{"id":50233,"date":"2026-01-20T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50233"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:08:37","slug":"past-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/01\/20\/past-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nWill the past last?<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t quite put my finger on it<br \/>\n(Not really within my grasp)<br \/>\nGiven some thought&#8230; perhaps not<br \/>\n(Hard to present the past)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWill the past last?<br \/>\nAs permanent as it may be<br \/>\n(History is illusionary)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nYesterdays slip through my fingers<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s only memory that lingers)<br \/>\nIn fact&#8230; is there any other time<br \/>\n(Than the one I&#8217;m in)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not certain<br \/>\nAlas, the past can&#8217;t last<br \/>\nAs permanent as it may be<br \/>\n(History is illusionary)<br \/>\nThough it will never change<br \/>\n(Yes, it seems quite strange)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nYesterdays slip through my fingers<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s only a memory that lingers)<br \/>\nNo, I can&#8217;t put my finger on it<br \/>\n(No, not within my grasp)<br \/>\nDoes the past last<br \/>\n(Given some thought&#8230; perhaps not)<\/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] Will the past last? [Verse 1] I can&#8217;t quite put my finger on it (Not really within my grasp) Given some thought&#8230; perhaps not (Hard to present the past) [Bridge] Will the past last? As permanent as it may be (History is illusionary) [Verse 2] Yesterdays slip through my fingers (It&#8217;s only memory that [&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":[9,14],"tags":[4200],"class_list":["post-50233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-the-future"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50233","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=50233"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50239,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50233\/revisions\/50239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}