{"id":51176,"date":"2026-02-23T14:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51176"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:54:25","slug":"power-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/23\/power-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWho holds the switch<br \/>\n(Who holds the flame?)<br \/>\nCall it profit<br \/>\n(Call it blame)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Bass Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBoardroom lights<br \/>\n(Burn all night)<br \/>\nContracts signed<br \/>\n(Out of sight)<br \/>\nFuture sold<br \/>\n(Line by line)<br \/>\nShort-term gain<br \/>\n(Long decline)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWho\u2019s at the wheel<br \/>\n(Of this machine?)<br \/>\nGrease the gears<br \/>\n(Keep it clean?)<br \/>\nPower play<br \/>\n(All along)<br \/>\nWhen the facts say right<br \/>\n(But the script says wrong)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nAdvisory words<br \/>\n(Behind closed doors)<br \/>\nPublic trust<br \/>\n(What\u2019s it for?)<br \/>\nBalance required<br \/>\n(By the law)<br \/>\nTransparency<br \/>\n(Without a flaw)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEnergy flows<br \/>\n(From rock and fire)<br \/>\nCampaign cash<br \/>\n(Rising higher)<br \/>\nScience bent<br \/>\n(To fit the frame)<br \/>\nDifferent decade<br \/>\n(Same old game)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWho\u2019s at the wheel<br \/>\n(Of this machine?)<br \/>\nShift the blame<br \/>\n(Change the scene?)<br \/>\nPower play<br \/>\n(So prolonged)<br \/>\nWhen the evidence stands<br \/>\n(But the verdict\u2019s wrong)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 sharper, angular]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nNo one above<br \/>\n(The rule of law)<br \/>\nPaper trails<br \/>\n(Every flaw)<br \/>\nIf you light the fuse<br \/>\n(You own the spark)<br \/>\nHistory writes<br \/>\n(In the dark)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nWho holds the switch<br \/>\n(We all see)<br \/>\nAccountability<br \/>\n(Sets us free)<br \/>\nWhen power bends<br \/>\n(Truth so strong)<br \/>\nThe lights come back<br \/>\n(Where they belong)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Account\/\">Account<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Who holds the switch (Who holds the flame?) Call it profit (Call it blame) [Instrumental] [Bass Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [Verse 1] Boardroom lights [&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-51176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51176","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=51176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51180,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51176\/revisions\/51180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}