{"id":55647,"date":"2026-09-23T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55647"},"modified":"2026-09-23T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:02:33","slug":"believe-it-or-naught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/23\/believe-it-or-naught\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe It or Naught"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Bouncy synth bass, four-on-the-floor beat, handclaps]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nBelieve it or not&#8230;<br \/>\n(What?)<br \/>\nBelieve it or naught&#8230;<br \/>\n(Oh, that.)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou can close your eyes<br \/>\n(And count to three)<br \/>\nYou can tell yourself<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s not reality)<\/p>\n<p>You can dance around<br \/>\n(The obvious)<br \/>\nBut reality<br \/>\n(Still dances with us)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nThink it through<br \/>\n(Or don&#8217;t!)<br \/>\nQuestion why<br \/>\n(Or won&#8217;t!)<br \/>\nWhat you see<br \/>\n(May be)<br \/>\nMore than what<br \/>\n(You want to be!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBelieve it<br \/>\n(Or naught)<br \/>\nConceive<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>Believe<br \/>\n(Beyond naive)<br \/>\nBelieve it<br \/>\n(Or naught)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFacts don&#8217;t need<br \/>\n(A wedding ring)<br \/>\nTruth won&#8217;t care<br \/>\n(What songs you sing)<\/p>\n<p>You can shake your head<br \/>\n(And say &#8220;Nope!&#8221;)<br \/>\nReality<br \/>\n(Still has hope!)<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nBelieve it!<br \/>\n(Or not!)<br \/>\nConceive!<br \/>\n(Reality!)<\/p>\n<p>Believe it!<br \/>\n(Or naught!)<br \/>\nNaught!<br \/>\n(Nothing!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nIf you doubt the ground<br \/>\n(Then don&#8217;t look down)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t doubt the beat<br \/>\n(When you move your feet!)<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to know<br \/>\n(The whole damn plot)<br \/>\nJust don&#8217;t confuse<br \/>\n(What is with what is not!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nBelieve it<br \/>\n(Or naught)<br \/>\nConceive<br \/>\n(Reality)<\/p>\n<p>Believe<br \/>\n(Beyond naive)<br \/>\nBelieve it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or naught&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; is all ya got.<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nBelieve it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or not&#8230;)<br \/>\nReality&#8230;<br \/>\n(Dance it out!)<\/p>\n<p>Believe it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or naught&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; is all ya got.<br \/>\n(Naught is all you&#8217;ve got)<br \/>\n[Fade out]<br \/>\nNaught is all you&#8217;ve got<br \/>\n(Naught is all you&#8217;ve got)<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Present-Tense\/\">Present Tense<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Bouncy synth bass, four-on-the-floor beat, handclaps] [Intro] Believe it or not&#8230; (What?) Believe it or naught&#8230; (Oh, that.) [Verse 1] You can close your eyes (And count to three) You can tell yourself (It&#8217;s not reality) You can dance around (The obvious) But reality (Still dances with us) [Pre-Chorus] Think it through [&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-55647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55647","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=55647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55660,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55647\/revisions\/55660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}