{"id":50567,"date":"2026-01-30T13:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50567"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:09:15","slug":"after-the-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/01\/30\/after-the-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nAshes from the tyrant\u2019s chant<br \/>\n(Static echoes from the pulpit)<br \/>\nPure bull (shhhhh)&#8230; it<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nEvery lie leaves a stain<br \/>\n(On the ledger of the slain)<br \/>\nHear their shout, hear their plea<br \/>\n(Chains forged quietly)<br \/>\nPromises written in sand<br \/>\n(Bloodied sleight of hand)<br \/>\nPower draped in flags<br \/>\n(Hollow humblebrags)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou can bend the truth till it screams<br \/>\n(Build empires out of memes)<br \/>\nBut gravity pulls on kings<br \/>\n(On all fragile things)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAfter the rant comes the fall<br \/>\n(Every tower, every wall)<br \/>\nAfter the fire and smoke<br \/>\n(The spell is broke)<br \/>\nNo crown survives the light<br \/>\n(No endless night)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nCourts of mirrors crack<br \/>\n(History answers back)<br \/>\nFear can flood the square<br \/>\n(But truth is still there)<br \/>\nYou can silence a choir<br \/>\n(Build higher barbed wire)<br \/>\nBut whispers multiply<br \/>\n(You can\u2019t jail the sky)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\nHe fed on division<br \/>\n(Precision incision)<br \/>\nBut hunger grows thin<br \/>\n(When the crowd won\u2019t give in)<\/p>\n<p>Listen \u2014 the people chant<br \/>\n(Not the tyrant\u2019s rant)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Bigger, Harmonized]<br \/>\nAfter the rant comes the rise<br \/>\n(Open eyes)<br \/>\nAfter deceit and spin<br \/>\n(We begin again)<br \/>\nNo throne stands alone<br \/>\n(Seeds are sown)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Bridge]<br \/>\nBut we just can\u2019t\u2026<br \/>\n(We won\u2019t recant)<br \/>\nListen to the tyrant rant<br \/>\n(The bully puppet in the pulpit)<br \/>\nWe turn the page<br \/>\n(Exit the cage)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nWhen he rants<br \/>\n(His chants\u2026)<br \/>\nFade to air<br \/>\n(Truth laid bare)<br \/>\nNo more fears<br \/>\n(New frontiers)<br \/>\nSo we can\u2019t<br \/>\n(Listen to the tyrant rant)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rebellion\/\">Rebellion<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] Ashes from the tyrant\u2019s chant (Static echoes from the pulpit) Pure bull (shhhhh)&#8230; it [Verse 1] Every lie leaves a stain (On the ledger of the slain) Hear their shout, hear their plea (Chains forged quietly) Promises written in sand (Bloodied sleight of hand) Power draped in flags (Hollow humblebrags) [Pre-Chorus] You can bend [&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":[4203],"class_list":["post-50567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-rebellion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50567","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=50567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50572,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50567\/revisions\/50572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}