{"id":48559,"date":"2025-11-25T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=48559"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:33:19","slug":"abrasive-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/11\/25\/abrasive-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrasive Substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp3\">Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp4\">Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Abrasive-Substance.mp3\">Abrasive-Substance.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Abrasive-Substance.mp4\">Abrasive-Substance.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XVII\/Abrasive-Substance-intro.mp3\">Abrasive-Substance-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nAbrasive substance<br \/>\n(Rubs me the wrong way)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYour whiskers<br \/>\n(When pressed to flesh)<br \/>\nShouts from whispers<br \/>\n(Will blood be fresh)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAbrasive substance<br \/>\n(Rubs me the wrong way)<br \/>\nAbuse of existence<br \/>\n(Watching life decay)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nAs for me<br \/>\n&#8230; my destiny&#8230;<br \/>\n(Free)<br \/>\nFreewill<br \/>\n(Now until&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nSand in my sheets<br \/>\n(Blood on the streets)<br \/>\nShouts from whispers<br \/>\n(Complete disasters)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAbrasive substance<br \/>\n(Rubs me the wrong way)<br \/>\nAbuse of existence<br \/>\n(Watching life decay)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nAs for me<br \/>\n&#8230; my destiny&#8230;<br \/>\n(Free)<br \/>\nFreewill<br \/>\n(Now until&#8230;)<br \/>\nUntil I&#8230;<br \/>\n(Fly)<br \/>\nNever say die!<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n(Avoid)<br \/>\nAbrasive substances<br \/>\n(Rather float away)<br \/>\nAbuse of existence<br \/>\n(Is not my foray)<br \/>\nCherish the moment<br \/>\n(Minute by minute)<br \/>\n&#8230; the moment<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"111\" data-end=\"433\">The new release of the day, <strong data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"164\">\u201cAbrasive Substance,\u201d<\/strong> is a song about <em data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"189\">thanks<\/em> and <em data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"202\">giving<\/em>\u2014and the choice each of us faces in how we move through the world. Do you spend your life as an abrasive substance, grinding down everyone and everything you touch? Or do you choose to be a force that helps set <strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"425\">freewill<\/strong> free?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"624\">Built on a gritty electric-guitar rhythm riff and grounded by earthy organ and keyboard layers, the track explores the tension between destructive habits and intentional, meaningful living.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"666\">The lyrics paint the contrast clearly:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"1273\">\n<li data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"815\">\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"815\"><strong data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"715\">\u201cSand in my sheets \/ Blood on the streets\u201d<\/strong> evokes irritation turning into violence\u2014how small frictions escalate when we let bitterness rule.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1042\">\n<p data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"1042\">The refrain <strong data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"878\">\u201cAbrasive substance \/ Rubs me the wrong way\u201d<\/strong> reflects how corrosive attitudes erode not only others but ourselves, leading to the <strong data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"988\">\u201cabuse of existence\u201d<\/strong> and the slow decay of what makes life worth living.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1273\">\n<p data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1273\">The bridge shifts the tone: a personal declaration of liberation. <strong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1172\">\u201cAs for me\u2026 my destiny\u2026 free \/ Freewill now until\u2026 I fly\u201d<\/strong> signals a conscious refusal to live in anger, choosing instead perseverance, openness, and agency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1416\">By the outro, the message crystallizes: avoid abrasive ways of being, rise above the friction, and <strong data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1415\">cherish each moment, minute by minute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1543\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cAbrasive Substance\u201d is ultimately a song about choosing gratitude over grievance\u2014and remembering that freedom begins inside.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"cetner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/band\/thanksgiving.html\">KingArthur Holiday Band: Thanksgiving<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A bonus track from <a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/christmas-bliss\/\">Christmas Bliss<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/in-the-rough\/\">In the Rough<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/\">Christmas Home<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp3 Abrasive-Substance-Best-Of.mp4 Abrasive-Substance.mp3 Abrasive-Substance.mp4 Abrasive-Substance-intro.mp3 [Intro] Abrasive substance (Rubs me the wrong way) [Verse 1] Your whiskers (When pressed to flesh) Shouts from whispers (Will blood be fresh) [Chorus] Abrasive substance (Rubs me the wrong way) Abuse of existence (Watching life decay) [Bridge] As for me &#8230; my destiny&#8230; (Free) Freewill (Now until&#8230;) [Verse 2] [&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":[7,9,14],"tags":[4173,4184,845],"class_list":["post-48559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-christmas-bliss","tag-in-the-rough","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48559"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48593,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48559\/revisions\/48593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}