{"id":56654,"date":"2026-11-08T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56654"},"modified":"2026-11-08T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T15:19:08","slug":"lighter-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/11\/08\/lighter-load\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighter Load"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n(Shake it loose!)<br \/>\n(Let it go!)<br \/>\nNo need to carry everything<br \/>\nWherever we go!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been dragging all this weight<br \/>\nFrom yesterday&#8217;s mistakes<br \/>\nExtra worry, another scar<br \/>\nDown a road that&#8217;s gone too far<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nNow that I&#8217;ve dropped the baggage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter package)<br \/>\nLeaving behind the damage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter load&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; movin&#8217; on down the road<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t need to prove a thing<br \/>\nOr wear the weight that others bring<br \/>\nKeep the lessons, lose the chains<br \/>\nLet the sunshine through the rain<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nNow that I&#8217;ve dropped the baggage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter package)<br \/>\nLeaving behind the damage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter load&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; movin&#8217; on down the road<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Half-Time Groove]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t confuse&#8230;<br \/>\n(Letting go!)<br \/>\nWith giving up&#8230;<br \/>\n(No, no, no!)<\/p>\n<p>I keep the wisdom<br \/>\nI leave the pain<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t keep walking<br \/>\nIn yesterday&#8217;s rain<\/p>\n<p>No more anchors<br \/>\n(No more chains)<br \/>\nNo more carrying<br \/>\n(Someone else&#8217;s blame)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s ahead?<br \/>\n(A brand-new view!)<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s behind?<br \/>\n(I already knew!)<\/p>\n<p>Lighter!<br \/>\n(Brighter!)<br \/>\nKeep on moving!<br \/>\n(Keep improving!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nNow that I&#8217;ve dropped the baggage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter package)<br \/>\nLeaving behind the damage<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a much lighter load&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; movin&#8217; on down the road<\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;ve dropped the baggage<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m no longer dragging that)<br \/>\nLeaving behind the damage<br \/>\n(No more living in the past)<br \/>\n&#8230; movin&#8217; on down the road<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDrop it!<br \/>\n(Leave it behind!)<br \/>\nShake it!<br \/>\n(Free your mind!)<\/p>\n<p>Lighter load&#8230;<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s the way to go!)<br \/>\nLighter load&#8230;<br \/>\n(Just let it go!)<\/p>\n<p>Movin&#8217; on&#8230;<br \/>\n(On and on!)<br \/>\nDown the road&#8230;<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>No more baggage&#8230;<br \/>\n(Much less damage!)<br \/>\nAhhh&#8230; a lighter load&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Vista\/\">Vista<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] (Shake it loose!) (Let it go!) No need to carry everything Wherever we go! [Verse 1] I&#8217;ve been dragging all this weight From yesterday&#8217;s mistakes Extra worry, another scar Down a road that&#8217;s gone too far [Refrain] Now that I&#8217;ve dropped the baggage (It&#8217;s a much lighter package) Leaving behind the damage (It&#8217;s a [&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":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56654","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=56654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56663,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56654\/revisions\/56663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}