{"id":52544,"date":"2026-04-19T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52544"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:48:36","slug":"negate-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/19\/negate-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Negate Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Soft Piano, Warm Pad, Gentle Percussion Pulse]<br \/>\nA breath between the noise\u2026<br \/>\nA pause before the choice\u2026<br \/>\n(Raise your voice!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWords like sparks in a dry old field<br \/>\nBurning faster than wounds can heal<br \/>\n(Wildfire burnin&#8217; higher)<br \/>\nEvery echo turns into flame<br \/>\nBut nobody\u2019s winning this game<br \/>\n(Wildfire burnin&#8217; higher)<\/p>\n<p>We build our walls out of yesterday<br \/>\n(Stacking fears in a fragile way)<br \/>\nEach side shouting louder still<br \/>\n(Until silence bends to will)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nBut underneath the breaking sound<br \/>\nThere\u2019s still some common ground<br \/>\nIf we listen, peace defend<br \/>\nMaybe this is not the end<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIf it&#8217;s not too late<br \/>\nCan we negate hate<br \/>\n(Negate hate)<br \/>\nBecause at this rate<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re casting our fate<br \/>\n(Irate state)<br \/>\nNegate (hate)<br \/>\nAlleviate<br \/>\nBefore it\u2019s too late<br \/>\n(Change the state)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn the fracture into space<br \/>\nLet the anger lose its place<br \/>\nNot erase what came before<br \/>\nBut not repeat it anymore<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t win by standing still<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t heal by bending will<br \/>\nWe just find a different way<br \/>\nTo reshape what we say<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Melodic Guitar, Soft Strings, Steady Beat]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nHistory carved into every tone<br \/>\nEchoes in how we\u2019ve grown<br \/>\nSomewhere between blame and truth<br \/>\nWe lost the thread in our youth<\/p>\n<p>But even now in fractured air<br \/>\nThere are still hands reaching there<br \/>\nNot to fight, not to defend<br \/>\nBut to try to comprehend<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery cycle can unwind<br \/>\nIf we choose a different line<br \/>\nNot erase, but reframe<br \/>\nNot the same, not the same<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIf it&#8217;s not too late<br \/>\nCan we negate hate<br \/>\n(Negate hate)<br \/>\nBecause at this rate<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re casting our fate<br \/>\n(Irate state)<br \/>\nNegate (hate)<br \/>\nAlleviate<br \/>\nFind a way to translate<br \/>\n(Not instigate)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhat if power is not control?<br \/>\nWhat if healing is the goal?<br \/>\nWhat if we could learn to see<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not as far apart as we believe<br \/>\n(We can relieve!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Arrangement, Rising Vocals]<br \/>\nTurn the fracture into space<br \/>\nLet the anger lose its place<br \/>\nNot erase what came before<br \/>\nBut not repeat it anymore<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t win by standing still<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t heal by force of will<br \/>\nWe just learn another way<br \/>\nTo negate what hate can say<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft Piano Return, Fading Ambience]<br \/>\nNegate\u2026<br \/>\nAlleviate\u2026<br \/>\nNot too late\u2026<br \/>\nIf we choose\u2026 to change the state\u2026<br \/>\n(Put love above)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Stranger-Than-Fiction\/\">Stranger Than Fiction<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Soft Piano, Warm Pad, Gentle Percussion Pulse] A breath between the noise\u2026 A pause before the choice\u2026 (Raise your voice!) [Verse 1] Words like sparks in a dry old field Burning faster than wounds can heal (Wildfire burnin&#8217; higher) Every echo turns into flame But nobody\u2019s winning this game (Wildfire burnin&#8217; higher) We build [&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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52544","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=52544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52546,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52544\/revisions\/52546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}