{"id":53642,"date":"2026-05-26T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53642"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:59:48","slug":"clear-of-the-stratosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/26\/clear-of-the-stratosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear of the Stratosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Ambient Synth Drift, E-Bow Guitar Swells, Deep Sub Bass Pulse, Slow Cymbal Wash]<\/p>\n<p>Static fades beyond the atmosphere<br \/>\nGravity dissolves out here<br \/>\nCity lights become a thread<br \/>\nAs silence fills my head<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Clean Delay Guitar, Pulsing Electronic Beat, Warm Analog Bass, Floating Pad Textures]<br \/>\nEngines burning through the velvet night<br \/>\nLeaving storms beneath the flight<br \/>\nClouds below like shattered glass<br \/>\nWatching all the chaos pass<\/p>\n<p>Every signal starts to blur<br \/>\nNothing certain anymore<br \/>\nJust the glow of distant stars<br \/>\nCalling from afar<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Expansive Synth Layers, Anthemic Drums, Harmonized Vocals, Sustained Guitar Leads]<br \/>\nOh, yes&#8230; I can see<br \/>\n(Clearly)<br \/>\nClear of the stratosphere<br \/>\n(Some place in space)<\/p>\n<p>Far beyond the noise and fear<br \/>\n(Weightlessly)<br \/>\nEverything just disappears<br \/>\n(Without a trace)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Syncopated Bassline, Atmospheric Guitar Echoes, Electronic Percussion, Soft Choir Pad]<br \/>\nOrbiting the edge of time<br \/>\nLeaving old illusions behind<br \/>\nEvery heartbeat slows its pace<br \/>\nDrifting into open space<\/p>\n<p>Down below the borders fade<br \/>\nLines humanity once made<br \/>\nFrom up here it all feels small<br \/>\nOne world after all<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Half-Time Groove, Cosmic Synth Arpeggios, Reverb-Drenched Guitar, Tension Cymbal Rolls]<\/p>\n<p>Weightless thoughts begin to flow<br \/>\nPast the things we think we know<br \/>\nEvery answer disappears<br \/>\nClear of the stratosphere<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Full Band Lift, Double-Layer Vocals, Wide Stereo Synths, Crashing Cymbals]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yes&#8230; I can see<br \/>\n(Clearly)<br \/>\nClear of the stratosphere<br \/>\n(Some place in space)<\/p>\n<p>Light-years from uncertainty<br \/>\n(Finally free)<br \/>\nNothing left to interfere<br \/>\n(With what we face)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Fading Synth Drone, Slow Guitar Harmonics, Deep Echo Pulses, Soft Static Noise]<br \/>\nFloating where the stars appear<br \/>\nClear of the stratosphere<br \/>\nSome place beyond the fear<br \/>\nSome place in space.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Raze\/\">Raze<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Ambient Synth Drift, E-Bow Guitar Swells, Deep Sub Bass Pulse, Slow Cymbal Wash] Static fades beyond the atmosphere Gravity dissolves out here City lights become a thread As silence fills my head [Verse 1] [Arrangement: Clean Delay Guitar, Pulsing Electronic Beat, Warm Analog Bass, Floating Pad Textures] Engines burning through the velvet [&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-53642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642","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=53642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53643,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53642\/revisions\/53643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}