{"id":50922,"date":"2026-02-11T15:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50922"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:28:11","slug":"a-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/11\/a-why\/","title":{"rendered":"A Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nA simple why<br \/>\n(Why?)<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Soft Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nListening:<br \/>\n(Heart inside)<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2014 Clean Guitar Arpeggios, Low Organ Pad Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSpinning in circles<br \/>\n(Tracing old ground)<br \/>\nChasing reflections<br \/>\n(Lost then found)<br \/>\nReading the signals<br \/>\n(Buried in noise)<br \/>\nTrading our silence<br \/>\n(For reckless choice)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSlow it down fast<br \/>\n(Steady the flow)<br \/>\nMake it last<br \/>\n(Let it grow)<br \/>\nWhen the map fades black<br \/>\n(Look to the sky)<br \/>\nFind true north<br \/>\n(Ask &#8220;not why&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nA simple why<br \/>\n(Why?)<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nAnswering:<br \/>\n(Not awry)<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2014 Guitar Solo, smoother, melodic]<br \/>\n[Organ Swells, Bass Walking Upward, Snare March Softened]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nCity of mirrors<br \/>\n(Neon disguise)<br \/>\nTruth in the static<br \/>\n(Hidden in lies)<br \/>\nStep off the spiral<br \/>\n(Break the refrain)<br \/>\nCut through the chaos<br \/>\n(Rewire the brain)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSlow it down fast<br \/>\n(Steady the flow)<br \/>\nMake it last<br \/>\n(Let it grow)<br \/>\nWhen the road bends back<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t deny)<br \/>\nFind true north<br \/>\n(Clarify)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nTurning:<br \/>\n(Realign)<br \/>\nWe can draw the line<br \/>\n(One step at a time)<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2014 Guitar and Piano Dual Solo, less angular, more soaring]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs Resolve into Sustained Chords]<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nBack on the track<br \/>\n(No alibi)<br \/>\nFuture intact<br \/>\n(No more awry)<br \/>\nNo more &#8220;why&#8221;<br \/>\n(No, don&#8217;t cry)<br \/>\nHold the course<br \/>\n(Amplify)<br \/>\nTrue north found<br \/>\n(We testify)<\/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] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] A simple why (Why?) [Instrumental, Guitar Solo] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Soft Spoken Vocal] Listening: (Heart inside) [Instrumental \u2014 Clean Guitar Arpeggios, Low Organ Pad Rising] [Verse 1] Spinning in circles (Tracing old ground) Chasing reflections (Lost then found) [&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-50922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50922","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=50922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50934,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50922\/revisions\/50934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}