{"id":53355,"date":"2026-05-15T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53355"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:01:15","slug":"in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/15\/in-the-face\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Distorted Guitar Riff, Punchy Bassline, Cymbal Wash]<br \/>\n[Organ Drone, Spoken Vocal FX, Driving Kick Drum]<br \/>\nRound and round the same old fight<br \/>\n(Talking through another night)<br \/>\nVoices rising, tempers burn<br \/>\n(Still nobody seems to learn)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Steady Rock Groove, Rhythmic Guitar Chops, Warm Organ]<br \/>\nArguments without an end<br \/>\nTruth gets twisted once again<br \/>\nEveryone just digs in deep<br \/>\nPromises they\u2019ll never keep<br \/>\n(Chances are they&#8217;ll never sleep)<br \/>\nNoise keeps bouncing off the walls<br \/>\nNobody hears nobody at all<br \/>\nPride can make the loudest sound<br \/>\nWhile understanding\u2019s nowhere found<br \/>\n(Plain to see rationality&#8217;s bound)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Organ Swell, Drum Build, Layered Harmony]<br \/>\nBreathing hard, emotions race<br \/>\nStill the words don\u2019t change a thing<br \/>\nSpinning in the same old ring<br \/>\nTill exhaustion takes its place<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Open Hi-Hats, Wide Guitar Layers]<br \/>\nSo you can scream<br \/>\n(Know what I mean)<br \/>\n&#8230; \u2019til you are blue in the face<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, scream and shout<br \/>\n(You\u2019re about&#8230;)<br \/>\nTo be blue in the face<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Guitar Solo, Organ Lead, Percussion Build]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Driving Drums, Pulsing Bassline, Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\nSometimes silence says much more<br \/>\nThan another verbal war<br \/>\nEnergy can disappear<br \/>\nFeeding anger, feeding fear<br \/>\n(Finding love is nowhere near)<br \/>\nBreathing deeper, stepping back<br \/>\nPut the whole thing back on the track<br \/>\nNot all battles need be won<br \/>\nSome just block out everyone<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Groove, Ambient Piano, Echo Vocals]<br \/>\nBlue from shouting, blue from strain<br \/>\n(Talking circles bring on pain)<br \/>\nWords without reflection fade<br \/>\n(The echoes that the noise we&#8217;ve made)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Build: Rising Synth Filter, Tom Drums, Sustained Guitar]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\n[Massive Drums, Choir Synth, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nSo you can scream<br \/>\n(Know what I mean)<br \/>\n&#8230; \u2019til you are blue in the face<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, scream and shout<br \/>\n(You\u2019re about&#8230;)<br \/>\nTo be blue in the face<\/p>\n<p>Round and round<br \/>\n(Without a trace)<br \/>\nLost inside<br \/>\n(The same old chase)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Fading Guitar Feedback, Organ Drone, Crowd Murmur FX]<br \/>\nBlue in the face<br \/>\n(Running in place)<br \/>\nWords rearrange<br \/>\n(But nothing does change\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\n\u201cIn the Face\u201d is a high-energy rock song about arguments, frustration, and the futility of endless conflict. Inspired by the phrase \u201cuntil you are blue in the face,\u201d the song explores how people can exhaust themselves emotionally and physically arguing without changing the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Blue\/\">Blue<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Organ, Synth, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Distorted Guitar Riff, Punchy Bassline, Cymbal Wash] [Organ Drone, Spoken Vocal FX, Driving Kick Drum] Round and round the same old fight (Talking through another night) Voices rising, tempers burn (Still nobody seems to learn) [Verse 1] [Steady Rock Groove, Rhythmic Guitar Chops, [&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-53355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53355","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=53355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53356,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53355\/revisions\/53356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}