{"id":43213,"date":"2025-04-27T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43213"},"modified":"2025-04-27T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:30:09","slug":"the-long-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/04\/27\/the-long-way-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

The-Long-Way-I.mp3<\/a>
\nThe-Long-Way-I.mp4<\/a>
\nThe-Long-Way-Unplugged-Underground-XVIII.mp3<\/a>
\nThe-Long-Way-Unplugged-Underground-XVIII.mp4<\/a>
\nThe-Long-Way-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nWhat do you say
\n(Take the long way)
\nAnd wrap around
\n(Where the sound’s found?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nShout!
\n(Spread out)
\nWait!
\n(Don’t dissipate)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nAnticipate
\nTake the long way
\n(Around the bend)
\nLet’s stretch out the day
\n(With the music we lend)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nWhat do you say
\n(Take the long way)
\nAnd wrap around
\n(Where the sound’s found?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nShout!
\n(Find out)
\nBend!
\n(Blend smoothly)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nNaturally
\nTake the long way
\n(Around the bend)
\nLet’s stretch out the play
\n(And the message we send)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nWhat do you say
\n(Take the long way)
\nAnd wrap around
\n(Where the sound’s found?)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nTake the long way
\n(Let’s sway)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n

In a reflex angle<\/strong>, instead of measuring the small<\/em> angle between two lines, you’re measuring the bigger, bent-back<\/em> sweep \u2014 the part that “wraps around<\/strong>” past 180\u00b0. It\u2019s like you’re bending the angle backward to cover the larger part of the circle.<\/p>\n