{"id":55181,"date":"2026-08-24T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55181"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:02:20","slug":"blow-off-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/24\/blow-off-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow Off the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Funky Electric Guitar, Bouncy Bass, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ, Hand Claps and Bright Analog Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nBeen sitting around?<\/p>\n<p>Missing the sound?<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Blow it off!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCobwebs on the ceiling<br \/>\nDust upon the floor<br \/>\nBeen waiting for a reason<br \/>\nTo open up the door<\/p>\n<p>Stretch your arms<br \/>\nMove your feet<br \/>\nFind yourself<br \/>\nA different beat<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nUp!<br \/>\n(Up!)<br \/>\nGet out!<br \/>\n(Get out!)<\/p>\n<p>Move!<br \/>\n(Move!)<br \/>\nAbout!<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBlow off the dust<br \/>\n(Shake off the rust)<br \/>\nGet up and move about<br \/>\n(Shout!)<\/p>\n<p>Dance at the chance<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nBlow off the dust!<br \/>\n(Blow it off!)<br \/>\nShake off the rust!<br \/>\n(Shake it off!)<\/p>\n<p>Get your body moving<br \/>\nGet your spirit grooving<\/p>\n<p>Dance!<br \/>\n(Dance!)<br \/>\nAt the chance!<\/p>\n<p>Life is waiting<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t sit still<\/p>\n<p>Find your rhythm<br \/>\nFind your will<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMaybe you&#8217;ve been waiting<br \/>\nFor the world to change<br \/>\nMaybe you&#8217;ve been thinking<br \/>\nLife should rearrange<\/p>\n<p>Walk outside<br \/>\nFeel the air<br \/>\nTurn around<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s life out there<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Funk-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Hand Claps, Synth Bass and Driving Drums]<br \/>\n[Bridge]<br \/>\nRust isn&#8217;t destiny<br \/>\n(Dust isn&#8217;t home)<\/p>\n<p>Stillness isn&#8217;t energy<br \/>\n(Get up and roam)<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to run<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t have to race)<\/p>\n<p>Just put a little motion<br \/>\nBack into the place<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nShake it<br \/>\n(Don&#8217;t break it)<br \/>\nMove it<br \/>\n(Improve it)<\/p>\n<p>Stand up<br \/>\n(Speak up)<\/p>\n<p>Turn the volume<br \/>\nWay up!<\/p>\n<p>More movement<br \/>\nMore light<br \/>\nA lot more laughter<br \/>\nFeels alright<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t wait<br \/>\nFor motivation<br \/>\nMotion can create<br \/>\nThe inspiration<\/p>\n<p>Blow off the dust<br \/>\n(Shake off the rust)<br \/>\nGet up and move about<br \/>\n(Shout!)<\/p>\n<p>Dance at the chance<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Bass, Hand Claps and Sparse Electric Guitar]<br \/>\nBlow off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The dust.<\/p>\n<p>Shake off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The rust.<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered]<br \/>\nGet up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Move about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>OK (play)<br \/>\n&#8230; and shout!<br \/>\n(Shout)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nBlow off the dust<br \/>\n(Shake off the rust)<br \/>\nGet up and move about<br \/>\n(Shout!)<\/p>\n<p>Dance at the chance<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nBlow off the dust!<br \/>\n(Blow it off!)<br \/>\nShake off the rust!<br \/>\n(Shake it off!)<\/p>\n<p>Get up!<br \/>\n(Get up!)<br \/>\nMove about!<br \/>\n(Move about!)<\/p>\n<p>Shout!<br \/>\n(Shout!)<\/p>\n<p>Dance!<br \/>\n(Dance!)<\/p>\n<p>Dance at the chance!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Full Funk-Rock Groove With Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ, Hand Claps and Synth; Crowd-Like Shouts Fade Into Laughter]<br \/>\nBlow it off!<\/p>\n<p>Shake it off!<\/p>\n<p>Get up!<\/p>\n<p>Move about!<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, fading]<br \/>\nDance at the chance.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Robust\/\">Robust<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Funky Electric Guitar, Bouncy Bass, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ, Hand Claps and Bright Analog Synth] [Spoken Vocal] Been sitting around? Missing the sound? Well&#8230; Blow it off! [Verse 1] Cobwebs on the ceiling Dust upon the floor Been waiting for a [&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-55181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55181","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=55181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55182,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55181\/revisions\/55182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}