{"id":52885,"date":"2026-04-30T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52885"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:12:18","slug":"third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/30\/third\/","title":{"rendered":"Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Low Ambient Drone, Distant Train Sounds, Sub Bass Pulse, Sparse Piano Notes]<br \/>\n[Gradual Build, Filtered Synth Rising, Metallic Percussion Ticks]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, Close Mic, Slight Reverb]<br \/>\nStep too close\u2026 and you&#8217;ll get to know<br \/>\n(How far it will flow)<br \/>\nHow far you will go<br \/>\n[Brief Silence, Electrical Hum Swells]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Kick-In, Guitar Feedback, Bass Drop into Rhythm Groove]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Low Pulse Bass, Clean Electric Guitar, Tight Drums, Subtle Synth Bed]<br \/>\nWalking close to the warning line<br \/>\nTracing sparks in your fragile mind<br \/>\nSteel hum whispers underground<br \/>\nEvery truth you lost, then found<br \/>\nYou say it\u2019s safe, you say it\u2019s tame<br \/>\nBut every step ignites your name<br \/>\nOne wrong move, one careless slide<br \/>\nAnd there\u2019s nowhere left to hide<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Building Percussion, Rising Synth, Distorted Guitar Texture]<br \/>\nYou feel it calling under skin<br \/>\nLike a current pulling you in<br \/>\nNo forgiveness in the wire<br \/>\nJust a flash of buried fire<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Heavy Drums, Driving Bass, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(No, it will never fail)<br \/>\nTouching that third rail<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m talking shocking!)<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(It won\u2019t leave a trail)<br \/>\nGrabbing that third rail<br \/>\n(It\u2019s electric talking!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Reduced Arrangement, Piano and Bass Focus, Sparse Beat]<br \/>\nYou think you\u2019ve mastered every rule<br \/>\nTaught the danger, played it cool<br \/>\nBut confidence is just a flame<br \/>\nThat doesn\u2019t always know its name<br \/>\nLines are drawn but blur so fast<br \/>\nFuture welded to the past<br \/>\nAnd what you thought you understood<br \/>\nTurns to ash where you once stood<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Intensity Rising, Snare Rolls, Synth Swell]<br \/>\nYou lean in just to test the air<br \/>\nLike nothing ever could be there<br \/>\nBut steel remembers every touch<br \/>\nAnd danger doesn\u2019t ask too much<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Impact, Guitar Layering, Vocal Harmonies]<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(No, it will never fail)<br \/>\nTouching that third rail<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m talking shocking!)<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(Once you tip the scale)<br \/>\nFalling to that third rail<br \/>\n(It\u2019s always rocking!)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown, Dark Ambient Pad, Reverb Piano, Distant Static]<br \/>\nOne spark and it rewrites fate<br \/>\nNo delay, it doesn\u2019t wait<br \/>\nSilent rules beneath the ground<br \/>\nWhere consequences don\u2019t make sound<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up, Rising Noise, Drum Crescendo, Feedback Guitar]<br \/>\nYou can run, but not erase<br \/>\nWhat you\u2019ve already faced to face<br \/>\nEvery step becomes a thread<br \/>\nPull it once and something\u2019s dead<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Max Energy, Full Instrumentation, Double-Time Drums]<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(No, it will never fail)<br \/>\nTouching that third rail<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m talking shocking!)<br \/>\nCareful of that third rail<br \/>\n(It don\u2019t leave a trail)<br \/>\nCrossing that third rail<br \/>\n(The end is talking!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Synth Fade, Single Bass Pulse, Soft Guitar Harmonic]<br \/>\nDon\u2019t touch\u2026<br \/>\n(Whoa&#8230; too much)<br \/>\nWait, wait, wait!<br \/>\n(Too late\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rail\/\">Rail<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Low Ambient Drone, Distant Train Sounds, Sub Bass Pulse, Sparse Piano Notes] [Gradual Build, Filtered Synth Rising, Metallic Percussion Ticks] [Spoken Vocal, Close Mic, Slight Reverb] Step too close\u2026 and you&#8217;ll get to know (How far it will flow) How far you will go [Brief Silence, Electrical Hum Swells] [Instrumental Kick-In, Guitar Feedback, Bass [&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-52885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52885","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=52885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52886,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52885\/revisions\/52886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}