{"id":50962,"date":"2026-02-13T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50962"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:47:55","slug":"zoom-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/13\/zoom-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Deep Bass Drone, Slow Organ Swell, Clean Guitar Harmonics, Expanding Synth Pad]<br \/>\nZoom out<br \/>\n(Farther, farther, farther)<br \/>\nBeyond doubt<br \/>\n(Wider than we are)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Sustained Guitar Notes \u2014 spacious, echoing]<br \/>\n[Low Tom Pulse, Ambient Organ]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFrom mountain height<br \/>\n(To continental drift)<br \/>\nFrom city lights<br \/>\n(To tectonic shift)<br \/>\nSee the lines connect<br \/>\n(Invisible threads)<br \/>\nCause and effect<br \/>\n(In what we\u2019ve said)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental: Pulsing Bass, Organ Arpeggio, Muted Guitar Texture, Rising Synth Sweep]<br \/>\nZoom out<br \/>\n(Farther, farther, farther)<br \/>\nCount the cost<br \/>\n(Measure the matter)<br \/>\n[Snare March builds slowly]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTake the long view<br \/>\n(Time is the teacher)<br \/>\nSee what we do<br \/>\n(Shapes every feature)<br \/>\nEvery small act<br \/>\n(Fractals the whole)<br \/>\nPull back the map<br \/>\n(And measure the soul)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2014 Saxophone Solo, expansive and melodic]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nHow vast is the frame<br \/>\n(Generations deep?)<br \/>\nIs fortune and fame<br \/>\n(All we mean to keep?)<br \/>\nEmpires rise<br \/>\n(Entropy wins)<br \/>\nScale implies<br \/>\n(Where truth begins)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nPerspective shifts (lift)<br \/>\n[Soft Piano Motif]<br \/>\nWe are brief<br \/>\n(But not without weight)<\/p>\n<p>[Organ Swell \u2014 crescendo]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTake the long view<br \/>\n(Time is the teacher)<br \/>\nSee what we do<br \/>\n(Shapes every feature)<br \/>\nEvery small spark<br \/>\n(Ignites the chain)<br \/>\nWide as the dark<br \/>\n(We\u2019re all contained)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Interlude]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 less angular, more soaring]<br \/>\n[Organ Pads, Expanding Synth Layers]<br \/>\n[Percussion builds gradually]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Expanded]<br \/>\nTake the broad view<br \/>\n(See the whole picture)<br \/>\nScale what is true<br \/>\n(Bigger than scripture)<br \/>\nFrom atom to star<br \/>\n(The pattern repeats)<br \/>\nWho we are<br \/>\n(Is what we keep)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nZoom out<br \/>\n(Farther, farther)<br \/>\nHold doubt<br \/>\n(Light as a feather)<br \/>\nMacroscopic<br \/>\n(We belong)<br \/>\nThe whole topic<br \/>\n(Is one song)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Fade \u2014 Bass Pulse dissolves into airy synth]<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Macroscopic-Perspective\/\">Macroscopic Perspective<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Deep Bass Drone, Slow Organ Swell, Clean Guitar Harmonics, Expanding Synth Pad] Zoom out (Farther, farther, farther) Beyond doubt (Wider than we are) [Instrumental] [Sustained Guitar Notes \u2014 spacious, echoing] [Low Tom Pulse, Ambient Organ] [Verse 1] From mountain height (To continental drift) 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