{"id":52424,"date":"2026-04-15T13:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52424"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:38:06","slug":"not-over-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/15\/not-over-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Over Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 driving toms, pulsing bass, muted guitar chugs, rising synth]<br \/>\nSoon to discover (over, over)<br \/>\nIt ain\u2019t over\u2026 (over, over\u2026)<br \/>\n[snare build starts immediately]<br \/>\n[band hits hard on downbeat]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1 \u2013 tight groove, punchy kick\/snare, palm-muted guitar]<br \/>\nStarted in the dark with a flicker of a flame<br \/>\nEvery step forward felt a little like pain<br \/>\nThey said \u201cturn around,\u201d said \u201cyou\u2019ve gone too far\u201d<br \/>\nBut I kept on chasing that distant star<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus \u2013 build intensity, open hi-hats, rising bassline]<br \/>\nBruised but breathing, still in the fight<br \/>\nEvery wrong turn got me closer to right<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 full throttle, big drums, distorted guitars, stacked vocals]<br \/>\nIt ain&#8217;t over<br \/>\n(&#8217;till it&#8217;s over)<br \/>\nAnd, you can bet<br \/>\n(It ain&#8217;t over, yet)<br \/>\nWhen the dust settles, (I\u2019ll still be standing)<br \/>\nHolding the line with these two bare hands and<br \/>\nIf you think I\u2019m done, (you don\u2019t know me yet)<br \/>\nNo, it ain\u2019t over yet<\/p>\n<p>[Post-Chorus \u2013 driving groove, chant vocals, heavy rhythm section]<br \/>\nYou can bet&#8230;.<br \/>\n(ain\u2019t over! ain\u2019t over!)<br \/>\n[quick drum fill into next section]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 add lead guitar riffs, stronger bass drive]<br \/>\nEchoes of doubt try to fill my head<br \/>\nBut I turned that noise into fuel instead<br \/>\nEvery closed door just sharpened my will<br \/>\nEvery uphill climb made me stronger still<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus \u2013 tom-heavy build, rising vocal tension]<br \/>\nScars tell stories I won\u2019t forget<br \/>\nEvery fall just adds to the debt<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 bigger, double kick accents, crowd-style backing vocals]<br \/>\nIt ain&#8217;t over<br \/>\n(&#8217;till it&#8217;s over)<br \/>\nAnd, you can bet<br \/>\n(It ain&#8217;t over, yet)<br \/>\nThrough the fire, (through the weather)<br \/>\nPiece by piece I pull it together<br \/>\nYou can count me out, (I\u2019ll raise that bet)<br \/>\nNo, it ain\u2019t over yet<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 breakdown then explosive rebuild]<br \/>\n[half-time groove, heavy bass + kick]<br \/>\nWhen the night gets long and the road gets rough<br \/>\nI remind myself I\u2019m more than enough<br \/>\nNo surrender, no regret<br \/>\nI haven\u2019t reached the ending yet<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 rapid snare rolls, rising guitars, tension climbing]<br \/>\nNo regret!<br \/>\n(not\u2026 over\u2026 yet\u2026)<br \/>\n[full band swell]<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown \u2013 stop-time hits, vocal punches]<br \/>\n(Still rising!) [hit]<br \/>\n(Still fighting!) [hit]<br \/>\n(Still holding on!) [hit]<br \/>\n(Still writing!) [hit]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 maximum energy, double-time feel, layered harmonies]<br \/>\nIt ain&#8217;t over<br \/>\n(&#8217;till it&#8217;s over)<br \/>\nAnd, you can bet<br \/>\n(It ain&#8217;t over, yet)<br \/>\nFrom the ashes, (from the wreckage)<br \/>\nI\u2019ll rebuild what they expected<br \/>\nEvery promise, (every threat)<br \/>\nNo, it ain\u2019t over yet<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 driving to the end, no fade, big finish]<br \/>\nSo let \u2018em talk, let \u2018em place their bet<br \/>\nI\u2019m not done\u2014not even close yet<br \/>\nHear me now, don\u2019t you forget\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final hit \u2013 full band stop]<br \/>\nIt ain\u2019t over yet!<br \/>\n(Go! Go get!)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 driving toms, pulsing bass, muted guitar chugs, rising synth] Soon to discover (over, over) It ain\u2019t over\u2026 (over, over\u2026) [snare build starts immediately] [band hits hard on downbeat] [Verse 1 \u2013 tight groove, punchy kick\/snare, palm-muted guitar] Started in the dark with a flicker of a flame Every step forward felt a little [&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-52424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52424","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=52424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52427,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52424\/revisions\/52427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}