{"id":55284,"date":"2026-09-01T13:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55284"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:43:56","slug":"the-energy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/01\/the-energy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro]<br \/>\n[Deep Bass Pulse, Electric Guitar Harmonics, Piano, Hammond Organ and Slow-Building Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWhere does it go<br \/>\nWhen the fire dies?<br \/>\nCan you follow the flow<br \/>\nTo where the energy rides?<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHeat in the pavement<br \/>\nWind in the trees<br \/>\nWater keeps moving<br \/>\nAcross the seas<\/p>\n<p>The world keeps turning<br \/>\nRound and around<br \/>\nEnergy shifting<br \/>\nAs thoughts keep drifting<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nOh can&#8217;t you see&#8230;<br \/>\n(The energy)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t be created<br \/>\n(Or destroyed)<\/p>\n<p>Exasperated<br \/>\nAnnoyed<br \/>\n(&#8230; or&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Revitalization<br \/>\nDeployed<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nA mountain holds it<br \/>\nHigh in the air<br \/>\nGravity&#8217;s waiting<br \/>\nPotential there<\/p>\n<p>Then comes the falling<br \/>\nDown comes the stone<br \/>\nPotential transforms<br \/>\nInto motion alone<\/p>\n<p>Heat from the friction<br \/>\nSound from the crash<br \/>\nLight from the lightning<br \/>\nEnergy in a flash<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nExasperation<br \/>\nCan turn into drive<br \/>\nAnnoyance can signal<br \/>\nThat something&#8217;s alive<\/p>\n<p>A setback can become<br \/>\nA reason to try<br \/>\nA spark can become<br \/>\nA fire in the sky<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nOh can&#8217;t you see&#8230;<br \/>\n(The energy)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t be created<br \/>\n(Or destroyed)<\/p>\n<p>Exasperated<br \/>\nAnnoyed<br \/>\n(&#8230; or&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Revitalization<br \/>\nDeployed<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Riff, Hammond Organ and Driving Bass; Drums Build Into a Heavy Rhythmic Groove]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t make it<br \/>\nOut of nothing<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t make it<br \/>\nDisappear<\/p>\n<p>Can you redirect it<br \/>\nTransform it a bit<br \/>\nJust to be clear&#8230;<br \/>\nCan you make it useful here?<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken]<br \/>\nAnger&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Into action.<\/p>\n<p>Frustration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Let it become invention.<\/p>\n<p>Exhaustion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A beacon&#8230;  a signal<br \/>\nthat something needs to change.<br \/>\n(Rearrange)<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<\/p>\n<p>Energy!<br \/>\n(Transforming me!)<\/p>\n<p>Moving through the system!<br \/>\n(Yes, &#8220;I am&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Heat!<br \/>\n(To the beat!)<\/p>\n<p>Motion!<br \/>\n(Notion!)<\/p>\n<p>Potential waiting<br \/>\nFor promotion!<\/p>\n<p>Stored!<br \/>\n(Roared!)<\/p>\n<p>Released!<\/p>\n<p>Changed!<br \/>\n(Rearranged!)<\/p>\n<p>Reconfigured!<br \/>\n(Go figure)<\/p>\n<p>Nothing lost!<br \/>\n(Nothing gained!)<br \/>\nJust not&#8230; quite the same!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; keeps<br \/>\nMoving on!<br \/>\n(And on and on and on)<\/p>\n<p>Exasperated!<br \/>\n(Annoyed!)<\/p>\n<p>Turn it into motion!<\/p>\n<p>Revitalization!<br \/>\n(Deployed!)<\/p>\n<p>Set the energy<br \/>\nIn a new direction!<\/p>\n<p>[Build]<br \/>\n[Drums Enter Gradually; Guitar and Hammond Rise]<\/p>\n<p>Change the form!<\/p>\n<p>(Change the norm!)<\/p>\n<p>Change the direction!<\/p>\n<p>(Change the introspection!)<\/p>\n<p>Take the frustration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And make it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>REVITALIZATION!<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nOh can&#8217;t you see&#8230;<br \/>\n(The energy)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t be created<br \/>\n(Or destroyed)<\/p>\n<p>Exasperated<br \/>\nAnnoyed<br \/>\n(&#8230; or&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Revitalization<br \/>\nDeployed<\/p>\n<p>[Climactic Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Full Band: Massive Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ, Piano and Synth; Rising Progressive-Rock Finale]<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken Over Instrumental]<\/p>\n<p>The question isn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Where did the energy go?<\/p>\n<p>The question is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What form did it take?<br \/>\n(What impression did it make)<\/p>\n<p>And what will we do&#8230;<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m asking you)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<\/p>\n<p>THE ENERGY!<br \/>\n(Certainty)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Fade: Bass Pulse, Sustained Guitar Chord and Hammond Organ]<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t be created&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t be destroyed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Only transformed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Redirected&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Deployed.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Fluidization\/\">Fluidization<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro] [Deep Bass Pulse, Electric Guitar Harmonics, Piano, Hammond Organ and Slow-Building Drums] [Verse 1] Where does it go When the fire dies? Can you follow the flow To where the energy rides? [Pre-Chorus] Heat in the pavement Wind in the trees Water keeps moving Across the seas The world keeps turning Round and [&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-55284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55284","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=55284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55287,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55284\/revisions\/55287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}