{"id":55193,"date":"2026-08-25T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55193"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:34:51","slug":"whats-gotten-into-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/25\/whats-gotten-into-me\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Gotten Into Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Dreamy Electric Guitar, Warm Bass, Soft Drums, Hammond Organ and Shimmering Analog Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s gotten into me?<\/p>\n<p>Could it be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Reality?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ve finally<br \/>\n(foregone destiny)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI used to chase the answer<br \/>\nLike it owed me something back<br \/>\nLooking down the road ahead<br \/>\nWhile standing on the track<\/p>\n<p>I wanted certainty<br \/>\nI wanted something sure<br \/>\nBut life kept moving underneath me<br \/>\nAnd the future wasn&#8217;t pure<\/p>\n<p>Then somewhere in the silence<br \/>\nI began to understand<br \/>\nThe things I thought were permanent<br \/>\nWere slipping through my hands<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWake up!<br \/>\n(Wake up!)<\/p>\n<p>Look around!<br \/>\n(Look around!)<\/p>\n<p>Hear the world<br \/>\n(Hear the sound)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s gotten into me<br \/>\n(Could it be&#8230;)<br \/>\nReality&#8230;<br \/>\n(I&#8217;ve come to see?)<\/p>\n<p>The inevitability:<br \/>\n(Put love above)<br \/>\nTo survive&#8230;<br \/>\n(To be alive)<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<br \/>\nThe love of&#8230;<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nPut love above<br \/>\nPut love above<br \/>\nNot fear<br \/>\nNot greed<br \/>\nNot what we think we need<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\nPut love above<br \/>\nThe life we share<br \/>\nThe air we breathe<br \/>\nThe future&#8217;s waiting there<\/p>\n<p>Love of life<br \/>\n(Love of life)<br \/>\nLove of Earth<br \/>\n(Love of Earth)<\/p>\n<p>Love of those<br \/>\nWho haven&#8217;t even<br \/>\nHad their birth<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nReality can hurt you<br \/>\nWhen you finally look it in the eye<br \/>\nBut hiding from the truth<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t make the truth comply<\/p>\n<p>The mountains aren&#8217;t forever<br \/>\nThe rivers aren&#8217;t immune<br \/>\nThe forests have their limits<br \/>\nIn the atmosphere of doom<\/p>\n<p>Room for change<br \/>\n(Room for change)<br \/>\nRoom for hope<br \/>\n(Room for hope)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; hope without action<br \/>\n(No solution)<br \/>\n&#8230; it&#8217;s the end of the rope<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Emotional Blues-Rock Lead With Sustained Notes, Hammond Organ Swells, Warm Bass and Slow-Building Drums]<br \/>\n[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s gotten into me?<\/p>\n<p>Love?<\/p>\n<p>(Of love)<\/p>\n<p>In and about&#8230;<br \/>\n(Shout!)<br \/>\nLove, love, love<\/p>\n<p>[Music builds]<br \/>\nWhen survival<br \/>\nIs the question<\/p>\n<p>Love becomes<br \/>\nThe direction<\/p>\n<p>Not just love<br \/>\nFor me<\/p>\n<p>But love<br \/>\nFor we<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nLove the soil<br \/>\n(Love the rain)<\/p>\n<p>Love the river<br \/>\n(Love the plain)<\/p>\n<p>Love the forest<br \/>\n(Love the sea)<\/p>\n<p>Love the life<br \/>\nThat isn&#8217;t me<\/p>\n<p>Love the child<br \/>\nWe haven&#8217;t met<\/p>\n<p>Love the future<br \/>\nNot here yet<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\nThe appetite<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\nThe endless fight<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\nThe need to win<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that&#8217;s<br \/>\nWhere we begin<br \/>\n(To start a heart)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Piano, Acoustic Guitar and Soft Vocal]<br \/>\nThe inevitability&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered]<br \/>\nPut love above&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To survive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To be alive.<br \/>\n(To thrive!)<\/p>\n<p>[Soft Response]<br \/>\nLove&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s gotten into me<br \/>\n(Could it be&#8230;)<br \/>\nReality&#8230;<br \/>\n(I&#8217;ve come to see?)<\/p>\n<p>The inevitability:<br \/>\n(Put love above)<br \/>\nTo survive&#8230;<br \/>\n(To be alive)<\/p>\n<p>Put love above<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<br \/>\nThe love of&#8230;<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nPut love above!<br \/>\n(Love above!)<br \/>\nThe fear and the greed<\/p>\n<p>Put love above!<br \/>\n(Love above!)<br \/>\nThe things we don&#8217;t need<\/p>\n<p>Love of life!<br \/>\n(Love of life!)<br \/>\nLove of Earth!<br \/>\n(Love of Earth!)<\/p>\n<p>Love the future<br \/>\nBefore its birth<\/p>\n<p>Put love above!<br \/>\n(Put love above!)<\/p>\n<p>To survive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To be alive.<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Gradually Reduces to Acoustic Guitar and Hammond Organ; Shimmering Synth Holds the Final Chord]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s gotten into me?<\/p>\n<p>Reality&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve come to see.<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, fading]<br \/>\nMaybe that&#8217;s all it takes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To put love above.<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<br \/>\n&#8230; love.<\/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: Dreamy Electric Guitar, Warm Bass, Soft Drums, Hammond Organ and Shimmering Analog Synth] [Spoken Vocal] What&#8217;s gotten into me? 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Maybe I&#8217;ve finally (foregone destiny) [Verse 1] I used to chase the answer Like it owed me something [&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-55193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55193","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=55193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55194,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55193\/revisions\/55194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}