{"id":53036,"date":"2026-05-05T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53036"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:37:22","slug":"by-bye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/05\/by-bye\/","title":{"rendered":"By Bye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Soft Piano Motif, Light Synth Pad, Distant Tick-Tock FX]<br \/>\n[Subtle Bass Pulse, Minimal Beat]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, reflective]<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t for how long\u2026<br \/>\n(Until it\u2019s gone\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Build]<br \/>\n[Snare Clicks, Rising Synth, Guitar Swells]<br \/>\nMoment by moment\u2026<br \/>\n(Minute by minute)<br \/>\nSlipping on\u2026<br \/>\n(Then gone)_<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Mid-Tempo Groove, Warm Pads]<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Going by)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Flying by)<br \/>\nWatch it fade<br \/>\n(Blink your eye)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n\u2026bye-bye<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Drop to Groove: Clean Guitar, Tight Bass, Light Drums]<br \/>\nPages turn without a sound<br \/>\nLost in what we think we\u2019ve found<br \/>\nEvery second quietly<br \/>\nWrites itself, then lets it be<\/p>\n<p>What we hold begins to slip<br \/>\nThrough the edges of our grip<br \/>\nEvery plan we try to frame<br \/>\nMoves along without a name<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build: Snare Rolls, Layered Vocals, Rising Synth]<br \/>\nWe keep counting, keep the score<br \/>\nStill it passes evermore<br \/>\nWhat we chase we can\u2019t define<br \/>\nAs it moves from line to line<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Fuller, Added Harmonies, Cymbal Washes]<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Going by)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Flying by)<br \/>\nCan\u2019t rewind<br \/>\n(No reply)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n\u2026bye-bye<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Lead, Guitar Echo, Steady Bass Groove]<br \/>\n[Synth Pulses, Percussion Layers]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Expanded Arrangement, Subtle Arp Synth]<br \/>\nConversations left mid-thought<br \/>\nMoments fade before they\u2019re caught<br \/>\nEvery \u201clater,\u201d every \u201cwhen\u201d<br \/>\nNever quite returns again<\/p>\n<p>Time doesn\u2019t ask, it moves ahead<br \/>\nThrough the things we\u2019ve done and said<br \/>\nEvery mark we try to keep<br \/>\nSoftly drifts beyond the reach<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Stronger Build, Snare Crescendo, Vocal Stack]<br \/>\nEvery memory we store<br \/>\nShifts a little more and more<br \/>\nWhat we thought would always stay<br \/>\nFinds its quiet, fading way<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Big Chorus, Layered Vocals, Driving Rhythm]<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Going by)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Flying by)<br \/>\nHold it close<br \/>\n(Still it flies)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n\u2026bye-bye<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Low Sub Pulse]<br \/>\nA line is written<br \/>\nThen it\u2019s gone<br \/>\nA fleeting trace<br \/>\nWe travel on<\/p>\n<p>We try to pause<br \/>\nWe try to stay<br \/>\nBut time just moves<br \/>\nAnother way<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up]<br \/>\n[Snare Roll Crescendo, Rising Synth Arp, Guitar Feedback]<br \/>\n(By\u2026)<br \/>\n(By\u2026)<br \/>\n(Bye\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Feel, Big Finish]<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Going by)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n(Flying by)<br \/>\nNo design<br \/>\n(No deny)<br \/>\nLine by line<br \/>\n\u2026bye-bye<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Fade: Piano Motif, Guitar Echo, Soft Pad]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Out \u2192 Ambient Only]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, fading]<br \/>\nIt was here\u2026<br \/>\n(Then&#8230; disappear)<br \/>\nLine by line\u2026<br \/>\n(Gone in time)<br \/>\nWhy<br \/>\n(Bye-bye)<\/p>\n<p>[End \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] [Soft Piano Motif, Light Synth Pad, Distant Tick-Tock FX] [Subtle Bass Pulse, Minimal Beat] [Spoken Vocal, reflective] You don\u2019t for how long\u2026 (Until it\u2019s gone\u2026) [Build] [Snare Clicks, Rising Synth, Guitar Swells] Moment by moment\u2026 (Minute by minute) Slipping on\u2026 (Then gone)_ [Chorus] [Full Band, [&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-53036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53036","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=53036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53037,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53036\/revisions\/53037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}