{"id":55665,"date":"2026-09-24T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55665"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:09","slug":"a-ray-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/24\/a-ray-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ray of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Shimmering synth arpeggio, chiming guitar, pulsing bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThrough the dark<br \/>\n(Do you see?)<br \/>\nA little spark<br \/>\n(Inside of me?)<\/p>\n<p>Through the noise<br \/>\n(Hear that sound?)<br \/>\nMake a choice<br \/>\n(Turn it around)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nOne little beam<br \/>\n(Can wake a dream)<br \/>\nOne little thought<br \/>\n(Can change the plot)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nDo you see<br \/>\n(A ray of light)<br \/>\nWe can be<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s set it right)<\/p>\n<p>Shine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<br \/>\nShine bright<br \/>\n(Be the light)<br \/>\nIncite<br \/>\n(Insight)<br \/>\nAlright!<\/p>\n<p>Light up<br \/>\nShine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Psychedelic Jam I]<br \/>\n[Swirling guitar \/ synth \/ handclaps]<\/p>\n<p>Light&#8230;<br \/>\n(Light&#8230;)<br \/>\nLight&#8230;<br \/>\n(Insight&#8230;)<br \/>\nSee it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Feel it&#8230;)<br \/>\nBe it&#8230;<br \/>\n(Alright!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWhen the shadows<br \/>\n(Stretch too long)<br \/>\nFind the rhythm<br \/>\n(Find the song)<\/p>\n<p>When the road<br \/>\n(Goes out of sight)<br \/>\nKeep on moving<br \/>\n(Toward the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nDo you see<br \/>\n(A ray of light)<br \/>\nWe can be<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s set it right)<\/p>\n<p>Shine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<br \/>\nShine bright<br \/>\n(Be the light)<br \/>\nIncite<br \/>\n(Insight)<br \/>\nAlright!<\/p>\n<p>Light up<br \/>\nShine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t wait<br \/>\n(For the dawn)<br \/>\nMake light<br \/>\n(And carry on)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t hide<br \/>\n(What you know)<br \/>\nLet insight<br \/>\n(Glow!)<\/p>\n<p>[Psychedelic Jam II]<br \/>\n[Extended instrumental \u2014 bass groove, wah-wah guitar, sparkling synth]<\/p>\n<p>Incite!<br \/>\n(Insight!)<br \/>\nIgnite!<br \/>\n(The night!)<br \/>\nAlright!<br \/>\n(Alright!)<br \/>\nShine!<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nDo you see<br \/>\n(A ray of light)<br \/>\nWe can be<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s set it right)<\/p>\n<p>Shine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<br \/>\nShine bright<br \/>\n(Be the light)<br \/>\nIncite<br \/>\n(Insight)<br \/>\nAlright!<\/p>\n<p>Light up<br \/>\nShine on<br \/>\n(And on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nLight up&#8230;<br \/>\n(Shine on&#8230;)<br \/>\nAnd on&#8230;<br \/>\n(And on and on&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>We just might&#8230;<br \/>\n(Be the light&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Alright!<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[End]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Full-Blown\/\">Full Blown<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Shimmering synth arpeggio, chiming guitar, pulsing bass] [Verse 1] Through the dark (Do you see?) A little spark (Inside of me?) Through the noise (Hear that sound?) Make a choice (Turn it around) [Pre-Chorus] One little beam (Can wake a dream) One little thought (Can change the plot) [Refrain] Do you see [&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-55665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55665","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=55665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55666,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55665\/revisions\/55666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}