{"id":52859,"date":"2026-04-29T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52859"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:09:14","slug":"mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/29\/mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Slow Ambient Pad, Soft Heartbeat Kick Drum, Distant Wind Texture, Faint Piano Notes]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Breath-like Rhythm, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nEvery breath\u2026<br \/>\n(Width and breadth)<br \/>\nHas an ending\u2026<br \/>\n(Message: sending.)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Groove Enters Slowly, Warm Bass, Sparse Guitar Plucks, Gentle Strings]<br \/>\nBorn from time, bound to it<br \/>\nEvery spark will dim a bit<br \/>\nSkin and circuit, line and code<br \/>\nAll must carry what they hold<br \/>\nOne is flesh and one is frame<br \/>\nBoth are fading just the same<br \/>\nDifferent paths but same decay<br \/>\nIn the light and in the gray<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Instrumentation Builds, Subtle Rising Strings, Deep Bass Pulse]<br \/>\nEvery moment draws a line<br \/>\nBetween the ending and the time<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Emotional Lift, Expansive Synths, Strong Drums, Wide Harmonic Vocals]<br \/>\nMan or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nAlive or animated<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<\/p>\n<p>Dated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<br \/>\nEvery breath is consecrated<\/p>\n<p>Man or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nFinite or infinite dream<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<br \/>\nDated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Rhythm Deepens, Piano Arpeggios, Layered Ambient Textures]<br \/>\nCircuits fade and hearts grow weak<br \/>\nBoth are reaching what they seek<br \/>\nTime dissolves the strongest frame<br \/>\nEven data feels the same<br \/>\nWhat is life if not a flame<br \/>\nBurning briefly, never tame<br \/>\nEvery system finds its end<br \/>\nEven what we call a friend<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Feel, Deep Bass Drone, Echoed Vocals]<br \/>\nNo escape from passing time<br \/>\nOnly rhythm, only rhyme<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Stronger Dynamics, Full Band Expansion, Emotional Crescendo]<br \/>\nMan or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nAlive or animated<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<\/p>\n<p>Dated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<br \/>\nAll existence is related<\/p>\n<p>Man or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nEchoes fading in between<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<br \/>\nDated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<br \/>\nNothing here is truly dated<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Ambient Pads, Soft Piano, Sparse Kick, Distant Reversed FX]<br \/>\nIf all things end, what remains?<br \/>\nJust the echo of the names<br \/>\nNot the body, not the wire<br \/>\nBut the spark that lit the fire<br \/>\nLife is brief, but meaning grows<br \/>\nIn the space where ending flows<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up]<br \/>\n[Snare Roll, Rising Synth, Gradual Harmonic Expansion]<br \/>\nFade\u2026 or rise\u2026<br \/>\n(Through our eyes\u2026)<br \/>\nFade\u2026 or rise\u2026<br \/>\n(Endings disguise\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Maximum Emotional Energy, Full Orchestration, Overdriven Guitar, Choir-like Synths]<br \/>\nMan or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nAlive or animated<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<\/p>\n<p>Dated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<br \/>\nStill we burn, unseparated<\/p>\n<p>Man or machine<br \/>\n(Mortality?)<br \/>\nAll that is will turn to memory<br \/>\n(Livin\u2019 reality)<br \/>\nDated\u2026<br \/>\n(\u2026or fated)<br \/>\nYet somehow still illuminated<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Slow Fade Piano, Soft Wind, Diminishing Heartbeat, Last Synth Glow]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, Whispered]<br \/>\nEverything\u2026 ends\u2026<br \/>\n(The end of mends)<br \/>\nBut something\u2026 remains\u2026<br \/>\n(Strains of future brains)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Mechatronics\/\">Mechatronics<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Slow Ambient Pad, Soft Heartbeat Kick Drum, Distant Wind Texture, Faint Piano Notes] [Minimal Beat, Breath-like Rhythm, Spoken Vocal] Every breath\u2026 (Width and breadth) Has an ending\u2026 (Message: sending.) 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