{"id":52124,"date":"2026-03-31T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52124"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:28:30","slug":"for-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/31\/for-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Fast drums, driving bass, distorted guitar riff, crowd claps]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Hey!)<br \/>\nCome on now<br \/>\nEverybody sing along<br \/>\nFeel the rhythm<br \/>\n(Keeping time)<br \/>\nHear the rhyme<br \/>\n(Feelin&#8217; fine)<br \/>\nWe can keep this moving all night long<br \/>\n(Sing on!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Driving guitars, pounding drums, energetic bass]<br \/>\nLittle hands reaching for the sky<br \/>\nDreaming big while the years roll by<br \/>\nEvery smile carries hope inside<br \/>\nEvery tear needs a place to hide<br \/>\nWe can build a brighter day<br \/>\nIf we choose a stronger way<br \/>\nEvery heart can find the light<br \/>\nWhen we stand and do what&#8217;s right<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Add bigger drums, gang vocals, and rising guitar lead]<br \/>\nHold on tight<br \/>\n(Through the dark of night)<br \/>\nThere is still a reason<br \/>\n(To believe in morning light)<br \/>\n(Love&#8217;s in season)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full power band with loud drums, electric guitars, synths, and crowd vocals]<br \/>\nSweets<br \/>\n(For the children)<br \/>\nBeats<br \/>\n(Roll on and on)<br \/>\nDreams<br \/>\n(Keep us believing)<br \/>\nSongs<br \/>\n(Help us carry on)<br \/>\nKeep on achieving<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Heavy rhythm guitar, pulsing bass, energetic piano accents]<br \/>\nEvery road can lead somewhere<br \/>\nIf we teach the world to care<br \/>\nEvery child deserves a chance<br \/>\nTo laugh and love and sing and dance<br \/>\nThere is more than we can see<br \/>\nIn the power of unity<br \/>\nEvery voice can make a change<br \/>\nEven small things rearrange<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build with crashing cymbals, layered harmonies, and rising strings]<br \/>\nHold on tight<br \/>\n(Through the longest night)<br \/>\nThere is still a promise<br \/>\n(Yes, yes there is&#8230;)<br \/>\nShining in the morning light<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Even bigger drums, louder guitars, and stacked vocals]<br \/>\nSweets<br \/>\n(For the children)<br \/>\nBeats<br \/>\n(Roll on and on)<br \/>\nDreams<br \/>\n(Keep us believing)<br \/>\nSongs<br \/>\n(Help us carry on)<br \/>\nRelieving<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Half-time drums, soaring lead guitar, huge vocal harmonies]<br \/>\nFor the children<br \/>\n(We can make tomorrow better)<br \/>\nFor the children<br \/>\n(Be a go-getter)<br \/>\nWe can bring the world together<br \/>\n(No matter the whether)<br \/>\nEvery hand and every heart<br \/>\n(Can become a work of art)<br \/>\nIf we listen, if we care<br \/>\n(Love will always lead us there)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Drop to drums, bass, and crowd chant vocals]<br \/>\nSweets<br \/>\n(For the children)<br \/>\nBeats<br \/>\n(Roll on and on)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Maximum energy with double drums, guitars, synths, and choir vocals]<br \/>\nSweets<br \/>\n(For the children)<br \/>\nBeats<br \/>\n(Roll on and on)<br \/>\nDreams<br \/>\n(Keep us believing)<br \/>\nScenes<br \/>\n(Help us carry on)<br \/>\nKeep on conceiving<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Big ending with crashing cymbals, sustained guitars, and crowd chants]<br \/>\nFor the children<br \/>\n(For the children)<br \/>\nFor the children<br \/>\n(Roll on and on)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Sweet\/\">Sweet<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Fast drums, driving bass, distorted guitar riff, crowd claps] Hey! (Hey!) Come on now Everybody sing along Feel the rhythm (Keeping time) Hear the rhyme (Feelin&#8217; fine) We can keep this moving all night long (Sing on!) [Verse 1] [Driving guitars, pounding drums, energetic bass] Little hands reaching for the sky Dreaming big while [&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-52124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52124","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=52124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52142,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52124\/revisions\/52142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}