills<br \/>\nWhat we lose and what we gain<br \/>\nBecome chapters in the same<\/p>\n<p>Through the questions, through the doubt<br \/>\nFind the way to work it out<br \/>\nAs the ending starts again<br \/>\nFeeling loss become a friend<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhat is real?<br \/>\n(What is true?)<br \/>\nWhat remains?<br \/>\n(What we do)<\/p>\n<p>Dreams are seeds<br \/>\n(That we plant)<br \/>\nHope is more<br \/>\n(Than what we can&#8217;t)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nLife as we know it<br \/>\n(Here and now)<br \/>\nMake a wish<br \/>\n(Show us how)<\/p>\n<p>Dream&#8230; bestow it<br \/>\n(Let it rise)<br \/>\nOpen hearts<br \/>\n(Open eyes)<\/p>\n<p>In the moment, be the story<br \/>\nOut of shadows, into glory<br \/>\nLife as we know it<br \/>\n(Is how we show it)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Layered Guitar Harmonies, Soft Piano, Sustained Organ Chords, Synth Fade Into Silence]<br \/>\n(This is&#8230;)<br \/>\nLife as we know it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Make a wish&#8230;)<br \/>\nDream&#8230; bestow it.<\/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: Warm Piano Chords, Gentle Guitar Picking, Soft Synth Atmosphere, Steady Bass Pulse] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] Where do we go? (What will we find?) What do we know? (Leave it behind) [Refrain] (This is&#8230;) Life as we know it (Make a wish) Dream&#8230; [&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-54502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54502","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=54502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54503,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54502\/revisions\/54503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}