{"id":51113,"date":"2026-02-20T14:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51113"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:19:17","slug":"rooted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/20\/rooted\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Warm Organ Pad, Light Acoustic Strum, Sub Bass Pulse]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, playful]<br \/>\n(Knock, Knock)<br \/>\nKnock on wood<br \/>\n(We should)<br \/>\nStand up tall<br \/>\n(Not all fall)<\/p>\n<p>[Percussion taps in like fingers on bark]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFeel that grain<br \/>\n(Rings of time)<br \/>\nEvery scar<br \/>\n(A climbing line)<\/p>\n<p>Cambium layer<br \/>\n(Life between)<br \/>\nWhat we cut<br \/>\n(We\u2019ve rarely seen)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nRoots below<br \/>\n(Intertwined)<br \/>\nFungal threads<br \/>\n(Shared design)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nRooted good<br \/>\n(We would)<br \/>\nHold the ground<br \/>\n(Stand our hood)<br \/>\nBranch by branch<br \/>\n(Understood)<br \/>\nLife is better<br \/>\n(When we wood)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Guitar Riff \u2014 rhythmic, percussive]<br \/>\n[Bass Walk \u2014 earthy groove]<br \/>\n[Short Sax Fill]<br \/>\n(Knock, Knock)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nTalk to a maple<br \/>\n(Sap runs slow)<br \/>\nAsk a cedar<br \/>\n(What winds know)<\/p>\n<p>Carbon keeper<br \/>\n(Leaf by leaf)<br \/>\nQuiet worker<br \/>\n(Beyond belief)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n(Knock, Knock)<br \/>\n[Percussion Drops to Hand Drums + Sub Bass]<br \/>\nPhotosynthesis<br \/>\n(Light to bread)<br \/>\nBreathing out<br \/>\n(What we said)<\/p>\n<p>Take our waste<br \/>\n(Give us air)<br \/>\nSilent partner<br \/>\n(Always there)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Snare March + Organ Stabs]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Stronger]<br \/>\nRooted good<br \/>\n(We would)<br \/>\nMake it clear<br \/>\n(As we should)<br \/>\nClimb the canopy<br \/>\n(If we could)<br \/>\nFuture grows<br \/>\n(When we wood)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2 \u2013 Call and Response]<br \/>\n(Knock, Knock)<br \/>\nKnock on wood!<br \/>\n(We could!)<br \/>\nPlant it back!<br \/>\n(Exact!)<br \/>\nCut one down?<br \/>\n(Turn around!)<br \/>\nTwo go up!<br \/>\n(Grow the crown!)<br \/>\nKnock! Knock!<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo \u2014 joyful, upward spirals]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 bright, ascending]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Expansive]<br \/>\nMisunderstood<br \/>\n(I wood)<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s clear<br \/>\n(What we hold dear)<br \/>\nForest rising<br \/>\n(Neighborhood)<br \/>\nStronger together<br \/>\n(As we wood)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Music drops to Acoustic + Soft Organ]<br \/>\nRing by ring<br \/>\n(Time is told)<br \/>\nYoung and green<br \/>\n(Ancient old)<\/p>\n<p>Climb the branch<br \/>\n(Feel the climb)<br \/>\nRooted deep<br \/>\n(We\u2019ll be fine)<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, smiling]<br \/>\n(Knock, Knock)<br \/>\nKnock on wood.<br \/>\n(We should.)<\/p>\n<p>[Fade on gentle wind through leaves + sustained organ chord]<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rewilding\/\">Rewilding<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Warm Organ Pad, Light Acoustic Strum, Sub Bass Pulse] [Spoken Vocal, playful] (Knock, Knock) Knock on wood (We should) Stand up tall (Not all fall) [Percussion taps in like fingers on bark] [Verse 1] Feel that grain (Rings of time) Every scar (A [&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-51113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51113","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=51113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51122,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51113\/revisions\/51122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}