{"id":52977,"date":"2026-05-03T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52977"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:19:59","slug":"line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/03\/line\/","title":{"rendered":"Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s about time<br \/>\nWe got a line<br \/>\nOn reality<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo: Expressive, Echoed Phrases]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March Building Energy]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Wide Synth Pads, Strong Backbeat]<br \/>\nHave we crossed the line<br \/>\n(Stepped past the present)<br \/>\nHave we messed with time<br \/>\n(Humanity&#8217;s crime)<br \/>\nAre we too far gone<br \/>\n(To rewind the warning)<br \/>\nOr just holding on<br \/>\n(To a world still forming)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Drop to Groove: Tight Bass, Clean Guitar, Light Drums, Subtle Keys]<br \/>\nStatic in the signal, voices out of phase<br \/>\nTruth bent in the mirror of a data haze<br \/>\nEvery step we take leaves a deeper trace<br \/>\nEtched into the code we can\u2019t erase<\/p>\n<p>Numbers climb like towers in the sky<br \/>\nPredictions sold as reasons why<br \/>\nWe justify the shifting ground<br \/>\nWhile silence makes the loudest sound<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build: Layered Harmonies, Rising Synth, Snare Builds]<br \/>\nWe drew the map but lost the key<br \/>\nWe built the lock, forgot to see<br \/>\nThe door was never meant to hide<br \/>\nWhat we buried deep inside<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band Returns, Heavier Drums, Expanded Harmonies]<br \/>\nHave we crossed the line<br \/>\n(Stepped past the present)<br \/>\nHave we messed with time<br \/>\n(Humanity&#8217;s crime)<br \/>\nDid we blur the edge<br \/>\n(Of what was sacred)<br \/>\nFor a thinner thread<br \/>\n(Of what we created)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Lead Takes Melody, Syncopated Drums, Expanding Synth Pads]<br \/>\n[Guitar Harmonics, Bass Run, Percussion Layering Builds Texture]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Groove Returns, Slightly Fuller Arrangement, Added Counter-Melodies]<br \/>\nCities breathe in rhythms out of sync<br \/>\nRivers rise faster than we think<br \/>\nEvery warning written in the rain<br \/>\nStill we gamble futures for the gain<\/p>\n<p>Fragments of a timeline split apart<br \/>\nLogic fights the chaos in the heart<br \/>\nWe keep chasing shadows in the light<br \/>\nCalling every wrong turn \u201cright\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Stronger Build, Vocal Layers, Rising Intensity]<br \/>\nWe traced the fault but drew it straight<br \/>\nIgnored the tremor, tempted fate<br \/>\nNow every second feels confined<br \/>\nTo the echo of a line<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Big Chorus, Cymbal Washes, Thick Synth Layers]<br \/>\nHave we crossed the line<br \/>\n(Stepped past the present)<br \/>\nHave we messed with time<br \/>\n(Humanity&#8217;s crime)<br \/>\nIs there still a way<br \/>\n(To redraw the border)<br \/>\nOr are we the fray<br \/>\n(In growing disorder)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Low Sub Pulse, Sparse Percussion]<br \/>\nA line in the sand<br \/>\nA line in the code<br \/>\nA line we defend<br \/>\nA line we erode<\/p>\n<p>We thought it was fixed<br \/>\nA boundary, a rule<br \/>\nBut lines start to drift<br \/>\nWhen drawn by a fool<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up]<br \/>\n[Snare Roll Crescendo, Rising Synth Arpeggios, Guitar Feedback Swells]<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s about time\u2026)<br \/>\n(We got a line\u2026)<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s about time\u2026)<br \/>\n(On reality\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Feel, Layered Vocals, High Energy]<br \/>\nHave we crossed the line<br \/>\n(No more pretending)<br \/>\nHave we lost the time<br \/>\n(No happy ending)<br \/>\nCan we still define<br \/>\n(What we once believed in)<br \/>\nOr erase the line<br \/>\n(And start the healing)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Fading Guitar Leads, Organ Drone, Soft Percussion]<br \/>\n[Beat Strips Away Gradually, Leaving Ambient Synth and Bass]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, Distant, Fading]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s about time\u2026<br \/>\nWe draw the line\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[End in Low Ambient Hum \u2192 Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Line\/\">Line<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] It\u2019s about time We got a line On reality (Really) [Instrumental] [Guitar Solo: Expressive, Echoed Phrases] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March Building Energy] [Chorus] [Full Band, 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