{"id":55201,"date":"2026-08-26T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55201"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:41:44","slug":"sprout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/26\/sprout\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Bright Acoustic Guitar Picking, Warm Bass, Light Drums, Hammond Organ and Gentle Analog Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nPut a seed in the ground&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Give it a little time to be found<\/p>\n<p>You might surprise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(As it starts to rise)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBuried in the darkness<br \/>\nWaiting for the rain<br \/>\nSmall enough to overlook<br \/>\nStrong enough to remain<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIf it was in doubt<br \/>\n(That it would sprout)<br \/>\nThe essence<br \/>\n(Of resilience)<br \/>\n&#8230; is in our presence<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSprout!<br \/>\n(Out!)<br \/>\nReach for the light<\/p>\n<p>Sprout!<br \/>\n(About!)<br \/>\nPush through the night<br \/>\n(Into the light)<\/p>\n<p>Find a way<br \/>\nTo survive<\/p>\n<p>Sprout!<br \/>\n(Sprout!)<br \/>\nRoot and rise<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nA forest isn&#8217;t planted<br \/>\nAll at once and all alike<br \/>\nSome arrive by wind<br \/>\nSome arrive by wildlife<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Melodic Roots-Rock Lead With Acoustic Guitar, Hammond Organ, Warm Bass and Rolling Drums]<br \/>\n[Bridge]<br \/>\nResilience isn&#8217;t silence<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s persistence)<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t never bending<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s resistance)<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t being certain<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s adapting)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s finding one more way<br \/>\nWhen the first way isn&#8217;t happening<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nSprout<br \/>\n(Reach out)<\/p>\n<p>Root<br \/>\n(Grow)<\/p>\n<p>Push through<br \/>\n(What you know)<\/p>\n<p>Darkness isn&#8217;t proof<br \/>\nThat nothing&#8217;s there<br \/>\n(As it struggles&#8230;)<br \/>\nReaching for the air<\/p>\n<p>Just enough life<br \/>\n(To begin again)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Acoustic Guitar, Bass and Soft Piano]<br \/>\nIf it was in doubt&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered]<br \/>\nThat it would sprout&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The essence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Of resilience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(You&#8217;re about to find out)<\/p>\n<p>[Soft Response]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s in our presence.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nIf it was in doubt<br \/>\n(That it would sprout)<br \/>\nThe essence<br \/>\n(Of resilience)<br \/>\n&#8230; is in our presence<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Acoustic Guitar and Hammond Organ Over Warm Bass; Soft Synth and Gentle Percussion Gradually Fade]<br \/>\nIf it was in doubt<br \/>\n(That it would sprout)<br \/>\nThe essence<br \/>\n(Of resilience)<br \/>\n&#8230; is in our presence<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, fading]<br \/>\nLook out!<br \/>\n(Watch us sprout)<\/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: Bright Acoustic Guitar Picking, Warm Bass, Light Drums, Hammond Organ and Gentle Analog Synth] [Spoken Vocal] Put a seed in the ground&#8230; Give it a little time to be found You might surprise&#8230; (As it starts to rise) [Verse 1] Buried [&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-55201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55201","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=55201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55202,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55201\/revisions\/55202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}