{"id":54983,"date":"2026-08-06T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54983"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:45:37","slug":"right-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/06\/right-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Fast Acoustic Guitar, Driving Bass, Tight Drums, Bright Organ]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThere it was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Right there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But moving so fast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Walked right past.)<\/p>\n<p>Missed the exit<\/p>\n<p>(To exist)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Speedin&#8217; fast)<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Couldn&#8217;t last)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFoot on the pedal, eyes ahead<br \/>\nThinking &#8217;bout the things unsaid<br \/>\nMiles are flying, scenery blurs<br \/>\nChasing what might be, not what occurs<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nSpeedin&#8217; fast<br \/>\n(Too fast)<br \/>\nLookin&#8217; forward<br \/>\n(Past the past)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Speedin&#8217; fast)<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Couldn&#8217;t last)<\/p>\n<p>What was there<br \/>\n(What did I see?)<br \/>\nWhat went by<br \/>\n(What could it be?)<\/p>\n<p>Rushed right past<br \/>\n(Out of sight)<br \/>\nMoving fast<br \/>\n(Through the night)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nLook around and read the signs<br \/>\nNotice patterns between the lines<br \/>\nThe passing moment can reveal<br \/>\nSomething real you didn&#8217;t feel<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Fast Picking, Pulsing Bass, Driving Drums, Organ Stabs]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Can&#8217;t rewind)<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Changed my mind)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Drums Drop Out, Acoustic Guitar and Bass]<br \/>\nSpeedin&#8217; fast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Right past&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t last&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Look around&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s found.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Speedin&#8217; fast)<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(Couldn&#8217;t last)<\/p>\n<p>Rushed right past<br \/>\n(Out of sight)<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t slow it down<br \/>\n(Head into the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(What couldn&#8217;t last)<br \/>\nRushed right into<br \/>\n(The new knew)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Light Drums, Organ Fade]<br \/>\n[Refrain]<br \/>\nRushed right past<br \/>\n(All hopes dashed)<br \/>\nRushed right to<br \/>\n(The new knew)<\/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, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Fast Acoustic Guitar, Driving Bass, Tight Drums, Bright Organ] [Spoken Vocal] There it was&#8230; Right there&#8230; But moving so fast&#8230; (Walked right past.) Missed the exit (To exist) [Refrain] Rushed right past (Speedin&#8217; fast) Rushed right past (Couldn&#8217;t last) [Verse 1] Foot on [&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-54983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54983","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=54983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54984,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54983\/revisions\/54984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}