{"id":50889,"date":"2026-02-10T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50889"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:32:02","slug":"on-track-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/10\/on-track-again\/","title":{"rendered":"On Track Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Steady Kick Pulse, Clean Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Organ Pad, Low Bass Drone]<br \/>\n[Spoken word]<br \/>\nHaven&#8217;t you heard<br \/>\n(All aboard!)<br \/>\nJust like that<br \/>\n(We can put it back)<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2013 Guitar Harmonics Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSteel and spark<br \/>\n(In the dark)<br \/>\nLost the line<br \/>\n(Missed the mark)<br \/>\nSignal\u2019s red<br \/>\n(Ahead, ahead)<br \/>\nBut we ain\u2019t dead<br \/>\n(Not yet, not yet)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHear that click-clack comin\u2019 back<br \/>\n(Slow and steady on the track)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis train<br \/>\n(Was driftin\u2019, driftin\u2019, driftin\u2019)<br \/>\nOff the side<br \/>\n(shiftin\u2019, shiftin\u2019, shiftin\u2019)<br \/>\nBut just like that<br \/>\nWe decide\u2026 (to realign)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2013 Pulsing Bass, Snare Build, Organ Swell]<br \/>\nSwitch the rail<br \/>\n(Tell the tale)<br \/>\nEvery fail<br \/>\n(Leaves a trail)<br \/>\n[Short Guitar Solo \u2013 melodic, resolving]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nToo much speed<br \/>\n(Too much need)<br \/>\nToo much greed<br \/>\n(Plant the seed)<br \/>\nEase the brake<br \/>\n(For our sake)<br \/>\nGive and take<br \/>\n(What we make)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHear that rhythm in the wheels<br \/>\n(That\u2019s the sound of somethin\u2019 real)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHey! Hey! Train, feel the gain<br \/>\n(Climbin\u2019, climbin\u2019, climbin\u2019)<br \/>\nBack in line<br \/>\n(Timin\u2019, timin\u2019, timin\u2019)<br \/>\nKnowin\u2019 we can<br \/>\nRedesign\u2026 (the line)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Organ Stabs, Guitar Solo \u2014 brighter, upward phrasing]<br \/>\n[Percussion Breakdown \u2014 rail clacks sampled rhythmically]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nOff track once<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t mean forever)<br \/>\nSteel can bend<br \/>\n(But it holds together)<br \/>\nHuman nature<br \/>\n(Can control the roll)<br \/>\nMind the switch<br \/>\n(Reclaim the soul)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Snare March, Rising Synth Filter, Open Hi-Hats]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nHey! Hey! Train, now explain<br \/>\n(Rollin\u2019, rollin\u2019, rollin\u2019)<br \/>\nBack on the rails<br \/>\n(Rollin\u2019, rollin\u2019, rollin\u2019)<br \/>\nKnowin\u2019 we learn<br \/>\nFrom the fails\u2026 (prevails)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2013 Piano and Organ Sustain, Guitar Echo Lines]<br \/>\nClick-clack sound<br \/>\n(Safe and sound)<br \/>\nTurned it \u2018round<br \/>\n(Track we found)<br \/>\nAs we roll (heel to heel)<br \/>\nKnow how it feels (it feels)<br \/>\n\u2026 for real.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Wayward\/\">Wayward<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Steady Kick Pulse, Clean Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Organ Pad, Low Bass Drone] [Spoken word] Haven&#8217;t you heard (All aboard!) Just like that (We can put it back) [Instrumental \u2013 Guitar Harmonics Rising] [Verse 1] Steel and spark (In the dark) Lost the line [&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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50889","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=50889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50891,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50889\/revisions\/50891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}