{"id":51739,"date":"2026-03-18T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51739"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:01:58","slug":"109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/18\/109\/","title":{"rendered":"10^9"},"content":{"rendered":"<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, Snare March]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nTen to the ninth<br \/>\n(Then to a new height)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCount it up slow<br \/>\n(Zero by zero)<br \/>\nWatch how it grows<br \/>\n(Faster than we know)<br \/>\nFrom ones to tens<br \/>\n(To hundreds again)<br \/>\nStacking the scale<br \/>\n(It never will fail)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nTen to the ninth<br \/>\n(Then to a new height)<br \/>\nPush it higher<br \/>\n(Feed the fire)<br \/>\n[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n1 with 9 zeros<br \/>\n(Numerical heroes)<br \/>\nA billion is big<br \/>\n(Wealth hog pig)<br \/>\nScale it again<br \/>\n(Do it times ten)<br \/>\nNumbers ascend<br \/>\n(Where does it end?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFrom grains of sand<br \/>\n(To stars in the night)<br \/>\nFrom shifting demand<br \/>\n(To power and might)<br \/>\nNumbers don\u2019t lie<br \/>\n(But people can try)<br \/>\nBillion by billion<br \/>\n(Reaching the sky)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nTen to the ninth<br \/>\n(Then to a new height)<br \/>\nPush it higher<br \/>\n(Feed the fire)<br \/>\n[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n1 with 9 zeros<br \/>\n(Numerical heroes)<br \/>\nA billion is big<br \/>\n(Wealth hog pig)<br \/>\nScale it again<br \/>\n(Do it times ten)<br \/>\nNumbers ascend<br \/>\n(Where does it end?)<\/p>\n<p>[Post-Chorus \u2013 Call &#038; Response]<br \/>\nSay it loud<br \/>\n(Billion!)<br \/>\nSay it proud<br \/>\n(Billion!)<br \/>\nStack it up<br \/>\n(Trillion\u2026)<br \/>\nNever enough<br \/>\n(Still climbing\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2 \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nExponential rise<br \/>\n(Open your eyes)<br \/>\nWhat you can\u2019t see<br \/>\n(Runs the machine)<br \/>\nCount every breath<br \/>\n(Measure in depth)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Extended]<br \/>\n1 with 9 zeros<br \/>\n(Numerical heroes)<br \/>\nA billion is big<br \/>\n(Wealth hog pig)<br \/>\nStack it again<br \/>\n(Breaking the pen)<br \/>\nWriting the end<br \/>\n(Where does it end?)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Instrumental Fade]<br \/>\n[Piano Motif, Organ Swell, Synth Decay]<br \/>\nTen to the ninth\u2026<br \/>\n(Then higher still\u2026)<br \/>\n[Bass fades, distant sax echo]<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Billions\/\">Billions<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter, Snare March] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Ten to the ninth (Then to a new height) [Instrumental] [Guitar Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills] [Verse 1] Count it up slow (Zero by [&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-51739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51739","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=51739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51741,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51739\/revisions\/51741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}