{"id":53686,"date":"2026-05-29T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53686"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:58:53","slug":"clearing-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/29\/clearing-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Clean Acoustic Guitar, Soft Synth Atmosphere, Light Cymbal Swells, Gentle Bass Pulse]<br \/>\nMorning opens through the gray<br \/>\nClouds begin to drift away<br \/>\nSilence settling after years<br \/>\nWashing out the noise and fears<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Fingerpicked Guitar, Warm Electric Piano, Steady Brush Drums, Ambient Organ Pad]<br \/>\nI was running without rest<br \/>\nCarrying the weight in my chest<br \/>\nEvery answer felt too far<br \/>\nLike chasing after fading stars<\/p>\n<p>But the storm began to slow<br \/>\nAnd something deeper started to show<br \/>\nNot perfection, not design<br \/>\nJust a quiet state of mind<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Expansive Acoustic Strums, Layered Harmonies, Rising Synth Pads, Mid-Tempo Drum Lift]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a clearing<br \/>\n(Of the skies)<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a clearing<br \/>\n(Of my mind)<\/p>\n<p>As I find&#8230;<br \/>\nThe worth of tries<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a feeling<br \/>\n(Deep inside)<br \/>\nThat the meaning<br \/>\n(Is a rising tide)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Pulsing Bassline, Delayed Guitar Echoes, Light Percussion Groove, Airy Background Vocals]<br \/>\nThe failure left a mark<br \/>\nTiny lanterns in the dark<br \/>\nPointing where I shouldn\u2019t go<br \/>\nTeaching what I couldn\u2019t know<\/p>\n<p>Now the wind feels less severe<br \/>\nAnd distant voices sound more clear<br \/>\nNot because the world has changed<br \/>\nBut because I rearranged<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Half-Time Beat, Ambient Piano Chords, Soft Choir Synths, Sustained Guitar Leads]<br \/>\nWhen the road bends apart<br \/>\nFollow the map inside the heart<br \/>\nWith a fall and then a climb<br \/>\nIt shapes the rhythm over time<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Full Band Lift, Harmonized Guitar Leads, Wide Stereo Synths, Powerful Vocal Stack]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a clearing<br \/>\n(Of the skies)<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a clearing<br \/>\n(Of my mind)<\/p>\n<p>As I find&#8230;<br \/>\nThe worth of tries<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason<br \/>\n(We survive)<br \/>\nThrough the breaking<br \/>\n(We arrive)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Fading Acoustic Guitar, Soft Wind FX, Slow Piano Notes, Gentle Synth Sustain]<br \/>\nClouds dissolve into the blue<br \/>\nAnd I finally follow through<br \/>\nNot by force or perfect timing<br \/>\nBut by simply still trying.<\/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: Clean Acoustic Guitar, Soft Synth Atmosphere, Light Cymbal Swells, Gentle Bass Pulse] Morning opens through the gray Clouds begin to drift away Silence settling after years Washing out the noise and fears [Verse 1] [Arrangement: Fingerpicked Guitar, Warm Electric Piano, Steady Brush Drums, Ambient Organ Pad] I was running without rest Carrying [&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-53686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53686","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=53686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53687,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53686\/revisions\/53687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}