{"id":55831,"date":"2026-10-02T14:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55831"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:05:25","slug":"through-the-curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/10\/02\/through-the-curtains\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nBehind the curtain<br \/>\n(Beyond the room)<br \/>\nSomething is shining<br \/>\n(Dispelling the gloom)<\/p>\n<p>A little bit of daylight<br \/>\n(Slipping through)<br \/>\nA world beyond the window<br \/>\n(Waiting for you)<\/p>\n<p>Through the curtains<br \/>\n(Life begins)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHeavy cloth is hanging<br \/>\n(Blocking out the sun)<br \/>\nShadows on the ceiling<br \/>\n(Where the light has run)<\/p>\n<p>Standing in the darkness<br \/>\n(Thinking that it&#8217;s night)<br \/>\nNever seeing clearly<br \/>\n(What is hiding in the light)<\/p>\n<p>Pull a little closer<br \/>\n(Pull the fabric wide)<br \/>\nLook a little farther<br \/>\n(&#8230; to the other side)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn your head<br \/>\n(Change the angle)<br \/>\nLift from dread<br \/>\n(Greet an angel)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThrough the drapes&#8230;<br \/>\n(The view escapes)<br \/>\nLight beyond the veils<br \/>\n(The comparison pales)<\/p>\n<p>What point of view&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; have you?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nOne window faces east<br \/>\n(Another faces west)<br \/>\nSame world outside<br \/>\n(Different light at best)<\/p>\n<p>One sees the sunrise<br \/>\n(One sees the night)<br \/>\nOne sees the storm clouds<br \/>\n(One sees the light)<\/p>\n<p>Perspective is a prism<br \/>\n(Breaking up the beam)<br \/>\nTurn it in your fingers<br \/>\n(Watch the colors gleam)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLook left<br \/>\n(Look right)<br \/>\nStep back<br \/>\n(See light)<\/p>\n<p>Through the curtains<br \/>\n(Look out again)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThrough the drapes&#8230;<br \/>\n(The view escapes)<br \/>\nLight beyond the veils<br \/>\n(The comparison pales)<\/p>\n<p>What point of view&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; have you?)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nStep into view<br \/>\n(Feel what&#8217;s true)<br \/>\nFollow the angle<br \/>\n(Let the thought dangle)<\/p>\n<p>Pull the drapes!<br \/>\n(Pull &#8217;em wide!)<\/p>\n<p>Let the daylight<br \/>\n(Inside!)<\/p>\n<p>Look around!<br \/>\n(Look around!)<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a view to be found!<\/p>\n<p>Through the curtains<br \/>\n(The scene is certain)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThrough the drapes&#8230;<br \/>\n(The view escapes)<br \/>\nLight beyond the veils<br \/>\n(The comparison pales)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nWhat point of view&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; have you?)<\/p>\n<p>Through the drapes&#8230;<br \/>\n(The world awaits)<br \/>\nPull back the veil<br \/>\n(And open the gates)<\/p>\n<p>The point of view&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230; with you)<\/p>\n<p>Through the curtains<br \/>\n(Life begins)<\/p>\n<p>Look and see&#8230;<br \/>\nYou n&#8217; me<br \/>\n(&#8230; in reality)<\/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>[Intro] Behind the curtain (Beyond the room) Something is shining (Dispelling the gloom) A little bit of daylight (Slipping through) A world beyond the window (Waiting for you) Through the curtains (Life begins) [Verse 1] Heavy cloth is hanging (Blocking out the sun) Shadows on the ceiling (Where the light has run) Standing in the [&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-55831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55831","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=55831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55854,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55831\/revisions\/55854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}