{"id":51807,"date":"2026-03-20T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51807"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:00:08","slug":"stormrider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/20\/stormrider\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormrider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nYell for &#8216;er<br \/>\n(Dorothy!)<br \/>\nGet into the cellar<br \/>\n(Dorothy!)<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Rolling Thunder FX, Low Synth Drone, Clean Guitar Swells]<br \/>\n[Drums Enter Slowly \u2013 Floor Tom Pulse, Distant Cymbals]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal \u2013 filtered]<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\n(Ride the line)<br \/>\nWhether we break or stand<br \/>\nWeather the storm in hand<br \/>\n[Electric Guitar Fade-In \u2013 Sustained Notes]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBlack sky bending, pressure on the wire<br \/>\nLightning tracing veins of living fire<br \/>\nWhether we flee or face the night<br \/>\nWeather the chaos, hold on tight<\/p>\n<p>Every mile a question in the wind<br \/>\nEvery step a place we\u2019ve never been<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nFeel the current pulling at the frame<br \/>\nWhether we fall or rise, it calls our name<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\n(Ride the line)<br \/>\nThrough the weather<br \/>\n(Out of time)<br \/>\nHold the center whether worlds collide<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you hide<\/p>\n<p>[Post-Chorus]<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\n(Stay alive)<br \/>\nWhether the night is black or gray<br \/>\nWeather it all, don\u2019t fade away<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nRain like static falling through the night<br \/>\nSignal lost inside the flashing light<br \/>\nWhether the ground will shift or stay<br \/>\nWeather the blows and carve your way<\/p>\n<p>Every drop a memory hitting fast<br \/>\nEvery strike erasing what has passed<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLean into the chaos, don\u2019t resist<br \/>\nWhether you win or lose, persist<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\n(Ride the line)<br \/>\nThrough the weather<br \/>\n(Out of time)<br \/>\nStand unbroken whether currents divide<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\nBe the guide<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Dual Guitar Harmony \u2192 Synth Lead Response]<br \/>\n[Drums Double-Time, Bass Driving, Organ Swells]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Out \u2013 Sub Bass + Sparse Percussion]<br \/>\n[Spoken \/ Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nNot above it<br \/>\nNot below<br \/>\nWhether you bend or break, you go<br \/>\nThrough the center is the only road<\/p>\n<p>Every fear a wave to ride<br \/>\nEvery loss the turning tide<br \/>\nWeather it all, through storm and night<\/p>\n<p>[Build]<br \/>\n[Percussion Builds \u2013 Tribal Rhythm, Rising Synth Arp]<br \/>\nRide\u2014<br \/>\nDon\u2019t fall away<br \/>\nRide\u2014<br \/>\nThrough the break<\/p>\n<p>[Climax]<br \/>\n[Full Band \u2013 Heavy Distortion, Wide Synth Pads, Driving Bass]<br \/>\nStormrider!<br \/>\nWhether you fade<br \/>\nWeather the blaze<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\n(Ride the line)<br \/>\nThrough the weather<br \/>\n(Out of time)<br \/>\nWhen it shatters, be the force inside<br \/>\nStormrider<br \/>\nTurn the tide<br \/>\nWhether the sky burns bright or dim<br \/>\nWeather the world on a whim<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Stripped Down \u2013 Clean Guitar, Soft Piano, Wind FX]<br \/>\nStormrider\u2026<br \/>\n(Ride the line)<br \/>\nWhether\u2026<br \/>\nWeather\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whether\/\">Whether<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] Yell for &#8216;er (Dorothy!) Get into the cellar (Dorothy!) [Instrumental Intro: Rolling Thunder FX, Low Synth Drone, Clean Guitar Swells] [Drums Enter Slowly \u2013 Floor Tom Pulse, Distant Cymbals] [Spoken Vocal \u2013 filtered] Stormrider (Ride the line) Whether we break or stand Weather the storm [&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-51807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51807","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=51807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51809,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51807\/revisions\/51809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}