{"id":54762,"date":"2026-07-25T16:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54762"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:08:22","slug":"hold-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/25\/hold-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold My&#8230;"},"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 \/>\nHere&#8230;<br \/>\nHold my beer<br \/>\n(You might want to stand clear)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Piano Glissando Waterfall Run]<br \/>\n[Heavy Sub-Bass Solo and Kick Drum]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nJust a little touch<br \/>\n(Barely seen)<br \/>\nNo, doesn&#8217;t take much<br \/>\n(To change the scene)<\/p>\n<p>A tiny wobble<br \/>\n(Starts the show)<br \/>\nWho can know<br \/>\n(How far it&#8217;ll go)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHere&#8230;<br \/>\n(Hold my beer)<br \/>\nHear?<br \/>\n(Stand clear)<\/p>\n<p>Noooo&#8230; don&#8217;t come near!<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t catch<br \/>\n(A falling domino)<br \/>\nOh, no, no, no<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no match<br \/>\n(For a falling domino)<br \/>\nNo whoa<br \/>\n(Just watch it go)<\/p>\n<p>Ohhhh, go, go, go<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Synth Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Psychedelic Organ Jam]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nOne becomes two<br \/>\n(Two becomes four)<br \/>\nThen another<br \/>\n(Hits the floor)<\/p>\n<p>Gravity smiles<br \/>\n(Physics wins)<br \/>\nOnce it starts<br \/>\n(It just begins)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHere&#8230;<br \/>\n(Hold my beer)<br \/>\nHear?<br \/>\n(Stand clear)<\/p>\n<p>Noooo&#8230; nowhere near!<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHold my&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Common sense.<\/p>\n<p>Hold my&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>False confidence.<\/p>\n<p>You thought you had<\/p>\n<p>Enough control&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Until the first one<\/p>\n<p>Let it roll.<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe hardest domino&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;to stop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is the first to go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;after it falls.<\/p>\n<p>(There&#8217;s no last calls)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t catch<br \/>\n(A falling domino)<br \/>\nNo, no, no<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no match<br \/>\n(For a falling domino)<br \/>\nOne hits two<br \/>\n(Two hits four)<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230; too late&#8230;)<br \/>\nFour hits eight<br \/>\n(Then many more)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Hold my beer)<\/p>\n<p>Too late&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Stand clear!)<\/p>\n<p>Go, go, go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Watch &#8217;em fall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One small push&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Affects&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;them all.<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Echo Guitar, Organ Fade, Cascading Piano Notes, Domino Sound Effects]<br \/>\nClick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Crash&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Butterflies-and-Dominoes\/\">Butterflies and Dominoes<\/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] Here&#8230; Hold my beer (You might want to stand clear) [Instrumental] [Piano Glissando Waterfall Run] [Heavy Sub-Bass Solo and Kick Drum] [Verse 1] Just a little touch [&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":[3,5],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-54762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54762","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=54762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54764,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54762\/revisions\/54764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}