{"id":50201,"date":"2026-01-19T20:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50201"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:39:01","slug":"things-never-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/01\/19\/things-never-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Never Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nSome things never change<br \/>\n(Despite how we might rearrange)<br \/>\nThey stay the same<br \/>\n(Remain)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe inevitability<br \/>\n(Of gravity)<br \/>\nAnd the supposed need<br \/>\n(Of greed)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Electric Piano Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSome things never change<br \/>\n(Despite how we might rearrange)<br \/>\nThey stay the same<br \/>\n(Remain)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Synth Solo, Bass, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFundamental laws<br \/>\n(Natural flaws)<br \/>\nAnd to participate<br \/>\n(In hate)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Electric Piano Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSome things never change<br \/>\n(Despite how we might rearrange)<br \/>\nThey stay the same<br \/>\n(Remain)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Synth Solo, Bass, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nAnother setting sun<br \/>\n(2 equals one plus one)<br \/>\nLove, hate, and tears<br \/>\n(Darkness and fears)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Electric Piano Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSome things never change<br \/>\n(Despite how we might rearrange)<br \/>\nThey stay the same<br \/>\n(Remain)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCan we put love above<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Synth Solo, Bass, Percussion]<br \/>\n(Lighten the load)<br \/>\nTake the high road<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Bass, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSome things never change<br \/>\n(Despite how we might rearrange)<br \/>\nThey stay the same<br \/>\n(Remain)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nCan we put love above<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Synth Solo, Bass, Percussion]<br \/>\n(Lighten the load)<br \/>\nTake the high road<br \/>\nAs for the fate of hate<br \/>\n(The message we send)<br \/>\nIn the end<br \/>\n(The end)<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Bass, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nThings that never change often fall into fundamental laws, enduring aspects of human nature, or life&#8217;s unavoidable realities, such as physics (gravity), natural cycles (sunsets), core human emotions (love, fear, bias), the past&#8217;s permanence, the inevitability of change itself, and persistent societal issues like inequality, while spiritual beliefs often focus on eternal truths or unchanging deities.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/the-future\/\">The Future<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] Some things never change (Despite how we might rearrange) They stay the same (Remain) [Verse 1] The inevitability (Of gravity) And the supposed need (Of greed) [Instrumental, Electric Piano Solo] [Chorus] Some things never change (Despite how we might rearrange) They stay the same (Remain) [Instrumental, Synth Solo, Bass, Percussion] [Verse 2] Fundamental laws [&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":[3,9,14,25],"tags":[4200],"class_list":["post-50201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-the-end","tag-the-future"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50201","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=50201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50223,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50201\/revisions\/50223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}