{"id":52428,"date":"2026-04-15T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52428"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:29:15","slug":"shifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/15\/shifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Evolving Synth Pad, Rolling Percussion, Atmospheric Guitar Swells]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFootprints fade where we once stood<br \/>\nTrying hard to feel understood<br \/>\nEverything we thought was still<br \/>\nTurns and bends against our will<\/p>\n<p>Time moves like a restless tide<br \/>\nPulling everything inside<br \/>\nWhat was solid slips away<br \/>\nInto shapes that rearrange the day<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nNothing stays the same for long<br \/>\nEven silence turns to song<br \/>\nEvery ending starts to send<br \/>\nUs toward a different end<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nShifting (sands)<br \/>\nHope everyone (understands)<br \/>\nShifting (gears)<br \/>\nDrifting (past years of fears)<br \/>\nRising above<br \/>\n(To a higher love)<br \/>\nHigher love<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Driving Beat Builds, Synth Arpeggios Layer]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWalls we built begin to sway<br \/>\nSlowly breaking day by day<br \/>\nWhat we held so close and tight<br \/>\nOpens up into the light<\/p>\n<p>No more fixed or carved in stone<br \/>\nEverything we\u2019ve ever known<br \/>\nLearns to breathe and learns to bend<br \/>\nTill beginnings start again<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery moment rearranged<br \/>\nEverything is being changed<br \/>\nNothing left to hold too fast<br \/>\nOnly echoes of the past<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nShifting (sands)<br \/>\nHope everyone (understands)<br \/>\nShifting (gears)<br \/>\nDrifting (past years of fears)<br \/>\nRising above<br \/>\n(To a higher love)<br \/>\nHigher love<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWe are not what we were before<br \/>\nSomething opens every door<br \/>\nEven broken things can move<br \/>\nToward a brighter groove<\/p>\n<p>Let it go, let it spin<br \/>\nLet the new world settle in<br \/>\nAll we lose is all we gain<br \/>\nRising through the change again<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Minimal Pulse, Vocal Echoes]<br \/>\nShifting\u2026<br \/>\nDon\u2019t resist\u2026<br \/>\nShifting\u2026<br \/>\nCan\u2019t dismiss\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nShifting (sands)<br \/>\nHope everyone (understands)<br \/>\nShifting (gears)<br \/>\nNo more years of fears<\/p>\n<p>Rising above<br \/>\n(To a higher love)<br \/>\nHigher love<br \/>\n(Love, love, love)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Ambient Fade, Soft Synth Rise]<br \/>\nShifting\u2026<br \/>\nRising\u2026<br \/>\nHigher love\u2026<br \/>\nLove, love, love\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Evolving Synth Pad, Rolling Percussion, Atmospheric Guitar Swells] [Verse 1] Footprints fade where we once stood Trying hard to feel understood Everything we thought was still Turns and bends against our will Time moves like a restless tide Pulling everything inside What was solid slips away Into shapes that rearrange the day [Pre-Chorus] [&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-52428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52428","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=52428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52429,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52428\/revisions\/52429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}