{"id":50258,"date":"2026-01-21T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50258"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:59:53","slug":"standing-near-a-black-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/01\/21\/standing-near-a-black-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Near a Black Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n(I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.)<br \/>\nHanging at the corner of space-time<br \/>\n(Ohh, oh, oh)<br \/>\nStanding next to a black hole<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s roll)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.)<br \/>\nHanging at the corner of space-time<br \/>\n(In my prime)<br \/>\nStanding next to a black hole<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s roll)<br \/>\nTake a leap of faith?<br \/>\n(What a waste)<br \/>\nTake a leap<br \/>\n(Into the future)<br \/>\nTake a peep<br \/>\n(If we&#8217;ll endure)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.)<br \/>\nHanging at the corner of space-time<br \/>\n(In my prime)<br \/>\nStanding next to a black hole<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s roll)<br \/>\nThe gravity of the situation<br \/>\nIs slowing you down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<br \/>\nThe irony of our relation<br \/>\nGives me the faith to leap<br \/>\n(Time ain&#8217;t cheap)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n(I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.)<br \/>\nHanging at the corner of space-time<br \/>\n(In my prime)<br \/>\nStanding next to a black hole<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n(Let&#8217;s roll)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let it drag you down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<br \/>\nTake a leap with me<br \/>\n(Come and see)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nTime Travel into the Future<br \/>\nPhysically, traveling into the future is a proven reality through time dilation. For example, intense gravity slows time. Standing near a black hole would cause time to pass much slower for you than for someone in deep space, effectively allowing you to &#8220;leap&#8221; into their future.<\/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] (I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.) Hanging at the corner of space-time (Ohh, oh, oh) Standing next to a black hole [Bridge] (Let&#8217;s roll) [Refrain] (I&#8217;mmmmm&#8230;.) Hanging at the corner of space-time (In my prime) Standing next to a black hole [Bridge] (Let&#8217;s roll) Take a leap of faith? (What a waste) Take a leap (Into the future) Take [&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],"tags":[4200],"class_list":["post-50258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-the-future"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258","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=50258"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50282,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50258\/revisions\/50282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}