{"id":54981,"date":"2026-08-06T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54981"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:40:25","slug":"calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/06\/calm\/","title":{"rendered":"Calm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Soft Acoustic Guitar, Warm Bass, Brush Drums, Gentle Organ]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Hold tight&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Or let go.<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIn the hand&#8217;s palm<br \/>\n(Calm)<br \/>\nIn the role to control<br \/>\n(Out-of-control)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nOpen hand and steady breath<br \/>\nFind the space between the steps<br \/>\nGrip too hard and tension grows<br \/>\nLet it loosen, let it flow<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nCalm<br \/>\n(In the palm)<br \/>\nControl<br \/>\n(When the world rolls)<\/p>\n<p>Calm<br \/>\n(Stay steady)<br \/>\nLet go<br \/>\n(When you&#8217;re ready)<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-control<br \/>\n(Can take its toll)<br \/>\nFind your center<br \/>\n(Find your soul)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nControl can be a fragile thing<br \/>\nLike trying to hold a bird&#8217;s wing<br \/>\nClose your hand and it may flee<br \/>\nOpen wide and let it be<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Acoustic Guitar Solo: Fingerpicked Pattern Building Into Warm Strumming]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIn the hand<br \/>\n(There&#8217;s a palm)<br \/>\nIn the palm<br \/>\n(There&#8217;s a calm)<\/p>\n<p>In the role<br \/>\n(To control)<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a choice<br \/>\n(In the soul)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Piano, Soft Bass, Brushes]<br \/>\nAt ease&#8230;<br \/>\n(As you please)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nIn the hand&#8217;s palm<br \/>\n(Calm)<br \/>\nIn the role to control<br \/>\n(Out-of-control)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nCalm<br \/>\n(In the palm)<br \/>\nSteady<br \/>\n(When you&#8217;re ready)<\/p>\n<p>Calm<br \/>\n(Stay steady)<br \/>\nLet go<br \/>\n(When you&#8217;re ready)<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-control<br \/>\n(Won&#8217;t take its toll)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar, Warm Organ, Bass, Soft Percussion]<br \/>\nIn the hand&#8217;s palm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Calm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the role to control&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-control&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Through rock n&#8217; roll)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rush\/\">Rush<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Soft Acoustic Guitar, Warm Bass, Brush Drums, Gentle Organ] [Spoken Vocal] I don&#8217;t know&#8230; (Hold tight&#8230;) Or let go. [Refrain] In the hand&#8217;s palm (Calm) In the role to control (Out-of-control) [Verse 1] Open hand and steady breath Find the space [&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-54981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54981","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=54981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54982,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54981\/revisions\/54982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}