{"id":54907,"date":"2026-08-01T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54907"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:44:17","slug":"role-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/01\/role-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Over?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Heavy Guitar Riff, Rolling Bass, Steady Drums, Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nA role&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is a responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>A rule&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Role in society.<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIs our role over<br \/>\n(Have we done our bit)<br \/>\nIs our rule over<br \/>\n(Now it&#8217;s time to quit)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;quit our bad habitat habit<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBuilt a world with endless needs<br \/>\nGrowing faster, planting seeds<br \/>\nTaking more than we replace<br \/>\nLeaving footprints on this place<\/p>\n<p>A role was given, a path was shown<br \/>\nA planet shared, a place called home<br \/>\nBut progress without reflection<br \/>\nCan create a different direction<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLook around<br \/>\n(See the signs)<br \/>\nChanging systems<br \/>\n(Changing times)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs our role over?<br \/>\n(Or just changing shape?)<br \/>\nCan we recover?<br \/>\n(Can we reshape?)<\/p>\n<p>The rules are shifting<br \/>\n(The game has changed)<br \/>\nA different future<br \/>\n(Is in our range)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIs our role over<br \/>\n(Have we done our bit)<br \/>\nIs our rule over<br \/>\n(Now it&#8217;s time to quit)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;quit our bad habitat habit<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Organ Swells, Powerful Drums, Synth Atmosphere]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nHabit becomes a way of life<br \/>\nComfort comes with hidden strife<br \/>\nWhat seems normal day to day<br \/>\nCan carry costs along the way<\/p>\n<p>Consumption rising, systems strain<br \/>\nCycles repeat again and again<br \/>\nBut awareness can open doors<br \/>\nToward a balance worth fighting for<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nRole over?<br \/>\n(No, evolve)<br \/>\nRule over?<br \/>\n(Find resolve)<\/p>\n<p>The future asks<br \/>\n(What will we do?)<br \/>\nThe answer starts<br \/>\n(With me and you)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Deep Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nA role&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t something we lose.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We choose.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nIs our role over<br \/>\n(Have we done our bit)<br \/>\nIs our rule over<br \/>\n(Now it&#8217;s time to quit)<\/p>\n<p>Quit our bad habitat habit<br \/>\n(Change the way we live)<\/p>\n<p>Find a new direction<br \/>\n(Find a way to give)<\/p>\n<p>Role over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or roll forward&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Choice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>our voice!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Outro: Echo Guitar, Organ Fade, Rolling Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>Not over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Just changing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A new role&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Begins.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rollover\/\">Rollover<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Heavy Guitar Riff, Rolling Bass, Steady Drums, Atmospheric Synth] [Spoken Vocal] A role&#8230; Is a responsibility. 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[Refrain] Is our role over (Have we done our bit) Is our rule over (Now it&#8217;s time to quit) &#8230;quit our bad [&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-54907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907","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=54907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54911,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54907\/revisions\/54911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}