{"id":51567,"date":"2026-03-12T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51567"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:26:39","slug":"tourniquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/12\/tourniquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourniquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Guitar, Synth, Organ, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro \u2013 Slow Bass Pulse, Distant Guitar Echo, Cymbal Wash]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nPressure rising<br \/>\n(Can\u2019t ignore)<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s breaking<br \/>\n(At the core)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nLines are cracking<br \/>\n(Under strain)<br \/>\nDamage spreading<br \/>\n(Like a stain)<br \/>\nTime is ticking<br \/>\n(Feel the speed)<br \/>\nEvery moment<br \/>\n(Feeds the bleed)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nStop the feed<br \/>\n(Of the bleed)<br \/>\nPut an end\u2026<br \/>\n(Help to mend)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe bleeding (won&#8217;t quit)<br \/>\nNeed a tourniquet?<\/p>\n<p>[Driving Rhythm Guitar]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWarning signals<br \/>\n(Loud and clear)<br \/>\nStill we hesitate<br \/>\n(Held by fear)<br \/>\nPatch the wound<br \/>\n(Do what\u2019s right)<br \/>\nHold the line<br \/>\n(Through the night)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe bleeding (won&#8217;t quit)<br \/>\nNeed a tourniquet?<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Rhythm Guitar]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nHands together<br \/>\n(Tie it tight)<br \/>\nStop the damage<br \/>\n(Stem the fight)<br \/>\nTurn the pressure<br \/>\n(Slow the flow)<br \/>\nStart the healing<br \/>\n(Let it grow)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nStop the feed<br \/>\n(Of the bleed)<br \/>\nPut an end\u2026<br \/>\n(Help to mend)<\/p>\n<p>Stop the flow<br \/>\n(We can lead)<br \/>\nBind the wound<br \/>\n(Plant the seed)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe bleeding (won&#8217;t quit)<br \/>\nNeed a tourniquet?<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Fade \u2013 Guitar sustain, Organ swell]<br \/>\nHold the line<br \/>\n(Stay the course)<br \/>\nTie the knot<br \/>\n(Change the force)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Turn\/\">Turn<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental \u2013 Guitar, Synth, Organ, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro \u2013 Slow Bass Pulse, Distant Guitar Echo, Cymbal Wash] [Spoken Vocal] Pressure rising (Can\u2019t ignore) Something\u2019s breaking (At the core) [Verse 1] Lines are cracking (Under strain) Damage spreading (Like a stain) Time is ticking (Feel the speed) Every moment (Feeds the bleed) [&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-51567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51567","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=51567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51568,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51567\/revisions\/51568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}