{"id":56244,"date":"2026-10-23T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56244"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:56:11","slug":"return-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/10\/23\/return-of-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nBlack sky, no sign<br \/>\nLost track of space and time<br \/>\nA distant glow, a rising flame<br \/>\nNot much feels the same<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI was waiting in the darkness<br \/>\nWith the silence closing in<br \/>\nCouldn&#8217;t see beyond the shadows<br \/>\nCouldn&#8217;t tell where to begin<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWas it always there?<br \/>\nHidden somewhere in the air?<br \/>\nWas I looking the other way?<br \/>\nWaiting for another day?<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThere was no light<br \/>\n(Throughout the night)<br \/>\nThen&#8230; it was done<br \/>\n(Return of the sun)<\/p>\n<p>Now that I can see&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s dawning on me)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nGolden fingers through the window<br \/>\nPaint the walls a shade of gold<br \/>\nAll the things I thought had vanished<br \/>\nCome alive before my soul<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThere was no light<br \/>\n(Throughout the night)<br \/>\nThen&#8230; it was done<br \/>\n(Return of the sun)<\/p>\n<p>Now that I can see&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s dawning on me)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nNight was not here forever<br \/>\nThough it seemed it never passed<br \/>\nJust as storms will lose its thunder<br \/>\nKnow the shadow fades at last<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThere was no light<br \/>\n(Throughout the night)<br \/>\nThen&#8230; it was done<br \/>\n(Return of the sun)<\/p>\n<p>Now that I can see&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s dawning on me)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nHere comes the light<br \/>\n(Shining so bright)<br \/>\nHere comes the sun<br \/>\n(Return from none)<\/p>\n<p>Open your eyes<br \/>\n(Watch the sunrise)<br \/>\nA new day&#8217;s begun<br \/>\n(Return of the sun)<\/p>\n<p>Now that I can see&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s dawning on me)<br \/>\nNow that I am free&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s all I can be)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nThere was no light&#8230;<br \/>\n(Throughout the night&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Then&#8230; it was done&#8230;<br \/>\n(Return of the sun&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Now that I can see&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s dawning on me)<\/p>\n<p>Return of the sun&#8230;<br \/>\n(The darkness&#8230; done&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Vista\/\">Vista<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] Black sky, no sign Lost track of space and time A distant glow, a rising flame Not much feels the same [Verse 1] I was waiting in the darkness With the silence closing in Couldn&#8217;t see beyond the shadows Couldn&#8217;t tell where to begin [Pre-Chorus] [&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-56244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56244","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=56244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56269,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56244\/revisions\/56269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}